My Event Ratings

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

In short: Hilly but managable for road runners - Extremely well organised.
In full: Great race overall, particularly the marshalling. Not as painfully hilly as others I have done but a lot of runners had their walking breaks. Due to the rain last few days it was very muddy and slippery on stretches, which often were along barbed wired fences. Although rain is not the organisers fault, perhaps the route could be altered to reduce slippery downhill sections. Having said that, that was only a small aspect of what is otherwise a race I'll definitely do again next year.
Date of review: June 24, 2012

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

In short: Great location, great route, great athmosphere
In full: Cant find anything to fault the race. Not very hilly, but trail surface requires careful running.
Date of review: June 10, 2012

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

In short: Great route, great scenery
In full: A great race, with some uphill bits but very gentle and great scenery, particularly on the coast in the last mile
Date of review: June 10, 2012

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

In short: Tough but great course, good marshalling and good infrastructure
In full: Can't fault the organisation, and great atmosphere. Challenging but not insanely hilly. Highest climb was right at the beginning which was tough but managable.

If there is anything to critisize, it's that for slower runner having to cross the road at the car park where people are already leaving from.
Date of review: June 10, 2012

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

In short: Very good preperation for a Spring Marathon - Very good, friendly marshalling
In full: 4 Laps of 5 Mile each - not to everyone's taste but worked for me. I felt "making progress" by completing each lap. Little bit hilly, but all runnable. Clubhouse was v crowded, but really appreciated the facilities of the location. If I'm in the country next time for a Spring marathon, I'll definitely do this as preparation again.
Date of review: March 28, 2010

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

In short: Mud, Mud, Mud ... Mud was worse than hills. But beautiful to run in the forest
In full: I was surprised how muddy it actually was given that it did not rain as much previous weeks. The mud mad it hard to run even of flat stretches - lucky I kept my shoes on!. A very good training run, worth 17/18 miles of a flat race. Def. do it again. Champagne at the end !!!! What could one ask more?
Date of review: March 21, 2010

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

In short: Good Marshalling, Scenic Course
In full: Nice to start/finish at the Aerodrome - helicopters hovering above, great background.

Generally recommend the race; things I did not like - no jellybabies at waterstations (apart from 1 on second lap) although advertsied.

I found generally too few waterstations. If it had been slightly warmer that would have been quite bad I think.

Running past the finish line for the 10 miler (and the tea hut with bacon rolls) required a lot of willpower ...




Date of review: March 14, 2010

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

In short: The RunAndBecome races are always a pleasure
In full: The Self Transcendence races organised by Run and Become are always a pleasure - very friendly marshalling (and always nice to recognise the faces from the shop).

Running 5 laps in Battersea park for a 10 miler might not be to everyone's taste though.

You have to run 4 times past the finish line before you actually have made it ;)



Date of review: March 6, 2010

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

In short: Very well organised from car park signs to welcome on finish line
In full: I did not know that Tunbridge Wells was actually hilly ... still very pleasant race!
Date of review: March 2, 2010

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

In short: Too tough to run for most, but great challenge and great scenery,
In full: 1/2 hour into the 22 mile race, I realised the idea of "running" it was silly - took me just over 7 hours to largely walk it. Although hilly and v muddy, great race to train muscles you never knew you had! Great atmosphere as well - old-timers were very helpful with directions for those new to this race and this kind of run (ie following walker instructions) in general. Travelled up from London and will definitely do it again.
Date of review: January 24, 2010

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