My Event Ratings

Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		40%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Beautiful course, friendly and supportive marshalls & organisers, a great day out.
In full: I've run a few marathons, from very low key events to big city runs. Nearly all of them have cost less than this to enter and to be honest, most have had better organisation. It was only minor things, but they added up to put a bit of a negative feel onto what was otherwise a fantastic run. The distance from the rail station to the start was said to be a 15 minute walk, but took me half an hour (and I'm a fairly fast walker). We were originally told that we would not be deemed to have finished if we didn't make cut off times at each checkpoint. Fortunately this was not the case, but almost stopped some people from turning up. We were told that the checkpoints had been altered, but were still expecting one more than there was and they were sporadically placed. There were a couple of other small things, but it was still a lovely day on a really great route. There was a great atmosphere. I would love to do it again, but cannot justify paying that much again.
Date of review: March 28, 2010

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

In short: Brilliant - day 2 even better than day 1 (sunshine helped!)
In full: Day two of a double could be the harder of the two, but everything was so friendly and welcoming that the warm fuzzies kicked in to make another lovely day out.
Date of review: March 8, 2010

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

In short: A top day out by the canal, great atmosphere and organisation.
In full: The question/answer session in the evening was very useful for anyone doing endurance events. Aimed primarily at folk doing M de S, but lots of other food for thought. Great people to be around for a weekend away.
Date of review: March 8, 2010

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

In short: Rain rocks! A pleasant little run in Wimbledon, very friendly organisers.
In full: I had a fantastic run in the rain. However, I was there with some students and was a little concerned for their safety as not all the road crossings were marshaled and there didn't seem much signage to make drivers aware that an event was going on - just arrows for the runners to follow. Some of the marshals didn't seem too keen, but it was a very cold wet day for them. Others were great though, there were some really good, enthusiastic people out there guiding us and cheering us on.
Date of review: February 28, 2010

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

In short: Fantastic organisers, a great day out by the river. And excellent T shirts!
Date of review: February 7, 2010

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

In short: Day two of the 90 miles and I felt very well looked after. Great day out.
Date of review: January 25, 2010

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

In short: Fantastic marshals, good organisation. One of my favourite races, though I can't pin down exactly why.
Date of review: December 6, 2009

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

In short: A nice day out in the countryside with fantastically enthusiastic marshalls.
Date of review: October 11, 2009

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

In short: Mostly scenic course, great marshalls at checkpoints.
In full: The arrow signs and mile markers in the first few miles lulled us into a false sense of security, making it seem that the maps/route descriptions would not be necessary, but there were a few options for getting lost later...
Seemed to be a lot of road for what was advertised as a trail event. Some very pretty parts though and generally well organised.
Date of review: August 9, 2009

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

In short: Lovely, well organised trail race along the downs.
Date of review: June 15, 2009

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