Phillip Howells reports...
Just to confirm, Angie and I made the Snowdonia Marathon in good time with a 5am departure and both of us completed the event in good shape. It was a superb Autumn day, mild, no wind, sunny and perfect for theglorious mountain and lake setting - so still, the mountains were reflected in the lakes like a mirror and the Autumn colours a delight; and of course we made sure we admired the views on our run! The course is basically a loop around the Snowdon, on road and with 3 major climbs - 4 miles out of Llanberis straight up the pass from the start, a further 3 mile climb after Beddgelert at halfway and then a brute of a 3 miler from 21 miles!Angie starred as ever, finishing 54th (from around 1500 starters) in 3-18-47 to finish 5th Lady and first Female VetO45. My time was a bit more sedate, but having set myself a steady 4 hours target I was more than satisfied to finish very strongly in 3-50-59 (after admiring the views in the first half to do that in 1-58), so a much quicker 2nd half, for 262 place and 11th in my O55 age group. A great day all round.