aka The Greatest Fell Race Never
Just when you thought I had forgotten about it!
- Sunday 13th July (or will accept pre-runs if you cannot make on the day)
- Bwlch Penbarras
- £4
After entry you will receive the PIN CODE for the maprun files meaning you can run as many times prior to the day as you like – if you can’t make on the day I will accept pre-runs.
(Until I get support from running clubs to marshal stages it will remain a MapRun timed event. It worked OK last year without too many issues.)
This year I plan to place start markers out on all the timed stages so you should have a better idea of where you are (and when to push). Planned for Sunday 13th July 11am-12noon start. Quickest time set by say 2pm on the Sunday gets the illustrious Welsh Dragon trophy (if Lawrence hasn’t snapped one of its legs by now!).
Will be online entry via Fabian4 and an “official” start/finish at Bwlch Penbarras carpark – I will hang around until 2pm with ice lollies before collecting in markers.
A deal shorter than 2024 at 14.3km 910m ascent. The 10 timed stages total 6.5k with 320m ascent & 680m descent. Trods are mainly run in the downhill direction, the plods in the uphill!
The MapRun event is setup to only log the timed stages (the timer will pause on the transfer legs). So jog & chat and get your breathe back. I have tested the course out and seems OK – the pause function (on the app) now has a very annoying “crowd cheering” noise whilst activated – hence a ‘touch’ annoying so all I do is have your phone handy and mute it on the longer transfer legs then unmute as you get close to the next timed ‘entry’ control.
If not wanting to use MapRun (if you know where you are going!) you could always just record GPX track from GPS device (strava, garmin, etc) and upload afterwards. MapRunG users…. no idea if the auto-pause will work – you are on your own – don’t have a watch to test it.
If you are running with the MapRun app you do not need to do anything for the transfer legs – it will auto-pause until you trigger the next timed ‘entry’ control. If just running with Strava/gps watch tracking/etc then just run the route (but make sure you get close enough to the controls) – you can take it easy on the transfer legs as when you upload the GPX file it will not include these legs in the time.
To help you out the MapRun position marker & track will stay live as you run and the map is marked with the approx best line…. so if you get lost then seriously consider taking up cross-stitch or darts.
Apologies for high bracken on Stage 8… could be a wee bit of gorse mixed in also.
Draft map – just need to run a few bits to get the new Strava segments worked out.
Download latest version – MapRun files in UK/Wales/Clwyd/Fell Race/Enduro (NOT YET UPLOADED)
Direct Link to MapRun file:
TBD
