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2013 Kent Roadrunner Marathon
 | | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Well done but a pretty tough marathon
In full: Well organised - enthusiastic team - bonkers medal, but don't come here looking for a PB - hilly.
If you're just finding your feet in marathoning or some kind of elite, then maybe a PB course, otherwise I'd advise not using this to crack that elusive PB.
Honestly - 17 laps of an up and down track can be pretty demoralising if things aren't going well.
Loved the enthusiasm of the organisers, and some cool touches like the motivational chap running the course in the opposite direction.
I think the drinks station could have been handled better, it was at the top of a long incline and people were just stopping, and really causing a problem.
It would work better for the station staff to ask them to walk through and then stop.
Still a really nicely done race.
Date of review: June 3, 2013
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2012 Lancaster Castle Marathon
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Brutal hills ofset by natural beauty and great on the day organisation, the local bottle of stout in the goody bag was a masterstoke
Date of review: June 25, 2012
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2010 Jim Dingwall Elloughton 10K
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Nice race with some big upsides
In full: Liked this one - pretty flat course with definite pb potential. So many things were spot on - in future years however I'd make it clearer where runners start from, and also the finish funnel marker was not obvious, the race clock was on 40 when I stopped (I started behing this_ but somehow was 40:48 on my time. This was probably down to it not being clear where the finish line was.
Still great race and will do again.
Date of review: August 12, 2010
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2009 Rushcliffe 10K and 2K Fun Run
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Nice race with a great feel, organisation and CHEER LEADERS!!!
In full: I felt like a quarterback at the NFL with all those great cheerleaders, thanks Girls. The one man band was also a British classic, really nice race.
Date of review: March 8, 2009
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2008 Blackpool Half Marathon
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Nice race, good pb potential and well organised
In full: Really rated this race, very simple to take part in with little pressure , well organised with some lovely sea views.
Flat course and runner friendly rain made this a great PB opportunuty.
Special mention for free lucozade sport (nice touch).
Really nice to run a course in a place where I'd spent so many holidays as a nipper, and the tower looked so impressive with just its top poking out of the mist.
The only (small) downside was the website and course map (not clear), but all in all a great race and one I will do again.
ps - We stayed in the Holmecliffe hotel which was excellent and literally 100 yards away from the start. Great place that we will use again.
Date of review: April 30, 2008
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2007 East Retford RC Half-Marathon
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Excellent race for all levels, and quick.
Date of review: September 24, 2007
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2007 Chesterfield Spire 10
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: A testing course, mixing long steep climbs with fast downhill sections. Gloroious scenary at the end and quite technical in assesing performance expectations
Date of review: September 3, 2007
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2007 The Dronfield 10K
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Nicely set up and a good course
In full: First time I've run the D10k and there are lots of good things about it. Nicely set up with minimal pressure, nice to see the locals out and cheering on the runners and the course has a nice mix of long inclines and also long declines. The only snag I found was that the finish wasn't clear from the website maps, so I set off for a strong finish way too early, luckily managed to find some more reserves from where I don't know. But would definitely run it again.
The only other snag was falling foul (no punn intended) of walking to the front of a huge loo queue and feeling very embarrassed when another runner said "there's a queue mate", and after turning around saw a lomg snaking mass of people looking justfiably peturbed - honestly I didn't see you!
Date of review: March 12, 2007
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