Snowdonia marathon

The long summer of hilly endurance runs paid off with a10 minute improvement on my Langdale time, which put me second (out of two)  in the over 75 category.  The weather at the start was atrocious but the rain eased off, as predicted by the weathermen, after  two and a half hours.

The final descent, a rocky and muddy track - not my idea of road racing - needed respect and would be reflected in a slow  pace for the last couple of miles.

I finished in 4hrs 22mins,  9mins behind the over 75 winner but inside the top half of the field.