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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Need to be in first couple of waves to clock a PB, but still a great race
In full: This is a an excellent run, very quick route. Probably as flat as your likely to find in the south of the UK on road. You need to be in the first couple of waves to clock a PB, but even running from the back you can get a respectable time. Brilliant crowds, music, facilities. Praking can be tricky so get there early. Tshirt and medal are excellent. The race should be run in reverse as all the good bits (historic dockyard with HMS victory + warrior) are at about mile 3-4. Love this run.
Date of review: June 2, 2010

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		60%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: great first race, would do again :)
In full: would suggest going by train to avoid car chaos, other than that great
Date of review: December 4, 2008

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		80%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Great race, well organised, nice course with plenty of support. Too many people in the wrong waves though and wet whether meant people didn't hang around too much. Definately do it again though.
Date of review: November 16, 2008

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: A friendly race and a good day out,
Date of review: November 9, 2008

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		20%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Excellent race spoilt by the chaos trying to get away.
In full: The race itself is always a pleasure to take part in, but the nightmare trying to get away afterwards was worse than ever. Surely it would be better for all concerned to get competitors to park up out of town, easing the traffic problems getting into Portsmouth, and making the get away more bearable. We were stuck on Southsea Common for the best part of an hour and did not move! For this reason I will consider carefully before entering again. That said, it would be a real shame to miss such a great race. Please, please sort this out.
Date of review: November 9, 2008

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Overall score		20%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		40%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Not a bad race but was taken ill part way through more to follow...
In full: Pre race organisation is brilliant, plenty of information. If wanting to stay book very early. start well organised. Bad point - was taken ill part way round, needed medical assistance and transporting to medical Centre - waited over an hour for an ambulance, the medical organisation was a farce.
Date of review: November 7, 2008

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Great race for first timers and runners looking for PBs.
Date of review: November 7, 2008

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: It's a great race - one year they'll get the weather though.
In full: This is a super race, very enjoyable with crowds cheering all the way (save down the final 2 miles, as they have more sense than to brave the sea front). This is the killer stretch, a west bound run straight into the prevailing westerly wind (and for the past years rain).
I've heard complaints about parking - well Portsmouth is an island and there are only two real routes on and off by road, so with 19,000 plus runners it's going to get busy. The parking nearest the start is surrounded by the race route - but all entrants are warned about this. All entrants are encouraged to park away from the course; it's advice worth heeding.
My one gripe is that the non-elite starting waves do not seem to be based on estimated finishing times: so anyone looking for a PB does have to get round the fun runners and the costumed. Either that or many entrants have vastly inflated their abilities.
Date of review: November 6, 2008

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		60%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Racing Great, Parking abismal
In full: The race itself was fabulous. The bands really helped lift the spirits. Trying to get off the Commom was a joke. The "attendents" caused as many problems as they solved! Shame, spoilt a good race feel.
Date of review: November 6, 2008

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Overall score		40%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Organisation		40%

In short: results were poor
In full: not worth doing this race, i was put in the wrong wave start which i managed to get sorted
then when the results were first published my name was no where to be seen. after numerous phone calls i eventually appeared in the results with a time 7 mins slower than i ran even though i had told them what time i ran.
Date of review: November 5, 2008

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