My Event Ratings

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

In short: Great Crowds
In full: On the whole a well organised and enjoyable race with a nice-ish route, good bits and bad bits like most races.

However a race of this stature shouldn't have drinks in cups and should offer sports drinks. The sponges were a positive.

I also didn't think the mile markers were terribly visible and missed a lot of them.

Support in the city centre was great and the Eccleshall Road was simply awesome. Bravo people of Sheffield.

The stadium finish was also great. It will be very sad to see this go. The wristband at the end was also a nice touch.

Sadly though both the small t-shirts and more horrifically the water had run out by the time my partner finished and there were still almost a thousand people behind her.
Date of review: May 13, 2013

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

In short: Worth the journey
In full: We made a rather long trip up from Nottingham for this race. We weren't disappointed.

Benbecula and the Uists looked simply stunning in the sunshine which remained for the whole weekend whilst back home the weather rained on everyone's Jubilee parade.

The course was mildy undulating with a strong Hebridean breeze to keep you alert, yet still surprisingly quick. Once you've finished there's a free swim and a huge post race buffet.

It's a good job we enjoyed it so much as we're back on the islands in a months time to compete the Heb3 challenge.
Date of review: June 6, 2012

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

In short: Friendly race but a bit dull
In full: Pleasant-ish run but I was baffled by the km markers or lack of them - I only saw 1, 4, 6 and 8, and they weren't in the right places. They referred to the Varsity 10k and I thought they were being reused but now it appears, as that race had a slightly different route, they had just been left up! Very confusing.
Date of review: April 25, 2012

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

In short: Good race, poor organisation
In full: Others have mentioned the schoolboy organisational errors so I won't go over them again but all are valid.

Overall it was a pleasant run. Hopefully in future years rerouted to include something of Worcester perhaps and maybe a stadium finish?

I'd also like to stand up for cotton t-shirts. I was well pleased to get something I can wear down the pub and did so on Sunday night. I now have so many technical t-shirts I have to run four times a day to make use of them all. Can more organisers revert to cotton t-shirts please.
Date of review: April 16, 2012

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