My Event Ratings

Overall score		40%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		40%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		20%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Third time this race has been run, and third time the organisation has been terrible! Save your time & money and run another Half.
Date of review: October 31, 2010

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

In short: Yet again another well organised race...the organisers could teach the Birmingham Half Marathon a thing or two!!
Date of review: October 31, 2010

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		40%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: A race that is OK…still needs improving.
In full: Before everyone criticiseses my comments I know this is only the second half my have held, but I must still say there are better and faster courses out there. First of all the staggered start needs to be better controlled only allowing people with the correct bid colour into the corresponding pen (this will only get worse as competitor numbers increase), I was held up by the “Fun” runners plodding along 3 or 4 abreast. Next the course is an improvement on last year but again does not show off the better side of Brum, also it is still fairly undulating (there are definitely faster courses out there, try Wolverhampton Half). I could not fault the support, one of the better events I have completed this year apart from the London marathon. As others have mentioned the event needs to accommodate the public transport situation (had to get the wife to drop me off as buses/trains would not get me into the city centre on time for the start!). The goody bag was a big disappointment considering the price we pay for entry (teabags and cranberry sauce are not well received when all you want is a banana and a chocolate bar!). Overall I would say the race was better than last year but not by much.
Date of review: October 11, 2009

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

In short: Another well organised event!
Date of review: September 20, 2009

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

In short: A fast undulating course.
In full: Start could of been better...why were there cars passing through the crowd at the start? Dangerous if you ask me. Also, part of the course on open roads with traffic in both directions.
Date of review: September 6, 2009

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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: This was my first marathon, and what an event! Million times better than the GNR
Date of review: April 28, 2009

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

In short: Yet again another well organised race!
Date of review: March 20, 2009

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

In short: Yet again another well organised race! Still want a full size pudding when I finish though to save buying one!
Date of review: December 30, 2008

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

In short: A rather dull, un-inspiring, very undulating course! Organsiation at start was a little poor.
In full: Like many others I was expecting a lot more from this race. There are key areas that need to be improved for next years run, but for a first effect it was not too bad. As mentioned before I would also prefer an out and back course, and a slightly later start to allow people to use public transport to get to the start (using the stadium seemed a waste of time and effect)
Date of review: October 26, 2008

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

In short: Yet again another well organised event!
Date of review: October 19, 2008

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