As the title suggests I decided on this race rather than a crack at the Welsh 3,000’s, a difficult call as I have done the 3,000’s in each of the last 3 years & have been thinking of trying to keep the flow going for 10 years. Now with other things planned for the next 3 weeks & the Snowdon Marathon being the main focus for October it could well be that the 3,000’s slips

A later than intended update on My crack at the Siabod Challenge which took place on Thursday 4th Sept. The weather looked great although potentially too hot as I prepared at the Café early morning. Apart from the required kit my bag included 1.5 litres of water mixed with a Hydrate powder (hoping to avoid cramps), dried fruit, banana, mars bar & Cheese sandwich. I mention this because you will see there were no Gels

Having decided that I need to focus on some challenges & projects over the coming months it looks like this weeks improving weather has decided to help me. Based on the assumption that My quads will recover from Saturday’s battering in the Maesgum Muddle I feel an attempt to lower My p.b. on the Siabod challenge is the next step forward, if successful this may convince me to either enter the Pedol Peris on Saturday

That was absolutely brutal, at just over ten miles & over 3,500′ of climb the stats don’t really do it justice. It would appear the route is specifically designed to ruin your quads on Cynhorion, in my case the descent did this (when will I learn to let go) then force you on to the remaining 7 miles or so through a series of climbs & descents which slowly increase the physical pain but ease

Hi All, Just a quick note to say that Sunday 31st August will be the last day of our extended Evening opening hours. As from Monday 1st September we will be closing our doors at 18:00 Sunday to Friday but will remain open to 20:00 every Saturday. May we also take this opportunity to thank all those who have dined early evening at the Café throughout the summer we hoped you enjoyed it & that