My Event Ratings

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

In short: Challenging course. Fantastic support.
In full: Lovely race, great marshalling and support, absolutely faultless, great start to the new year!
Date of review: January 2, 2010

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

In short: Excellent as usual!
In full: Really enjoy this race, the support is second to none! Thanks especially to the marshalls and the volunteers at the water stations. Superb.
Date of review: October 26, 2008

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

In short: Traffic-free, well-marshalled course
In full: Nice course, through traffic-free lanes, friendly marshalls, a nice atmosphere. The hills are not as bad as I'd remembered them from last time I was here, in 2006, but it was much much hotter then. Parking is easy, all in all a very pleasant way to spend a Sunday morning!
Date of review: June 29, 2008

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

In short: Lovely run, but felt decidedly unsafe in the traffic
In full: I love this run, and it's local to me. The organisation is great, the atmosphere good, it's a great family day out. But the traffic mars the enjoyment. The marshalls were doing a great job vainly trying to slow it down, and were right there where they were needed, but still felt unsafe as traffic thundered past, where we had to run on the road, it seemed like inches away from my elbow. I found it hard to focus on the running, for fear that something was going to run me down.
If the road can't be closed, could it be cordoned off so the runners can have a bit of safe road to run on? It needs to be safe, and today, it wasn't.
Date of review: June 22, 2008

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

In short: Good organisation, great marshalling.
In full: Love this race! Like the route, the organisation, the marshalling, the friendly atmosphere, the bargain entry, the option of three distances ... oh, and it's only 2 miles from home. What more could I say! Enjoyed it, thanks to everyone who made it a special race.
Date of review: June 1, 2008

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

In short: Loads of support, fast course, excellent goody bag and medal
In full: Yes, there was a bit of an organisational blip, shame for those runners who had to abandon the race, must be very frustrating. But with such a large field it must be a nightmare to get it right. There was no shortage of willing volunteers (thanks everybody, it IS appreciated) and no shortage of water and energy drinks. You'd think by all the negative comments that the organisers weren't wanting to do their best - I'm sure that was never the case. Sometimes things go wrong, just have to make the best of it. Still enjoyed the day, the race, and broke my pb by 8 minutes.
Date of review: March 16, 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: Very supportive atmosphere
In full: My first 20 mile race, Iwas a bit apprehensive but I shouldn't have worried, everyone, marshalls, locals, runners were so supportive, it carried me round. Lovely scenery. I'll be back!
Date of review: March 2, 2008

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

In short: Good one to test your hill stamina!
In full: Thanks to everyone who organised this lovely race, good clear signs, great marshalling. The course was quite challenging, had to get into first gear for most of it! Really enjoyed the downhill bit, it made up for all the slogging up the hills!
Nice TShirt (long sleeved), and lovely vanilla For Goodness Shakes. I'll be back!
Date of review: February 24, 2008

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

In short: PB for me too, great race
In full: Didn't think I'd pb here because of the description of the course as "undulating" but the hills went down as well as up - and almost all downhill for the second half, it seemed. Brilliant, really enjoyed it. It was evident that everyone had worked hard at getting this race right, great organisation, clear instructions to the start, friendly and supportive marshalls, thanks to all, I'll be back!
Date of review: January 1, 2008

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

In short: Lovely run, great for a pb
In full: My first 5 mile race, so got a pb!
Enjoyed the run, hardly any traffic, small country roads and tracks. 2 smallish inclines, apart from that, flat all the way. Thanks to friendly marshalls, great organisation, lots to buy at start and finish, overall excellent for a small event.
Date of review: November 4, 2007

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