My Event Ratings

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

In short: Traffic free, challenging without being sadistic and all the hard work is in the first 2/3rds of the course
Date of review: September 6, 2009

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

In short: Well organised, great crowds.
In full: I did this as part of my London warm-up and from that perspective it was a sucessful day out. Like others I found runners having started too far forward a problem; it wasn't until after we came out of the town centre that I felt comfortable with the pace of those running around me.

The organisation was efficient and the facilities more than adequate, both around the Madjeski and along the route and the support along the couse was excellent.

And although the queues off the M4 were a pain coming into the race I was pleasantly suprised how quickly I was able to get away afterwards.
Date of review: March 30, 2009

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

In short: Everything a race should be!
In full: Hard but enjoyable, great atmosphere, super Race HQ set up for a race of its size. I did this race as a marathon warm-up but it just might become the focal point of my winter training in years to come.
Date of review: March 8, 2009

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

In short: Ronseal
In full: This was an unpretentious no-frills proper road race, geared towards the serious runner (county championship incorporated) to which a few slower types such as myself were able to tag along.

Well organised and marshalled with good facilities at Race HQ.
Date of review: February 9, 2009

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: The ideal way to round off the Christmas break
Date of review: January 7, 2009

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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		60%

In short: One of the best finishing strech of any race I've done.
In full: That view as you come over the crest of the last rise of the switchback and can see your way to the line - all downhill - never fails to inspire.

I agree that the start could be improved - wouldn't it be possible to start the race on the service road inside the racecourse?
Date of review: November 17, 2008

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

In short: A course with a sting in its tail!
In full: A decent, well attended event and one to which I will definitely want to return older but wiser, having been caught out by the succession of climbs in the latter stages.

There was no shortage of marshalls, who did their job well unlike the numpty with the hosepipe at the second water station who didn't seem to understand the words "not for me thanks".
Date of review: June 1, 2008

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

In short: This is now one of my must-do races
In full: At the third time of asking I felt I'd got to grips with this race, the climbs didn't feel as tough and the descents seemed to go on a bit longer than I'd remembered.

And for the first time there were still some Mars bars left when I finished!
Date of review: January 28, 2008

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: A great way to start 2008
In full: The third time I'd done this. If anything, it seemed better run than before. The course is quite hilly but the the gradients aren't too severe.
Date of review: January 7, 2008

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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		40%

In short: First time I'd done this, definitely won't be the last
Date of review: October 15, 2007

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