My Event Ratings

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

In short: Great event for all standards.
In full: I've run this event twice now and in 2011 set a huge PB. The course is very fast over the first couple of miles and quick up to 8 to 9 miles. The secret with the first half is to take it easy. I may well have run a negative split in 2011, simply because I controlled myself in the first half. The previous year I ran hard from the start and died after 16 miles. It has the potential for a quick time but you have to run it the right way. Great course, and the atmosphere in the last few miles is teriffic and the scenary well that is wonderful.
Date of review: October 8, 2011

Report this rating to the moderator

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

In short: Tough but fun
In full: This was my first half marathon and whilst the first half of the course was pretty easy once you hit that hill at 8 miles the remainder of the course is quite difficult. Its very well marshalled and the vast majority of the race is round narrow country lanes. Being February of course the weather is lottery - it rained off and on this year, but we got lucky in that it was relatively mild (compared with a week ago). My target was to get round in under 2 hours and I did that with about 8mins to spare. Hope to be back next year.
Date of review: February 11, 2007

Report this rating to the moderator