FKT: Scott Gurnett - The Llan-Ceiriog Way - 2023-07-12

Big day out! Set off from Carrog at about 7am on an anticlockwise loop, carrying as much food as my 7L bag allowed. I had great conditions- grey and typically 'Welsh' but warm and the rain was never much. Plus the sun came out later in the afternoon to chear me up. I ran the route entirely unsupported and refilled from streams twice during the day. As for effort it was fairly measured all day at a slow and steady 15min/mi pace (ish), which certainly wasn't so easy to maintain on some of those hills after Ponderosa. This is certainly not a fast time... especially not if you ran it with some support. I throw the gauntlet down to try this excellent route in forgotten Wales!