My Event Ratings

Overall score		40%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		40%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: A road run, and sadly, you don't get to see much of the country due to high hedges. Local support poor to non-existent for the runners at the back
In full: Considering all the footpaths on the island, it was a shame to make it a road only run. We didn't actually see much of the scenery either, which was a great pity as IOW is a lovely place. Out of the race organisers control, I know, but the traffic was not kind to runners, with only a few cars slowing down and quite a few zooming by quite close. Since much of the run was on roads without footpaths, it got a bit hairy at times - ad to run through a traffic jam at one point with no path on the left, so had to run on the outside of the traffic facing on-coming cars, bikes and caravans. Running at the back, I didn't see any support from local people which was a shame - maybe not advertised locally? Possible though that they couldn't wait for us backmarkers, but there was no support even at the start of the run when we were all bunched together. The report didn't appear in the local press for 2 weeks, so maybe a lack of interest locally. Two of the junctions (one of them a crossroads) were without marshalls and one of the people running towards the back took a wrong turn twice. Would not recommend it as a first run, though if you are a good, confident runner and unafraid of cars, give it a go.
Date of review: September 2, 2004

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