My Event Ratings

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

In short: Great race, well organised, scenic, friendly.
Date of review: November 12, 2011

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

In short: Excellent, friendly organisation - very scenic, challenging course
Date of review: April 14, 2009

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

In short: Car parked in the middle of the course!!!
In full: Nice race, pleasant, off-road, scenic - good for beginners.
Unfortunately let down by organisational problems - i) a car was parked right across the course on a narrow pavement/road crossing ii) people lower down the field were queueing to get over the line, presumably making accurate times impossible iii) selfish slower people starting way up the field making everyone else have to weave through them - though the organisers did appeal to people not to iv) goody bags hidden away.
Would probably give it another go next year though.
Date of review: March 9, 2009

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

In short: Very friendly, scenic, mainly car-free race. Undulating, but interesting, course.
Date of review: August 9, 2008

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Overall score		20%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		20%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		60%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Never Again!
In full: I won't be doing this one again. It's mainly through an industrial estate, on badly maintained roads, then it twists & turns through the city centre, up & down pavements and over pot holed roads. Then it finishes in Pride Park stadium, which sounds good, but unfortunately there are right angled turns to slow you down further. It must add at least a minute to times. Possibly a good one for fun runners but not if you're after a decent time. Also the entry fee is very high, with a serious lack of goodies afterwards, the obligatory t-shirt, a bottle of water & a banana! Surely a big city race finishing in a Premiership football stadium could attract some sponsers to give away decent freebies.
Date of review: April 20, 2008

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

In short: Off-road, nice scenery, killer hill at the end, otherwise pretty quick - great organisation & atmosphere.
Date of review: June 11, 2006

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

In short: Nice, friendly race, well organised, flat & quick, though some pavement running & an uninspiring first half on roads/pavements - would definitely do again, though hopefully in cooler weather next time.
Date of review: June 11, 2006

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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: nice, relaxed mainly off-road race
Date of review: April 30, 2005

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

In short: nice, relaxed race
Date of review: April 30, 2005

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