My Event Ratings

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

In short: Great atmosphere and very friendly. Well organised
In full: Very pleasant run on a boxing day morning. Over the fields and if it was summer would probably get a higher scenic rating. Would need snow to make it nicer in December :-) Very friendly. Sort of a run for the village plus guests. Parking can be a challenge but having said that they make a lot of effort and its not really a problem
Date of review: January 23, 2009

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

In short: Always enjoyable race, generally scenic although there is a main road section.,. Weather can be windyh
In full: Always enjoy this run. Seemed a bit lower on numbers this year and it was a bit windy, although the heavy forecast rain didn't really appear. Well organised, including road closures, although this year there was a strange decision to site the St John's Caravan and ambulance on the road just after the start, forcing a narrowing of the field while it was at its biggest. They could have put the caravan under the motorway on the pavement section near the band ! Goody bag is good value (bag itself plus t-Shirt and Tea Towel - no mug this year or if there was I never saw it. I also got a mention for my birthday
Date of review: October 29, 2007

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

In short: Good event, well organised and great scenery and something for the whole family
In full: Good event this. The course is really good and although undulating is still quite fast. The course is on the Woburn estate so not a lot of spectators but a good size field makes up for that. Also you can take the family to this one and they get something out of it as well.
Date of review: March 4, 2007

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

In short: Bloomin' hard but in a very good location and with great organisation including chip timing and hot food at the end.
In full: Campbell Park is a great location for a race. It is challenging though with hills and a brook and when it is wet can get very muddy and indeed boggy. Also slippery down the hills. You'd want to wear trail shoes. In fact I was glad I wore spikes. The organisation included sticky numbers, chip timing and hot soup at the finish.

Only organisational improvement I could think of was to marshall the turn up to the Belvedere. The preceding marshall did advise to run up to the tapes and then turn but most seemed to ignore this and turn up earlier at an angle
Date of review: December 18, 2006

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

In short: Well Organised, Friendly and scenic run
In full: Bedfordshire has a fine selection of road races, many put on by the local clubs. Biggleswade AC does a great job. Marshalls friendly and effective (no problems at road crossing) as you would expect as a number are RW forumites as well ! Sometimes get hugs from the water marshalls :-)Decent goodies, very good price and if only they could have prevented the gale in the finising quarter mile, it would have been perfect ! Not an easy race but well worth doing
Date of review: March 27, 2006

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

In short: Good race for people wanting to run off-road and not in club cross country
In full: This is an open multi-terrain (actually cross country) race. Good organisation although the rain all-night rendered the field car-parking unusable so it was a bit interesting but they managed. THE hill was also even more slippery than normal. However very pleasant run through woodland and park and the commentator keeps the spirits up at the end. Also with a choice of 5, 10 or 15km it gives scope for everybody, from the beginners at 5km to the people in marathon training at 15km. Well worth giving a try.
Date of review: February 13, 2006

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

In short: Tough Marathon as the undulations seem more like hills on last lap ! However outstanding organisation and big field of 600 Runners. Also the Relay offers another perspective on the race
In full: One of the best organised races in a mix of town and country. Three laps is not to everyone's taste and it can be quite a tough run with some longish inclines. Water and Isotonic stations and plenty of parking plus close to train station.

The three laps offers a relay option for a team of three and this also means more company on the road for the marathoners although need to show discipline on your pacing and not chase somebody only doing 8.73 miles ! However all relay runners are clearly identified to avoid confusion.
Date of review: December 6, 2005

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

In short: Scenic and well-organised. A great addition to the local race scene
In full: Very well organised in the 10.9 although there was a problem in the shorter race apparently. Small numbers due to first race. This is a very scenic race on the outskirts of Luton and all off-road (apart from 500M down a very quiet country lane cul-de sac.

Only two suggestions for improvement.
Advertise it a bit more
Get the council to open the gate near the end (must haev keys in the sports centre. It is slippery to climb over the round metal bars with muddy shoes and the person behind me ended up flat on the floor.
Date of review: October 31, 2005

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

In short: Flat early season run. Fairly scenic given no leaves on the trees
In full: This should be a PB course. Never worked out that way for me until this year. The weather was ideal though. Well organised and marshalled, can be tight for parking space
Date of review: February 1, 2005

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Tough although not as bad as the December Hill Run. Nice run through the woods though and a proper multi-Terrain
In full: This is a Hilly course but not mountainous like the Hill Run. It is very pleasant through the woods and good for somebody wanting to try cross-country (note last mile on tarmac so don't take spikes)
Date of review: January 17, 2005

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