My Event Ratings

Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		20%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		40%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: What happened with the results?
In full: To repeat what I said on the forum:

On the online entry form, there were fields for club name and corporate team. Plus a field to enter your employer's name (to do with charitable donations I believe).

I think that if you entered your employer details, it has put this into "corporate team" and wiped out club name. God knows how or why. Even the race winner appeared to have no club, but be running for the Post Office!

This is very annoying as we like to round up all our results for club night announcements. This year we had quite a few new members running in club vests for the first time, and it's hard to find their positions and times (and they don't get to see their result as a club runner - quite a buzz when you're new to it).

And at least one of our runners is entirely absent from the results - and he ran a PB!

Poor show, chaps.

Date of review: November 26, 2007

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		20%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: The sweet smell of success
In full: My first go at it, and given that I was running on a injury (don't try this at home, kids) I was pleasantly surprised with my 20:46. I think these races might be better if run in the winter, though. Warm weather + sewage works = not pleasant....
Date of review: May 3, 2007

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

In short: Great reace
Date of review: March 5, 2007

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		20%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: An ever-reliable PB course, well organised.
In full: My race was lifted by a couple of "celebs" - Jane Tomlinson starting us off, and Nell McAndrew chasing me (never thought I'd be able to say *that*!) to the finish. Lovely weather and a PB. I'll be back next year, hopefully a bit nearer to my 40 minute Holy Grail.
Date of review: February 5, 2007

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

In short: Business as usual
In full: Finally, a PB on this course!
Date of review: November 27, 2006

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

In short: Tough one
In full: My first attempt at the GF. I had been warened about its "undulating" nature - and it lived up to it. Very congested at the start, but I was making up the time quite well until I hit "heartbreak hill" at mile 5, and never quite back on track after that. Good training for the nice, flat Abbey Dash 10k in a couple of weeks though! Will definitely be back next year.
Date of review: November 6, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		20%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Always good for a pb.
In full: Forgot about the fact that it's slightly uphill for the first half so my strategy for a sub-45 mins went slightly astray. Still a 45.37 pb though, and I'll be back next year (injuries permitting!)
Date of review: February 7, 2006

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