My Event Ratings

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

In short: An excellent winter road race with built-in negative splits.
Date of review: January 30, 2013

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

In short: Relaxed local race with great organisation
In full: Certainly worth doing. Despite the undulations I got a PB, so I'm quite biased.
Date of review: November 5, 2012

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

In short: An excellent event - highly recommended
In full: Beautiful scenery and generous, welcoming organisation. I'll definitely do this again.
Date of review: November 27, 2011

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

In short: If you haven't yet done this one, perhaps you should.
In full: This is the second time I have done this race, so I can confidently say that the smooth organisation and the friendly marshalling aren't a fluke (thank you). This race is hard enough to feel rewarding, but not so hard you can't enjoy the fantastic scenery. And what better way to celebrate the end of the summer? The clocks go back the day after this race, so you can rest your aching limbs for an extra hour.
Date of review: October 30, 2011

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

In short: A good city half
In full: Never done this race before, but I really enjoyed it. It was pretty much flat, with a few bridges thrown in for texture. Having read others' reviews, the route doesn't seem to have been popular, but I really loved running on the closed roads and even found the wide, smooth, elevated dual carriageway was exciting in its way. Perhaps I don't get out enough? One carriageway was open to traffic and this traffic had nowhere to go so all the drivers were sitting in a traffic jam with their engines running, and fuming (and making fumes) as we ran past. Really liked the loops and corners where you could see other bits of the race. Great support throughout, often in unexpected places. Never raced past a working steel mill before - that's something to appreciate in a post-industrial country. The last few miles across the barrage were just wonderful, but there was a completely unnecessary water station at Mile 12-ish that made things draw to a halt. Medal was nice, cotton T-shirt will be pyjamas (ho ho, my OH has one too so we could be crazy-people-in-matching-pyjamas if we so chose). I felt as though the race and the route gave me the chance to run as fast as I was able, and I was pleased with my time.
Date of review: October 17, 2011

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

In short: This race continues to improve... as my running declines.
In full: I like this race, and now I have done it 5 times- it is local and it fits well into my marathon training schedule. It all seems to work well - not so much queueing, clearly directed and signposted, well marshalled and well-supplied drinks stations. There are admirable efforts to recycle some of the mountains of rubbish that this event generates. It is, as others note, HUGELY expensive. I didn't take a goody bag because it was obviously a plastic bag full of just more recycling. T-shirt and medal are good quality. I like that the race accommodates the two extremes of running - elites to walk/runners, and it is adds a sense of occasion for mediocre plodders like me.
Date of review: September 12, 2011

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

In short: Exciting idea but shocking organisation from 2:09.
In full: The race provided a stimulating run through the dark forest, and this in itself was enjoyable and exciting. But there was no water station, no distance markers, no marshalls and a certain amount of confusion between the marathon/half marathon and 10K routes. For £15 it was a dreadful rip-off. The course I ran was just over 12K. 2:09 events need to have a think about this one.
Date of review: September 4, 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		100%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: Friendly, efficient and fast
In full: Efficient and friendly organisers, warm support all the way around the route, tea and banana at the end - a perfect afternoon out.
Date of review: June 20, 2011

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

In short: Oh, so that's what 'undulating' means.
In full: Really good morning of running in the forest. Thanks to all the organisers and marshals.
Date of review: March 27, 2011

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

Date of review: November 3, 2010

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