My Event Ratings

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

In short: Great all round Festival
In full: Have run in Edinburgh before, the half and as a Hairy Haggis, so collectively have run the whole marathon course ... this year thought I'd pull myself together and do the whole thing! So first Edinburgh Marathon and first Marathon!
How was it ... amazing! The most inspiring thing i've ever done.
Upsides - organisation is now brilliant and the crowd support is tremendous. Water & Gel stations well manned & supplied.
Downsides - It remains a pity that more of the course isn't in Edinburgh, but you can't have everything, once you get to Portobello you're running by the sea, what more could you want!? The off road loop at Gosford House is tricky especially as you've been running on the road for 17 or so miles by that point. It is a mighty long walk back to the buses & main carparking and it's uphill, not ideal if you've just run 26.2 miles!!
We can't blame the organisers for the weather, although we shouldn't complain, but I can bless the couple who, at mile 7, were spraying you with more sun tan cream ... an idea for the future perhaps? And the young lady who, around mile 24, was standing at her gate with a plate of satsumas! She saved my life :)
I finished in 4.38 hours, which given the heat I am very proud of, all I have to do now is persuade my husband that he can cope with me training for 2013!!
Date of review: June 23, 2012

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