London 10K Love RunHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (12 votes). | 1 to 10 of 12 ratings | Page: 1 2 |
| The big picture (12 votes) | | Overall score | | 68% | | How many would do it again? | | 88% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 75% | | PB potential | | 77% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 47% | | Value | | 57% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 78% |
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2008 race reviewed by: Nadine Girard
 | | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Used to NYC race... This one was somewhat pathetic...
Date of review: February 15, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Bella Bardswell
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great day with a fast course and good atmosphere
Date of review: February 13, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Mike Lamond 2
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great cause, beautiful weather - very poor organisation.
In full: For a £20 entry fee I would have expected something a little better and more professional. I know its a charity event but...
1. 5 Portaloos is hardly sufficient for over 900 runners.
2. T-shirts weren't distributed, they were available apparently in boxes somewhere.
3. There were only two marker posts throughout the whole course and one drinks station (very hidden).
4. Bag reclaim - we queued for 45 minutes to get our bags back.
5. The finish post was taken down very early - so a lot of the late finishers didn't have the glory of properly crossing the finish line (for first-timers this is often the best bit).
Date of review: February 12, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Adele Kelaher
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Not overcrowded, lots of room to push yourself as you aren't held uup..
Date of review: February 11, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Elizabeth Dawes 3
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: My second year running this race and will definitely do it again next year.
Date of review: February 11, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Ruth Kinson
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: A great race, it was my first ever and I really enjoyed myself!
Date of review: February 11, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Amy77
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Gorgeous day and PB so cannot complain!
In full: I agree the course was short, but only very slighly so was ok. I thought the organisation fine and everyone friendly. I didn't mind paying £20 as for a vey good cause, but is v. expensive for a race that is low budget/ profile. I like laps so really liked the course.
Just two criticisms - I thought I had pobably finished in the top 10 (which only happens in lower profile races!) so wanted to see my placing, but the results were up by surname so no way to tell where you came. Secondly, there was no way to tell (as far as I could see) whether people had done one, two or three laps when they finished!
Date of review: February 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Strictly Running
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Fab course. Beautiful day. Could have been better organised.
In full: It's a wonderful course - beautiful, flat and fast, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. It's also a great charity to support too. BUT....only 5 portaloos for runners, we missed getting t-shirts as queuing 25mins for loo, couldn't find the warm-up, wrong info in the pre race pack, didn't spot any markers during race (there were two apparently but most missed them), later finishers couldn't find water, bag reclaim was chaotic - took half an hour and people were standing on other bags to try and find their own, no-one knows where the results will be posted... Still, looking forward to next year!
Date of review: February 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Natrie
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great saturday morning run
In full: organisation could be bettered...i.e. bag collection and the fact that even registrars did not know where the results would be posted.
that said, the atmosphere was great and everything was done with the best of intentions...
overall well worth a trip if you are in the area.
Date of review: February 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: tfwiii
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Good fun, easy going, nice park, good atmosphere.
Date of review: February 9, 2008
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