Liverpool Santa Dash 5KHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (39 votes). | 1 to 10 of 39 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 4 |
| The big picture (39 votes) | | Overall score | | 90% | | How many would do it again? | | 92% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 72% | | PB potential | | 66% | | Atmosphere | | 92% | | Organisation | | 82% | | Value | | 71% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 94% |
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2010 race reviewed by: Bibster
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Great fun
In full: Seeing over 7000 Santa's running through Liverpool is a sight to behold! I was fortunate enough to get one of the limited blue suits which made it even more memorable. Great fun & fab atmosphere as you would expect. The course takes you through the city centre and no real challenges. A few 'inclines' but nothing major. Goody bags and medals were nice - even got a box of porridge :-)
The after race 're-hydration' was great as every cafe & pub was full of Santa's, many of which we're still in full costume well into the evening. I even managed to talk a couple of Santa's we met in Matthew Street into doing the Liverpool 1/2 in March!!
My only critisism is around the car parking. There was a flyer in the race pack giving details of a carpark for 'Santa's' on the Strand, but you couldn't get there as the roads were closed off. We managed to find some where close by (and cheaper) so no real problem.
Looking forward to next year.
Date of review: December 6, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Rob Evans 12
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: 7000+ santas running through Liverpool city centre
In full: Fantastic event. Definately a highlight of the year and a great way to end a running year. Not sure how people can complain about the price. If you think its too much don't enter it! How can a santa suit, T-shirt, quality medal, 2(!) goodybags, a run through a major city, a great day and any money left going to charity not be worth 20 quid! anyway rant over, great day out and will definatly be doing it again.
Date of review: December 6, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: treadmiller
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Fun Santa run through Liverpool
In full: Good fun run for all the family (including dogs!) Christmas countdown starts now.
Date of review: December 5, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Slowfoot Going Goofy
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 20% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Nice but not worth the price
Date of review: December 5, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: ste hughes
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Once again well organised
In full: same as last year went like clockwork roads well gritted no probs at all
Date of review: December 5, 2010
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2006 race reviewed by: Big Runner
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Careful not to get clamped (Don't forget to feed meter)
In full: Careful not to get clamped (Don't forget to feed meter)I forgot, My son gave me the change but by the time we had got our Santa suits on and killed ourselves laughing we'd forgot to feed it into the meter and got clamped It ended up costing us over a Hundred pound to do a race for charity!! would not do it again because of that!!!!!!!!
Date of review: November 25, 2010
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2009 race reviewed by: Fiona Hanik
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Amazing - highly recommended to ALL
In full: What can I say but fantastic. From the minute you get on the train (which is full of santas) to walking to the start, just a sea of red and of course the 500 Blue(EVERTON) santas - well this is Liverpool!!!
The sight of over 7000 santa's is breathtaking and the atmosphere is amazing. All abilites of runners, dressed up dogs and decorated buggies. I am yet to find anyone who didn't enjoy the experience.
The race organisation is excellent from registering and picking up your santa suit to free Merseytravel train journey to the course and then the finish.
YOU HAVE GOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS DAY - AMAZING
Date of review: November 23, 2010
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2009 race reviewed by: ste hughes
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
Date of review: October 28, 2010
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2009 race reviewed by: Nicola Gage
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% |
In short: Needs better organisation
In full: I signed up for this with my godsons to begin the countdown to Christmas. I missed the 5K because none of the stewards seemed able to point us in the direction of the santa suit collection point and the map enclosed with the race pack was useless. We found them just as the van was about to pull off otherwise there would have been 2 very unhappy kids. The race itself was great fun, good crowds and a great start to the festive season for the children. But for those of us from out of the area printing information in the Liverpool Echo is no use. Better information next time would be helpful but would definately run it again.
Date of review: December 24, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: JAYNE ROBINSON
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Excellent fun run, fantastic day. Will return again.
Date of review: December 16, 2009
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