My Event Ratings

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

In short: Frosty but fun
In full: A really good varied course - woods, river, open moorland. Enjoyed it tremendously. Bit of a sting in the tail though.Well organised and friendly. Thanks to all who made it a memorable day.
Date of review: January 4, 2009

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

In short: The hills are alive...
In full: Love this race - third year on the trot and now down to 85 minutes. The uphills are tough - but the downhills are glorious. Well organised and cheerful event. The marshalls are always really encouraging even on a dull cold day like today. Thank you and well done to Nidd Valley. I'll be back for number four next yea for sure.
Date of review: November 2, 2008

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

In short: Muddy but great fun.
In full: Disappointingly a minute slower than last year. I always get caught about by the last hill however much I try and prepare. Still, I love this race and will be back for a 4th go next year for sure. Great support from all marshalls as usual - thanks and well done.
Date of review: October 5, 2008

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

In short: Very tough in the conditions.
In full: Difficult race to judge. Really well organised for such a huge course and the marshalls and checkpointers did a fantastic job on a truly lousy day.Thank you.
Did I enjoy it? Not as much as I had hoped - some lovely parts to the course. Other parts are dreadful (stage 2) and others you can't see cos its dark.Glad Ive done it - but possibly a one off!
Date of review: December 9, 2007

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

In short: A great, fast half marathon - highly recommended.
In full: My second year on this course and beat last year's time by a full 11 minutes and my own PB by 6 minutes - so of course I am biased. However this race almost has it all - scenic, fast course (one or two inclines but nothing to worry about) and lots of great features - chip timing, half way clock and, this year, excellent pacemakers. The organisation is smart and the marshalls very encouraging.Will be back for a third go next year despite the distance from home. Well done and thank you to the organisers of this first rate event.
Date of review: November 18, 2007

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

In short: Second time round and I still love it!
In full: This is one of my favourite races - a couple of very challenging hills - but some great downhills and tremendous scenery. Better organisation at the start this year despite the calxon misfiring. Many thanks to the organisers and to those who marshalled in a really encouraging way. Will be back again next year all ebing well.
Date of review: November 4, 2007

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

In short: Beautiful day, great race , PB - enough said.
In full: This was my second time on the Harewood 10. Popular race and deservedly so - great variety of surface and scenery and a tough finish just to keep you interested. Beat my previous best here by 2 minutes so well pleased - back for more next year.Well done to all at Valley Striders - great support from your marshalls.
Date of review: October 7, 2007

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

In short: This race is growing in popularity and no wonder. Tough course, beautiful countryside, super organisation.
In full: Really enjoyed this despite a bad cold and an inevitably poor time. The race is challenging in many different ways - but was really well organised and friendly.Will definitely look at this one again. Thanks to all at Belper RUFC who managed a high number of on the day entries really well. Only gripe - have a word with the freezing cold showers!!
Date of review: August 19, 2007

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

In short: Got to be one of the ntoughest races in the country.
In full: A great experience - fantastic scenery, a great mix of characters met on route, shocking underfoot conditions and the worst (only?)July hailstorm of all time. I absolutely loved it - especially the mandarins and rice pudding at The Lion checkpoint - inspired.
Thank you to all concerned - the most memorable day of running.
Date of review: July 8, 2007

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

In short: Way tougher than I thought.
In full: My first marathon and a bit of a shock. Trained really hard but the unexpected warm weather and the challenging course (was there a flat bit? - I din't notice) nearly did for me.
Still happy with a 4:26:37.
Race was really well organised and memorable. The marshalling was fisrt rate - thanks to all concerned
Date of review: May 20, 2007

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