My Event Ratings

Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Very enjoyable day out, great scenery, organisation, value for money. Not a fast one though .
In full: Overall very enjoyable (I did the marathon).

Best bits - the yew tree forest with the blue string, going through Clarendon estate, Longford Castle, the Cathedral at the end, great organisation for an event like this - with all the different distances on offer, low-key start and finish, friendly checkpoints with jelly babies.

Bits that could be improved - a few mile markers would be nice - or indicate the checkpoints, with their distances on the map, a bit less road.

I found the route very well marked and didn't need the map or instructions at all. The last bit from Wilton to the Cathedral seemed to go on forever on the road and passed the houses - a mile marker round there would've been nice.
Not an easy one, but very enjoyable.
Date of review: August 13, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		20%

In short: The toughest, but probably most enjoyable marathon so far
In full: Very tough, but very enjoyable race.

If I had to find fault I suppose it would be having to stand around at the start for 1 1/2 hours with nowhere to sit, but the rest of the event more than made up for that. Great scenery, organisation, nice t-shirt (even had the right size), plenty of water/energy drink.
Date of review: June 17, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: Can't fault it in any way
In full: The second time I've done this race and it won't be the last. As before the organisation was brilliant, marshalls friendly and supportive, ok local crowd support was a bit thin but that didn't make much difference to me. The stadium start and finish is great too.

I'm not one for huge crowd events and this is perfect - not too crowded and not too small that you're on your own at times. Selling t-shirts - great idea too. And I really like the names on the back, nice touch. I have so many old race t-shirts I've never worn, much better to choose to buy one if you want to - and keep costs down. Oh yes - no problems with parking either.

Abingdon really ticks all the boxes.
Date of review: October 23, 2006

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: The perfect half-marathon - not crowded, flat, scenic, excellent organisation
In full: Pity about the wind, but then it affected everyone and no-one can do anything about it.
I still managed a PB by 3 minutes though so I was really pleased with that. A great race and I'll definitely do it again, regardless of weather. I think the marshalls had a worse time in the wind and rain than the runners !
Date of review: April 3, 2006

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Excellent event - scenic, well organised, sweets at the checkpoints!
In full: I did the 20 - my first off-road race and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great scenery, well organised. I live in the area and do lots of running on the roads around Compton so it was nice to see the area from an off-road point of view.
Date of review: March 25, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: I expected a 3 lap route to be a lot worse - at least you know what to expect in the last lap
Date of review: December 5, 2005

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