My Event Ratings

Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

In short: Lovely afternoon in the snow
In full: Top marks for:
a. not cancelling the race
b. Website update on Saturday advising of same

Modified course this year, presumably to avoid any snow concealed holes. Still hard work, but encouragement all the way round from the smiley marshalls. Seemed to be mostly club runners, but still encouragement for those of us at the back.
Date of review: December 20, 2010

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: cracking new cross country event
In full: Interesting course through the woods local to the health club (full marks for the person who painted all the tree roots to look out for), some nasty inclines to get the heart racing. Trail shoes probably best option as the paths can get a bit slippery. Top goody bag to boot.
Parking could be a problem if the race becomes more popular (signs to overflow parking would be useful), but a very encouraging start for a new event.
Date of review: November 1, 2010

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		60%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

In short: Its really rather hilly
In full: I didn't experience the problems others have reported with marshalls (although I was towrds the back of the pack)- very nice start to the race winding through the centre of town. Nice touch- traffic stopped to allow runners to cross to footpath. Had the slopes been less steep I might have looked up once in a while to admire the view.
Date of review: July 26, 2010

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Ouch. It's rather hilly
In full: Marvellous event, lovely scenery, teriffically smiley marshalls, but seriously hard work- my finishing time was, ooh, about 1 hour down on my HM PB. Very bling medal and tech T-shirt at the finish and sandwiches (how civilized).
Date of review: June 21, 2010

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

In short: fabulous debut for new marathon
In full: Immaculately organised and planned. Good weather helped. Course mostly flat (only a couple of bits to get you puffing) and looped to make the most of the support. Brilliant crowds, ample water and fuel station, huge St Johns presence. Could do with a few more portaloos at the start and the skips for empty bottles could have been better signed, but those were minor niggles.
Date of review: April 19, 2010

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

In short: Ideal long run material for Spring marathons
In full: Course well marshalled by very frendly marshalls- mostly quiet roads with minimal traffic. Slight inclines but generally a quick course. Will be back if I book in a spring marathon next year
Date of review: March 28, 2010

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

In short: Hills + more hills + more hills = Ouch
In full: Smooth organisation, lovely marshals and well stocked feed stations. The course is wonderfully scenic, but its mostly up and down. Perhaps a change of signage (laminated cards instead of trail tape maybe) may stop the locals removing the route markers?
Excellent medal, shirt and rucksack at the end- heard that the breakfasts were good, but was feeling to nauseous to partake.

My finish time was 8 minutes slower than Beachy Head, just to give an indication as to 'how hard' the course is.
Date of review: October 26, 2009

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

In short: cracking event- worth the hassle of entering
In full: After the less than straightforward online registration the rest of the event seems to have gone swimmingly, I arrived not long after the baggage tent opened, so managed to avoid the worst of the queues for that and the loos. The course starts out wide, so I didn't have problems with overcrowding, but I was starting from somewhere near the front of the green 'wave' (second start). Nearly pancake flat course means its good for PBs, was too tired to take in most of the festival but it seemed to be popular.
Date of review: October 12, 2009

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		40%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Good PB potential course (with added cachet of F1 circuit for petrolheads))
In full: Brilliant weather meant I came back with mild sunburn (much better than the hailstorm 2 years ago). Increased numbers of runners also swelled the support (whch was great), BUT the helpful parking marshalls disappeared when we (all) tried to leave (took aaages), which kind of took some of the glow off the day.
Date of review: March 23, 2009

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

In short: the racecourse is not as flat as it looks on the telly
In full: and indeed there are some other lumps and bumps in the course. Extremely well organised and marshalled (thank you for being out in the cold for that long), the man with the megaphone at the start could have done with being a little louder. I'll be back.
Date of review: January 5, 2009

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