Athletes
Route variation
one way
Multi-sport
No
Para athlete
No
Gender category
Male
Style
Unsupported
Start date
Finish date
Total time
2h
46m
59s
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A route I’ve been keen to do for a while now. Many of the first half trails are very familiar to me, so they were smooth going despite the early start from Llandaff. First hour under the light of my head torch and generally okay underfoot. A couple of really muddy & wet sections, but thankfully still runnable.
Got to Llandrisant feeling good, but then turned into the biting cold wind. Here, the footpaths across the fields were not so pleasant thanks to the ruts from the cows' hooves. Then the path up to Trebanog was a mud corridor before finally forming up and becoming smooth running again.
The final climb up to Rhondda Golf Club was a real sting to the last section of the route before becoming fast running again down to the well.