My Event Ratings

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

In short: Excellent race and very PB-friendly
In full: Your search for the least scenic race in the UK could well be at an end when you've done this one, but...

It's well organised, with good parking and facilities, and very flat. It attracts some pretty fast runners, but a good mix of slower ones too. The atmosphere is 'unassuming' - no large crowds, fancy dress, marshalls screaming encouragement, medals etc. That suits me down to the ground - I went looking for a PB, got one, and went home very happy indeed. Well done to all involved with putting this race on.
Date of review: April 2, 2013

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

In short: Just lovely!
In full: My second year at High Legh. Well organised, excellent pre-race communications, great marshalls and support, good race HQ facilities, flat course, great village atmosphere. 10Ks really don't come much better than this. Well done to all concerned!
Date of review: March 5, 2012

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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		60%

In short: Well worth turning out in the snow for
In full: The snow didn't have much effect (I wore fell shoes), so well done to the organisers for not cancelling, and for all their extra work to clear the ground. I really enjoyed the race, and the snow made it a bit of an adventure. Organisation and marshalling were excellent.
Date of review: February 6, 2012

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

In short: First time - I'll be back
In full: Cracking race. If it were possible to give more than 5 in most categories I would do so. The weather was miserable but the excellence of the event as a whole shone through. It's just a pity I had to jog back to the car right away at the end to ward off hypothermia - it would have been nice to hang around and chat as the atmosphere is incredibly friendly. The marshalls and that star of a commentator deserve special mention.
Date of review: December 11, 2011

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

In short: Low expectations were exceeded by a long way
In full: This was my first time at this event, and the issues identified last year seem to have been ironed out. The course wasn't very scenic, and wasn't quite as flat as advertised, but was still fast as they solved many of the congestion problems - I got a PB. The course measured long on my Garmin, though.

The toilet queues at the start were ridiculous, and I had to find some bushes in the end - apologies to anyone living nearby! The starting pens were stupidly divided, with around 80% of runners in the white pen, but I still managed to get to a reasonable starting spot and ran a quick first mile. Only doing medium/XL t-shirts was a daft idea - it left many people feeling worse than if there hadn't been t-shirts at all.

On the plus side, the baggage drop ran like clockwork, and the marshalling was excellent. One or two marshalls were notably enthusiastic (or noisy) and deserve a medal themselves.
Date of review: October 17, 2011

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

In short: Well done to all involved - again!
In full: My local HM, and really enjoyable. Forget about a PB, and enjoy the hills (not too gruelling really), the scenery, and the fantastic organisation. A great antidote to over-hyped and overcrowded big city events. 750-ish runners, little or no congestion, and everyone seemed to arrange themselves in approximately the right position at the start, without the need for marked starting pens.
Date of review: September 26, 2011

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

In short: Very well organised and friendly
In full: Start/finish and marshalling were very well organised and friendly, and car parking is free and right next door. It's a surprisingly challenging 10K, especially as the first couple of miles, along level roads and tracks, lulls you into a false sense of security. After that, there are narrow paths, fields, road bridges, some hills (one very sharp but short). So my splits tell a tale of woe, but I enjoyed the event nonetheless.
Date of review: September 13, 2011

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

In short: Lovely race with great PB potential
In full: My second HM and I really enjoyed it, partly because I sliced 10 minutes off my previous time. I started way too far back but with chip timing that didn't really matter. A very fast course, unless you're unused to even the slightest gradient. Even the hill at the end which is talked about here is quite short. Nice tech shirt in the goody bag. A special mention for the very balletic lady who was martialling the cars out of the Rugby Club car park at the end - 10/10 for artistic impression!
Date of review: March 27, 2011

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

In short: Very enjoyable, lovely atmosphere
In full: Not great weather, though at least it stopped raining before the start. There was, however, a noticeable headwind much of the time. Although the course is by no means hilly, my impression is that the first half has more downhills, and the second half more uphills. A very friendly 'community' atmosphere and great organisation both before and during the race.
Date of review: March 6, 2011

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

In short: Fun and very well organised
In full: On the day it was very cold and the ground was rock hard - the PB potential rating takes that into account. Had this been a more typical December day things would have been different. I particularly appreciated the highlighting in yellow of roots and rocks with 'trip potential' - thoughtful.
Date of review: December 12, 2010

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