South London 10KHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (98 votes). | The big picture (98 votes) | | Overall score | | 71% | | How many would do it again? | | 88% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 63% | | PB potential | | 59% | | Atmosphere | | 64% | | Organisation | | 71% | | Value | | 73% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 70% |
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2012 race reviewed by: Steve Lawton
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Well organised
In full: Well organised race, especially for the poor steward who was getting the full wrath of a angry local motorist when I ran past. Definitely do it again.
Date of review: February 18, 2013
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2012 race reviewed by: AM 3
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% |
In short: My first 10k and really enjoyable!
In full: Although I finished 8th to last, it was a great run with mostly fantastic marshals, especially towards the end, with genuine encouragement throughout. Organisation spot on except for slight lack of signage towards the end of the race but was told this was due to winds blowing some of the signage off. As I was one of the last ones, it wasn't as fun a finish but the sincere encouragement from other runners already heading home as I was running on the High Street was really appreciated! I would agree with comments to have more of the run on the common, but great otherwise, thanks to the organisers and marshals.
Date of review: November 26, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Martin Jones 15
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Hard but enjoyable run
In full: Enjoyable run in the gale-force wind.
Date of review: November 26, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Sinead Courtney
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
Date of review: November 26, 2012
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2011 race reviewed by: Pete The Plod
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Not too bad.
In full: Not too bad a race, a couple of roads to cross, the marshalls were great!
a good selection of snacks available at the end, the medal was ok, with the option of engraving for a modest fee.
A good value race that I would do again.
Date of review: February 26, 2012
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2011 race reviewed by: littleladcox
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great organisation, route fine, goodies nice! PB done
In full: Well organised, enough toilets, easy to collect chip and drop off bag, the music and the pre race warm up was a nice touch seeing as it had been raining 10 minutes before and people looked miserable! Didn't notice the wind, hill was over before I had time to worry about it, lots of food and drinks at the end and results up immediately. Managed to get a PB too, will be back.
Date of review: January 5, 2012
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2011 race reviewed by: Jon Cullen
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Tough course, rubbish medal
In full: Too windy high up on the common to hear the instructions through the megaphone, this wind also hindered my first 1k and my last 2k as it seem to be pushing me back no matter what direction I was running in...the incline between 5k and 6k is a bloody killer, really took it out of me....yet I still managed a PB?!? A race full of good intentions but not very well organised. Nice crowd though and scenic route. Quiet marshalls apart from one who give me a very encouraging high five!!
Date of review: December 18, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Muttley 2
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Enjoyable run.
In full: I actually live near the commom and run on it a lot, so it seems weird to pay to do it, but having said that, it makes a big diffrence running with 700 other people. So much more enjoyable. Very good organisation, and it all went smoothly. Only criticism would be that with the whole common to run on, why was only a fraction of the run on it, the rest on pavements besides fairly busy roads away from the nice scenery. Nice medal with some freebies, and the marshalls did a very good job, especially at road crossings. Well done. The hill, whilst slowing most people down a bit, isn't a terrible hill, and with a little hill practice shouldn't creat too many problems. In fact my mate took 30 seconds off his PB! Cant be bad.
Date of review: November 28, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: avron daniels
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great Organisation - Well worth getting up for!!!
In full: This event was very well organised. Done quite afew of Energized events and they all seem to run like clock work! Loads of marshalls and so encouraging - thank you! Easy Chip collection, baggage storage, and start went on time - presentation was a nice touch with medal podium too.. Cant see how they can look into improving road safety as pedestrians also have right of way. They cant do much about people coming round the corners!! what do you expect - road closures!! Well done Energized!
Date of review: May 25, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: BARRY Frost 5
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Challenging, but well worth the effort. Safety and crowd support need attention.
In full: Route was challenging, with strong winds and a long uphill that never made up for going down in the first place. Great overall, though virtually no cheering public to help spur us on. This was left to the marshalls, especially one at about 8.5K. THANK YOU!
One important point however, while nice to run through Wimbledon Village it was very dangerous, and I came wafer close to being knocked into passing traffic by two unsuspecting pedestrians who came round a blind corner at the same time as me. This is an accident waiting to happen and the route needs to be amended here.
Date of review: May 24, 2011
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