Cure Leukaemia RunHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (86 votes). | 1 to 10 of 23 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 |
| The big picture 2007 (23 votes) | | Overall score | | 85% | | How many would do it again? | | 93% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 58% | | Atmosphere | | 69% | | Organisation | | 79% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 75% |
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2007 race reviewed by: Mike Griffiths 12
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Goor run for a good charity
Date of review: April 20, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: DIHetherington
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: A good race to do for a first timer
Date of review: September 15, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Pam Lay
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: OK got a PB and my picture in the Birmingham Post
Date of review: May 16, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Shadowed Runner
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great 10K race
In full: Despite the rain, a good race, lots of entrants. Only gripe (and it is minor, and to be perfectly honest, self-inflicted) not a lot of room to overtake on first 1K. But to be fair, I had placed myself too far back I guess. Overall, nice Sunday race - thanks to the marshalls and finish-line chocolate marshalls (poor girls, they were cold and soaked!)
Date of review: May 15, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Jason Clark 6
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Good challenging parkland run - organisation excellent!
In full: Overall really enjoyed the run, despite the rain, and the course was very interesting and challenging. Main drawback was a very narrow start making initial running quite difficult - but this was compensated for once the pack spread out and we began to move around the vast, beauitiful park.
Date of review: May 15, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: medal collector
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: it was raining heavily but runners turned up still.good organization
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: marcus whaley
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Bit hilly and it was wet but nice race....
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: John Norris 4
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Beginner-friendly and atmospheric
In full: Would be lovely on a sunny day! Beautiful park to run around. Sizeable field. Fine tee and medal. Seems a bit cruel to make the last 100 yds an uphill slog. All in all no nonsense good fun.
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: dib
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Nice testing race
In full: Second time I have done this and in the main enjoyed it. I did the 5k and it is a good challenging course in good scenery. Very well orgainsed in the main but two gripes - firstly there was no distance markers for the 5k, so difficult to guage your speed/distance if fairly new to running like myself and secondly, I found when I got home that I had been given last years t-shirt as they had run out of large ones - not a major problem but a little disappointing.
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Richard Birch
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Tough, well organised, fun
In full: New to running I came into this race hoping to beat my one and only previous 10k time, posted just 4 days previous on muddy tracks. The hills in Sutton Park put paid to any hopes of doing better though...energy sapping. I also found the sections of the course where you double back on yourself pretty demoralising, especially if you run downhill for a good kilometer...its no fun knowing you've got to haul yourself back up the same hill in a minute!
The postives were the orgqanisation. Slick and nice to be sent off by celebrities. The band playing were excellent, and made it feel like a big event. Goodie bag was excellent, and parking was well organised. Thanks for a good day... I'm off now to look for a nice flat course so I can get a decent time!
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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