My Event Ratings

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

In short: best race of the year!
In full: Always such a feel-good race with cheerful marshals and friendly atmosphere. Beautiful beautiful course, and most other races this year will feel easy in comparison. Missed the bagpiper this year, but soup as delicious as ever. Thanks for another great run, see you next year!
Date of review: January 1, 2013

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		80%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: grinned all the way round, very friendly race and interesting course
In full: Have read lots of comments about this, and realise it's impossible to please everyone! Very sad that lots of late finishers were lonely at the back as no longer a staggered start, and it must be v disappointing to miss out on the goodies too, albeit temporarily.
New downhill start was a good way to warm up legs before first ascent of the course, but v crowded at beginning. Could there be 2 starts, first one with the speedies who want to dash off and get PBs, with those expecting to take more than 1and a half hours directly behind them. Then, about half an hour later, the rest of the field, say those expecting between one and one and a half hours. That way the "serious" runners wouldn't be held up on narrow stretches, and the beginners, or more "relaxed" runners, wouldn't be finishing when everyone has gone home. Start number two would be out of the way before the first runners finish, and there would always be plenty of action at the start/finish for spectators. Potential problem may be crowding on the steps as wave 2 catches up with slower ones from wave 1, but I think steps tend to get congested anyway!
Date of review: January 6, 2011

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