My Event Ratings

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

In short: Great race for PB (I have my PB and second best PB on this course)
Date of review: March 3, 2008

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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: Good organisation, nice to see a BBQ and bar at the end, weather was very hot which made it hard, but overall I enjoyed this
Date of review: September 10, 2006

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

In short: A good race, but spoiled by poor organisation at the finish
In full: I found the whole race well organised (except for the finish), there were toilets that you didn't have to queue for (although it was other runners that told us of these as they weren't signposted), the day went smoothly with no problems with traffic or parking, race itself was good, although those bridges in the last couple of miles are a bit mean. Plenty of water and energy drinks, marshalls were friendly (and they must have been very cold!) Only criticism was the finish - after a sprint (!?) up to the line you stopped dead and were then herded into a pen for 10 mins, unable to cool down properly and just getting cold, while the legs stiffened up - drinks were brought down to us, but I don't think it was clear that we needed to stay in order - I saw people moving back to meet up with people, and some people pushed past me. I will just stick with my stopwatch time from line to line - which was a PB by 7 mins, so I was well happy with the day overall. I would do this again, although it was a tad expensive considering no goody bag and no chip time.
Date of review: March 13, 2006

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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: Well organised and great weather, altogether a well spent morning out!
In full: Very well organised, the hills were not too difficult and managed to get to get a PB!
Date of review: December 11, 2005

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

In short: Appallingly poor time, but mostly due to the extremely hot conditions
In full: No complaints about organisation, marshalling, scenery etc. Unfortunately the extremely hot conditions put paid to any sensible running time for me (and another few other runners I saw pulling up/falling down). Good goody bag, great organisation etc, just needed it cooler! Might do again next year if the forecast is a little more "running friendly"!
Date of review: September 4, 2005

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

In short: VERY hot day, scenic route partially shaded, great organisation, facilities and goody bag.
Date of review: August 24, 2005

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

In short: Well organised, frequent water stations, good marshalling & friendly locals all made this a good day. Drawbacks - no sports drinks or the like at the water stations and a 1pm start on a hot day, but otherwise a great race. Recommended.
Date of review: April 25, 2005

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

In short: Travelled some distance for this one and very glad I did, lovely weather, excellant race with friendly and encouraging bystanders/marshalls, and good changing facilities.
In full: There are some hills, but the worst one looks worse than it is when you get there. Managed to run my quickest 10k and 5k splits to date in the tail end of this race, so there must be some payoff for those hills! Roads are not traffic free but were generally quiet and very well marshalled.
Will definately be back next year (although I guess I might be pushing my luck to expect such gorgeous weather two years on the trot!)
Date of review: January 17, 2005

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