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2009 Larking Gowen Ipswich Half-Marathon
 | | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Too hilly and twisty for a good time
In full: Very good organisation and facilities. Odd course, to many hills and twists and turns to settle into a good pace. Unusual to go clockwise instead of anti-clockwise, which led to too many right turns. Plenty of water and sports drink on a warmish day.
Date of review: August 30, 2009
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2009 Shakespeare Marathon
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Challenging race with good organisation, although on the pricey side,
In full: There were hills, but not impossible; the greenway mad a nice change from the road, although it was twisty towards the end. For £28 + £6 parking, it would have been nice to be given a bit more that a banana and a bottle of water! However, soon forgot this when I was enjoying relaxing in the city afterwards.
Date of review: April 26, 2009
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2009 Friskney Half-Marathon
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Good course, never far from the start/finish - good for spectator support. Nice village hall, with plenty of tea and cakes for after the evet.
Date of review: April 13, 2009
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2009 The Orion 15
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Great challenge in glorious weather
In full: Tough run, with a good mix of terrain and hills, which get progressively harder! Mud not too bad this year, but must be fun when it rains!
Date of review: March 22, 2009
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2008 Burnham Beeches Half Marathon
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Scenic and shady course, not really PB potential
In full: Very pretty run, but all the undulations plus the grassy start and finish and that killer steep slope to get off/on the playing field all conspire to slow you down. Well organised in many respects, but a very long walk from the car park and not really sufficient toilets for the size of field. Just a medal and a Mars bar makes it poor value at that price. I liked the swim at the end though!
Date of review: August 18, 2008
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2008 Muscular Dystrophy Bury 20
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Big Toilet and Baggage queues. Wind and Hills on the course
Date of review: February 24, 2008
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2007 Sidmouth Festival 10K
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: I was expecting one big hill, but there were others too!
In full: Lovely scenery, all off-road course and certainly more of a challenge than I was expecting; the first 1k hill to The Peak was something else - it took me till 4k to recover. Disappointed that vets prizes went to the overall winners too, so several went away with two trophies, and other good performances missed out completely. Not the way it's normally done! Overall a race to remember.
Date of review: August 13, 2007
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2007 SiS Dunsfold 10K
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: my garmin measured well over 10k
In full: Garmin measured 10.4k - did anyone else not that it was over 10k?
Date of review: April 15, 2007
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2007 Nike Milton Keynes Half Marathon
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Not PB potential today due to strong wind
In full: On a positive note, water stations and marshalling very good on route. Shambles at start, with everybody not sure where to find things and not enough toilets. No goody bag was a bit mean, considering the price and large entry. Also no apparent prize giving, which in addition was geared towards men rather than females.Despite this still glad to have done the race, felt good to finish.
Date of review: March 11, 2007
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2007 New Years 10k
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: uplifting start to 2007
Date of review: January 2, 2007
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