My Event Ratings

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

In short: Bare-bones organisation but a great experience
In full: Good points:
Frequent water stations,
Mostly flat course,
Good crowd support
Slick organisation in bag drop & finish.

Average points:
The start seemed strangely congested even though there weren't that many runners, it needs to be in timed corrals like every other race out there (not just red/green!).
As others have mentioned the inclines of underpasses in the last 6 miles were pretty tough (my garmin says 181m of elevation gain, not 118 like the online map!?) but as it was my first it was always going to be a PB!
The goody bad was pretty average and that t-shirt will never be worn by most of us... it's already in the rag bin.
The organisers need to state in advance which gels/energy drinks will be on course (not just 'High5 and gatorade' as each of those brands make a number of different products. I know it sounds picky, but so are runners tummies!
There needed to be more signage in general (ie. "to the start" when I arrived at the stadium it wasn't at all clear where everything was)
There was no 'race village' to speak of apart from a few charity tents.

Bad points:
Couldn't hear announcements at the start at all or find the pacers. (Take a leaf out of Runners World pacers book and have flags/signs that rise above the runners please)
The 'gatorade' stations needed to have water too (especially that last one!!) and I'm shocked that some other reviewers said some stations ran out!
Where were the bands en-route!? The website promised bands and warned against brining iPods but there was no music at all!!

Sorry there are more 'bad' points than good overall I really enjoyed almost all of it, perhaps in a few years with a few more tweaks people will be raving about it!
Date of review: May 7, 2013

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

In short: Lovely views and great cake!
In full: Thoroughly enjoyed this year's Pewsey half marathon. The views in the first quarter were absolutely lovely, and seeing a white horse on a hillside on the way round was a surprise. Only one proper hill, nothing scary about it! Lovely friendly crowd and thanks to the marshalls and water station volunteers - especially the ones who thought to use double cups so we didn't spill the water everywhere!
Date of review: August 27, 2012

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

In short: A lovely day out and well organised
Date of review: June 27, 2012

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