Fortunately storm Claudia passed through on Friday leaving (combined) over 3,500 runners to enjoy better conditions for both the Penmaenmawr Fell Race on Saturday & the Conwy Half Marathon on Sunday (15th & 16th Nov respectively). Myself & Dorina were to be at both, marshalling on the Pen & running the Conwy. Firstly note if you are ever marshalling at Cae Coch do not take the road up from Rowen, it is not suitable for

My running mileage so far this year has been less than half of a typical year leading into this fabulous event. Add to that a lack of big races which I use to run in June, August, September & early October (typically 6/7 races of between 13 & 54 miles), I knew that any chance of recording a sub 3:40 time (as I’d done in my first 6 Snowdon Marathon’s) was totally un-realistic. So my

So whilst I & various support runners were enjoying ourselves out on Moel y Gest there were plenty of other activities going on at our Cafe at The Eisteddfa Fishery which I’ll aim to outline here-in. My apologies for any un-intended errors but I wasn’t there most of the time & even when I was I wasn’t really ‘there’. Kevin Hitch was the first non-runner to arrive & join Dorina a little before 8:00 am

I’m going to put up two posts about this years Reach Out for Nepal Day this year (our 11th year). The first will cover my Charity run including the support crew both out with me & in the Cafe as well as how I perceived the day developed. The second will cover other events of the day itself & an overview of where ROFN is at. Part 1 – Paul’s runs. Before I start with

In between writing Part 2 & starting Part 3 I’ve found my third tick, have removed it but not sure where’s it’s gone to, this could be an itchy blog! Our initial plan was to head for the Obvious Control BZ with it’s 30 points on offer, clearly most doing the Score courses felt the same although at least a couple of pairs set off in the opposite direction of my fantasy, of course they