My Event Ratings

Overall score		20%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		20%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		20%
Organisation		20%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Never again
In full: Hideous. Utter shambles. We got there as requested for 6, and waited around for over two hours while they did a "concert" (which was completely random imo, although I concede some may have liked it) then annoying hypy warmup for wave 1, which eventually got off at about 7.30. We were in wave 3. They got us down into the stadium to get ready to start at about 7.45, by which point it was pouring with rain. Then they announced that (wooooo!) our warm-up would start in about 15 minutes. It was about 8.15 by the time we started. The course was awful - really boring, way too narrow, ill-lit in some parts (as of course by now it was pitch dark, and still chucking it down). It was impossible to pass anyone. The course had loads of really deep puddles which were bringing a lot of the runners to a complete standstill. We did the first 5k in over 30 minutes. The water station was a mess - it was so crowded that it was impossible to drink because you were getting jostled constantly. It was only by about km 6 that things thinned out enough to be able to run almost properly. We finished in about 58 minutes I think. Finish was total chaos too and the promised medals didn't materialise. They also promised that we'd be running in "dusk", not pitch dark. And did I mention the medals?
Date of review: September 1, 2008

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