My Event Ratings

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

In short: So much potential but iron out the flaws
In full: Car parking was a nightmare, plenty of marshal's to sort it but lack of communication between them. Race was still going on when I left but nobody co-ordinating people getting out.

Start was horrendous - for a 400 person race don't need to get people outside on a freezing, snowy and wet morning 15 minutes before the start time when race HQ is next to start. First corner was an accident waiting to happen - far too slippy, far too sharp a turn, far too many kerbstones when you got into the car park. It was like the Grand National - fallers everywhere. Surely a start on the road would make much more sense and also elimibate the need for "pens" - never known a race so small start in waves before, in fact never known a race start in waves, thought it was only triathlons that did this. Pens weren't marked either.

Chip timing was dodgy at best, apparently it took me 5 seconds to cross the start line, I was stood on the line.

T-shirt at the end, so much better now if these were technical or a new momento thought up.

That said on a decent March day definitely got PB potential and a decent course.
Date of review: March 18, 2013

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

In short: If the mud doesn't get you the hill will!
In full: If you want one race a year when you can just go and have a laugh and want to leave the watch at home - this has to be it.
Date of review: November 14, 2010

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

In short: Hilly!
In full: Cool t-shirt.
Could have done with a drink stop at 3 miles (gasping by 5!). Water stop at 8 very welcome.
Date of review: September 12, 2010

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

In full: If it's not the rain and the cold it's the wind! Seemed especially tough going up the hill from 5 - 6.
Date of review: March 15, 2010

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

In short: Great first 7k - but where was the Thames in last 3k
In full: 1) Why say on website race is full and no entries on day and yet blatantly take entries on day? Knew someone who wanted to do this race
2) First 7k really nice, last 3k a bit dreary just running through town
3) Only seemed to run alongside the Thames for 500m
4) Good brief at the start advising people where to start - nice to get away and run and even race.
Date of review: June 1, 2009

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