My Event Ratings

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

In short: A great day out, before, during and after the race,
In full: This is quite a unique event featuring wine as well as water at the numerous stations along the course! The hog roast afterwards is a great addition rather than just drifting off as is normally the case.

The course itself is quite hard being steadily uphill for about 8 miles, with a long descent at the end. It's quite grueling and I think my time was slower than on courses with more ascent/descent.

What else? There's a DJ at the start/end, tea, coffee, cakes and melon slices upon finishing.

The great views and scenery I sort of take for granted because I live in Dorking but they are fantastic too.

All in all a great day out. If you're really keen you can do the marathon version as well, a double dose.
Date of review: September 11, 2011

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: One of the highlights of the year
In full: The only problem with it this year was the field had expanded so if you not in the leading group there was a lot of "traffic" in the first 1-2K. Shame as I would have probably beaten last year's time otherwise!
Date of review: March 6, 2011

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: A great race, tough in the middle, but some long downhills as well!
In full: One thing I found is that the first couple of K is quite slow as you have to run in single file and cannot overtake. I normally prefer to start towards the back and work my way past people, but I got stuck behind runners a bit slower than me. So I'll start nearer the front next year.
Date of review: February 7, 2011

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Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Even better than ;ast year!
In full: I was happy enough with it last year but everyone starting at once was a big improvement, as was the fact that it was much closer to 10k (9.92 I made it)
Date of review: January 1, 2011

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Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: A great race. It's hard but there aren't that many sections where I have to walk (unlike say the Knacker Cracker), which is ideal.
In full: It's overwhelmingly uphill on the way there and downhill on the way back but there are pockets of the opposite gradient. The climb up to the temple at the end is really really tough. The organisation was good with plenty of food/water stations. There weren't many marshalls but the course was clearly marked thoughout. Finally the goodie bag and breakfast were nice extras and I got a baseball cap thrown in by Dr Robert as well. I'll be back next year for certain.
Date of review: March 7, 2010

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Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Fantastic race, very hard 10K, great atmosphere, well organised, great T-shirt
Date of review: January 1, 2010

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

In short: Well organised, great run with all the climbing at the start
Date of review: November 8, 2009

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

In short: Not many competitors, but a reasonable well-organised race
Date of review: October 4, 2009

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

In short: Very well organised, excellent course. Defo for next year.
Date of review: September 20, 2009

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		60%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In full: The start was pretty chaotic as people at the front started walking as it was steep. This meant everyone further down the field had to walk as it was only a narrow track. Consequently I didn't run the first 500m at all because I happened to start near the back. I'd prefer a staggered start in groups of 100 to avoid this.

Another complaint is that the race is not 10K at all, it's actually around 9.5K! The markers for each kilometre were quite often completely in the wrong place. Why pretend it's 10K when it's not???

As for the actual race it's great scenery, really hard as there are a lot of big hills and you are running on sand for much of the course - at times it is like running on the beach.

A good day but don't pay any attention to your time.
Date of review: August 24, 2009

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