My Event Ratings

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

In short: Awesome first marathon experience, brilliant!
In full: My first marathon and I'm as chuffed as mint balls with the whole experience. The weather was a little daunting the night before and I was worried the start would be a bit wet underfoot and I would have to run 26.2 miles with wet feet. It turned out ok, and obviously the race course is well maintained so the ground was still firm. I found there was hardly any bunching at the start of the race and it was never crowded (I was near the back though!). The support was brilliant - all the way round there were great crowds cheering you on. I thought the water stations were also excellent, apart from the bin lids not being put up which meant most runners just chucked the bottles - small comment, not even a gripe! Best water station was one of the end ones managed by an under 11's football team who thought it was hilarious to squirt the runners with isotonic drinks....I laughed, but then again, I didn't get sticky...Coming back into the race course was brilliant, so much space for people to be there to cheer you on the last spurt. I loved it. Will deffo be going back next year. I've got a personal best to beat now...
Date of review: October 17, 2011

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