Lord Mayor's City-Centre Classic 5KHere's how RW members rated this race (10 votes). | 1 to 10 of 10 ratings | Page: 1 |
| The big picture (10 votes) | | Overall score | | 94% | | How many would do it again? | | 100% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 72% | | PB potential | | 62% | | Atmosphere | | 92% | | Organisation | | 84% | | Value | | 78% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 24% |
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2010 race reviewed by: eddie greenland
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: superb race
In full: superb race great organisation ,brilliant and enthusiastic marshalling ,
crowd are fantastic,
just order the weather to be a tad cooler next year please 30 degrees was a killer
Date of review: July 11, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: CharlieW
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Unique for huge crowd for small select field
In full: This really is special -- I doubt you'd find another race of ~100 runners with a crowd many deep behind the barriers of a closed-roads, city-centre course. It's like the London Marathon in microcosm (without the fun-runners of course, given the time limit). It attracts a good-quality field with generous prizes so it's great for going for a PB -- yes there is a hill in the 2-lap course, but it's not too bad.
Heaps of marshalls, also adding their encouragement.
My only niggle is that the start was a bit congested, and moving it (and the finish) along by 20 metres would solve that nicely.
Date of review: July 10, 2010
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2009 race reviewed by: LittleBigMan
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Superb but challenging - Not for the faint-hearted - believe me!
In full: Awesome atmosphere, support and organisation. 50,000 plus spectators (3-4 deep all the way around the course) This is not a race to be taken lightly, as you can be forced to retire if you don't hit half way within 10 mins. Found the prospect of the crowds, inclines daunting before the event, but so glad I did it. A fantastic race, no question!!! Equalled my PB :-)
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Gavin Barron
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
Date of review: July 13, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: mxhornet
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
Date of review: July 12, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: ajb316
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: BEST RACE IN EAST ANGLIA
Date of review: July 12, 2009
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2008 race reviewed by: Thomas Stecher
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Challenging, but very enjoyable course. Good field, great crowd!
Date of review: July 8, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Colchester Coyote
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Toughest 5km that I have raced so far
In full: Haved looked at racing this event for a couple of year, but never considered myself fast enough, glad I decided to take part this year. Undulating 2 lap course, and the hill on the second lap certain did hurt. As the marshals were the same as for the Citys parade, they didnt give much help as to where the start was, in fact two different marshals sent us completely the wrong way, and we found ourselves in the wrong place with less than 15 minutes to the start, that could be improved. In the main an enjoyable event though, that I would certainly go back and run again
Date of review: July 6, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Dean Kirton
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Great atmosphere, cant complain as I got a pb (joseph Kirton)
Date of review: July 5, 2008
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2003 race reviewed by: coops
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: A crowd of 4 or 5 deep the whole course, all cheering. My highlight of the year
Date of review: June 20, 2005
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