My Event Ratings

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

In short: Where were the coaches?
In full: Those of us running the half-marathon had to wait a long time for the coach back to the start—so long (and in such cold and wet weather) that my friend and I jogged home instead.
Date of review: March 5, 2012

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

In short: This is always a good race: friendly and fun.
In full: The weather was almost too warm this year: I like it cold, wet and challenging. (But not windy.) Otherwise, a great race as always, and I was very grateful to the organisers for allowing last year's entrants to carry their entry over (the run was cancelled last year because of the weather). They must have made a significant loss doing this, so many thanks.
Date of review: December 28, 2011

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

In short: Good organisation, good atmosphere. This is always a good race. I like the memento this year.
Date of review: December 28, 2009

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

In short: A good end-of-year challenge
Date of review: December 28, 2008

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

In short: Too many cones and were the mile markers correct?
In full: Little to add to previous comments except that there seemed to be too many cones along the route; I nearly came a serious cropper one of them early in the race. And my Garmin, usually remarkably accurate, said that many of the mile markers were up to 0.2 miles out, and indeed that the whole race was 26.4 rather than 26.2 miles! After 26 miles, that last 0.2 can be quite tough.
Date of review: May 26, 2008

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

In short: Friendly, very challenging, great fun.
In full: The organisers do a great job, from manning the drinks stations to taking the injured back to the start. I did get lost a couple of times around mile 23 but that was my fault! A great day.
Date of review: March 3, 2008

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

In short: Well organised, great route, great atmosphere.
Date of review: November 19, 2006

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

In short: Toilets poor, but thanks to the scenery the race has great potential
In full: As others have said, there were very few toilets at the start, fewer, per runner, than any other race I have run. Can't someone work out a formula for how many loos one needs per 1000 runners? Shouldn't be too difficult. But apart from that, as long as you got back before the heavens opened, it was a good race. The runners were particularly friendly, the scenery was, in places, spectacular, and the atmosphere was good.
Date of review: June 14, 2005

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

In short: Toilets poor, but thanks to the scenery it has potential
In full: As others have said, there were very few toilets at the start, fewer, per runner, than any other race I have run. Can't someone work out a formula for how many loos one needs per 1000 runners? Shouldn't be too difficult. But apart from that, as long as you got back before the heavens opened, it was a good race. The runners were particularly friendly, the scenery was, in places, spectacular, and the atmosphere was good.
Date of review: June 14, 2005

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

In short: Poorly organised
In full: Although we were asked to use the train and not drive, there were far too few shuttle buses at both the start and the finish. For me the end was also marred by at least one over-enthusiastic 'steward'. I agree with others that medal distribution was rather hit-and-miss. On the other hand I retrieved my bag very easily and the atmosphere among the runners was great. But how can you finish a race in a football stadium and not know how to deal with large crowds?
Date of review: March 15, 2005

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