As usual...

My darling wife has talked me around to the Snowdonia Marathon, I might even take my mountain/road hybrid bike and travel the course with her... it's very hilly and I know the route pretty well having walked around and up Snowdon and the surrounding area lots of times... she swung it.... by saying they have a really good time after the race which inevitably involves beer and curry.... sounds like my kind of Marathon !!!


We are actually going to make a couple of days break with it the only thing that bothers me having lived in North Wales for a while is that October can't be guaranteed for anything weather-wise .... Hopefully the sun will shine and bizarrely Andrea should do a lot better on the course time wise because there are less clinically insane people who want to run around Snowdonia mainly because it's not known for its glass like flatness .... apparently mile 22 is a real killer.. I'll probably have trouble getting up it on my mountain bike let alone Andrea struggling with her legs.... it's fairly common for 99% of runners who hit this hill will start to walk.... so no shame there... but it's in October.... a while to go yet before it's upon us.... Andrea is going to book the Hotel early though to make sure we get a room.....

it's a stunning hotel

I've driven past it a few times on my jaunts up the mountains, never needed to stay there because I used to live not far from all the really pretty places in Snowdonia.... should be a good weekend.... I might even get Chris my mate to join us... although I think he will be more interested in the beer and curry than the running..... :)