aka The Greatest Fell Race Never
Just when you thought I had forgotten about it!
- 12.3k 820m LK
- Sunday 26th April (or will accept pre-runs if you cannot make on the day)
- Bwlch Penbarras
- £4
Entries are open at Fabian4.
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.
Markers will be out on the day marking the start gates (plus a couple of non-obvious finish gates). Quickest time set by say 2pm on the Sunday gets the illustrious Welsh Dragon trophy (if Lawrence hasn’t snapped one of its legs off by now!).
10 timed stages. 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.
Race map
Note: Made slight mistake on Leg 3 start position but decided the mistake was genius as it allows you to attack the leg in at least 4 ways #heatherbash and approach from up the gully instead of the nasty steep wall line. Hence start position on map is incorrect by 100yds and I can’t be bothered to change it #suckitupsnowflake
Download latest version – MapRun files in:
UK/Wales/Clwyd/Fell Race/Enduro
