My Event Ratings

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

In short: Fab, friendly race and the best goody bag ever. If "other runners" count as scenery then the mark goes up to 5 :) Thanks to Sandbach Striders for your friendliness, and for a sound track that really made you want to run faster (and get it over with
Date of review: November 6, 2011

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		40%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Unbeatable scenery, but a very tough technical route with far too few water stops and far too little value for money
In full: The route cannot be bettered for scenery, and on a hot, sunny day it was staggeringly beautiful. Cut-off times for the 6 hour race were pretty tough and anyone in any doubt about doing this highly technical route in the time should sign up for the 7am, rather than 9am, start. My main grouse is that £39 entry fee is a rip-off: no chip timing, only 4 water and "nutrition" (=trays of broken Kendal mint cake)stations, a t-shirt and a non-specific medal. A bottle of water immediately on finish was very much missed. They said at the beginning that if you bailed out at a checkpoint you then had to make your own way back to the start - I hope that was a joke (luckily I didn't have to find out)
Date of review: July 4, 2011

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

In short: Great race by the sea, flat and friendly. And afterwards there's pie, peas & gravy + cuppa for 50p - top!
Date of review: March 21, 2011

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

In short: Flat first half lulls you into a false sense of security before the hills hit! V friendly, nice atmosphere
In full: Agonising delays getting there(BR then traffic), but then a really nice friendly race in absolutely glorious weather surrounded by quite gorgeous scenery. Nicest marshals anywhere! Thanks to all of you.
Date of review: November 7, 2010

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

In short: Nice course but beware the wind!
In full: I should have been warned the night before when the lamposts were swaying in the wind..! Running along the front was actually painful from being sandblasted - heard someone say it was like being in a Japanese game show, I thought it would be good prep for the Marathon des Sables, and ladies, don't bother paying a beautician for dermabrasion - just go and stand on Fleetood prom! Not sure the wind wasn't worse once you got away from the prom, though, when it was straight in your face as a Force 9 - felt like running whilst pushing a pram full of bricks [not that I ever have]. None of this of course is the fault of the organisers, who made everything go smoothly [even my skin is smoother now] and conjured up really nice medals at the end.
Date of review: August 29, 2010

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

In short: Once out of Lancaster the scenery was glorious, course mercifully flat, marshals just lovely!
Date of review: March 15, 2010

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

In short: Thanks Esther for a friendly and very worthwhile race.
Date of review: February 13, 2010

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

In short: Could hardly have been bettered!
In full: Fabulous waves crashing next to - and sometimes over! - the course, yachts bobbing on the sea, spectacular town, very friendly and efficient organisation, and a flat course - what more could anyone want? And the Fun Run was great fun to watch, as well as - presumably - to participate in.
Date of review: October 11, 2009

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

In short: Loved everything about this race ! Great weather & a PB too
Date of review: September 12, 2009

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

In short: Incredibly welcoming for non-club newbie - thanks.
In full: Top race, top organisation, extra-top friendliness and encouragement - thank you so much Lancaster & morecambe AC.
Date of review: August 30, 2009

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