Brutal 10Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (20 votes). | 1 to 10 of 20 ratings | Page: 1 2 |
| The big picture (20 votes) | | Overall score | | 91% | | How many would do it again? | | 98% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 75% | | PB potential | | 31% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 88% | | Value | | 76% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 68% |
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2011 race reviewed by: Park Runner
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Tough, unforgiving course, mud, bogs and swamps - lovely!
Date of review: December 12, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Stapo
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: This is what running is all about. Fantastic.
Date of review: December 11, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Flo Dugourgeot
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Tough and hilly, I love it!
Date of review: November 14, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Dez666
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Muddy, Boggy, Brackeny, Tussocky, Up, Down, Thrilling Awesomeness :-)
Date of review: November 14, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Sarah Rollins
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great terrain, great team of organisers. Burger van at end and post race forgoodnesshakes and banana! Bonus!
Date of review: November 4, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Catcat
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Woolmer race - Think we were lucky with the weather
In full: Not as Brutal as I imagined but would have been a different story had it rained in the past couple of weeks. They still found a fair amount of mud though.
Nice start to the cross country season, looking forward to the next two.
Date of review: October 20, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Simon Lamen
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Short sharp hills and tesing under foot terrain
In full: Brutal and Toby Jenkins are thanked for letting the canicross trailrunners join in with their event. We started 10 mins before the main race and most of us managed to not get caught. This was a tesing run underfoot, from stony paths to forest paths to tree stumps and braken, the dogs needed close guidance for the open forest but coped well.
Thanks to all the marshalls, with a cheery face for all on a cold morning.
Date of review: March 21, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Will Arnold 2
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Very good race, lot's of hills.
In full: Really good race, well organised. Lots of good hills to get your teeth into.
Date of review: March 20, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Derah
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Didn't really live up to the hype
In full: After various Hellrunner and TurboX races, I was expecting this to live up to the same standards. It was tougher than your average trail run, but hardly "2011's ultimate challenge". No goody bag, no t-shirt, no medal. All quite disappointing really.
Date of review: March 19, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: walnut169
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: It's called Brutal for a reason!
In full: This was my first time doing one of the Brutal or Grim style runs. I knew it would be a lot tougher than a regular 10k (trail or road) but naivety showed as it was truly BRUTAL! Superbly organised and the difficulty made it feel all the more of an achievement.
Date of review: February 28, 2011
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