FKT: Stuart Gregory, Paul Southwood - Rownd Mynydd Du (Black Mountains Round) (United Kingdom) - 2023-08-20

We started The Black Mountain Round at around 7am from Abergavenny in wet and windy conditions. We had stashed 3 plastic boxes containing water and some food along the route. It rained on and off the whole time with a little sunshine and lots of wind. We were halfway at 9 hours so felt we were in with a chance of a sub 20 but as we progressed we found sub 19 then sub 18 more likely. The straight up route to Skirrid summit was too overgrown to get through which was a shame so we had to go round then back track to the summit.

A beautiful day out with both of us running solidly throughout.