Cader Idris Fell Race
Ever since some 10 years ago when out walking on Cader Idris with a friend, I saw at a very cloudy wet summit, a fell runner in shorts and t-shirt effortlessly pop up out of the mist, touch the trig-point and set off back down over the boulders to no doubt some glorious feeling of satisfaction. From that point on I held onto that image in my head, and harboured the ambition of one day being fit and crazy enough to run up this particularly steep and rocky mountain.
On Saturday I accomplished one of my lifetime goals by running in the 10.5 mile Cader Idris Fell Race
The race started in Dolgellau town square and climbed up to the summit of Cader Idris (893m) via the Pony Path. A map of the there-and-back race route is here. The terrain was challenging and varied, and included 3000ft of climbing.
I started the 5 mile of ascending rather conservatively, due to the hot sun making things warm up very quickly. Then I did my usual thing of gradually moving up the field on the ascent, saving energy for a manic downhill ticket to oblivion.
I came 26th out of 191 finishers in 01:46:47. The results are here. I’m both very pleased and extremely surprised.
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Superb work my friend. What a brilliant achievement. You could go far with a bit of training
June 5th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I agree, you’re doing a grand job. Keep on running…