My Event Ratings

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

In short: Fun, Fast, traffic free race
Date of review: December 16, 2010

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

In short: Fang-tastic Fun!
In full: One of the only races where when I finished I actually wanted to go round again! Great fun and could not fault any of it. The scarers were great, the course varied and the glowstick lighing and 11pm start added to the spooky feel. certainly worth the trip from Bristol (and thats not just because we won the fancy dress competition!!)
Date of review: November 1, 2010

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Overall score		20%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		20%
Organisation		20%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Ruined by hopeless organisation
In full: This was a potentially great race ruined by dire organisation. Due to a complete lack of informed Marshalls at least the front end of the field ended up going the wrong way leading to some people doing up to 1.3k more and in my case and others 1.7k more. It seems they had a similar issue last year so how they could let it happen again is pretty inexcusable! The confusion made for one of the worse post race atmospheres I have even encountered with runners trying to work out how far they had run and what place they should have come. Today the results are up but they have managed to miss recording a lot of runners times, (maybe their tie on numbers fell off when they were trying to stop themselves getting more lost) It was good that none of the WWT swans were around at the end, someone may have throttled one with frustration!
Date of review: September 10, 2009

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

In short: Yes it was longer then stated but they have owned up to it! lets give them a break shall we!
In full: I would be more inclined to be annoyed if they had not owned up to their error, at least now everyone has a reason why their times were not as they thought they should be. I am not going to let this spoil what for me was a lovely race, the scenary is beautiful the support great and for once a T shirt I can actually use! I travelled from Bristol and I would do again.
Date of review: March 2, 2009

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

In short: Mud, Mud Glorious Mud...
In full: One of the best ways to spend a Sunday morning!! The combination of mud, water, mud and more mud makes the 9 and a bit miles fly by. Great organisation and the cheerful spectators, marshalls and competitors make this race a truly uplifting experience. Unless you are alergic to having fun do this race!
Date of review: November 12, 2008

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Overall score		40%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		20%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

In short: Bring a Map and Compass!!
In full: I guess my experience of this race was hugely damaged by the fact that at one of the key points a Marshall who should have been there had popped off somewhere and I ended up running off course for a substantial amount of time and had to retrace my steps (up hill) to get back on track. Now I appreciate events take a lot of organisation and Im thankful that people take time out of their day to be Marshalls - but just from a safety point of view, let alone the effect on my time and placing this should not have been allowed to happen. Other than that it was a good challenging race, it would have been nice if the mist had lifted so you could see what must have been some stunning views but that was something the organisers could not control!!
Date of review: March 25, 2007

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

In short: If you pick one half marathon to run in March - make it this one!
In full: Well done Hogweeds, a great race, in great scenery with great organisation! Ok, it may be hilly, but the encouragement of the marshalls, the atmosphere and the sense of achievement at the end make it well worth the effort!
Date of review: March 14, 2007

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

In short: Thats quite a hill !!!
In full: Fantastic race - selection of hills made for tough ascents and thrilling descents (trouble keeping feet on ground!!) well organised (3 water stations and what seemed like hundreds of marshalls) overjoyed with coming in under 50 mins - If I dont get into London 2007 I will certainly be back next year!
Date of review: April 24, 2006

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

In short: Great Race! Six minutes of my PB so perhaps im a bit biased!!
In full: Fast course, there was talk of a hill at some point but I didnt really notice it!! Good crowd and the choccie at the end was appreciated (especially when I got stuck in the holiday traffic on the way home!!) great PB potential, still cant believe my time!
Date of review: April 18, 2006

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

In short: The wind took your breath away, the hills took your legs away and the the mud cost some their dignity! - But what Fun!!
In full: Great race,I may be struggling with stairs today but im still smiling!! If you like cross country you should love this, buckets of mud, a knee deep river crossing (thigh deep when your only 5'1) and enough hills to keep things interesting. Good organisation and a pretty good medal at the end. Only complaint would be the runners who moaned that the course was too muddy to get a PB - wheres your sense of adventure!! (and humour in some cases!!) Going to be back next year for sure (if my trainers dry in time!!)
Date of review: April 3, 2006

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