Does a web forecast decline with accuracy in distance away from said forecast... but wind is the issue.. not rain...
Anyway forget welsh runners can't run in cloud...
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Ha!...as was proved at Cadair - where it was 30 deg C a 6 minute gap unfathomably developed, push it up to 35 degree I say....
Anyway more importantly - just spoken to Gilbo re: today's route - you'll love this.
So they took road to Ogwen and were going to head up Cwm Tryfan and down to Cwmffynnon and Pen Pass, anyway that was changed en-route and they ended heading up Bochlwyd and down to PenGwryd and up road to Pen Pass, so within first 18 mile there were around 15 of road - gutted I didn't do it.
Looks like I picked a good year for a sabbatical.
How did the weather compare to 2009?
enjoyed that
love to know where the RO got his forecast from, but it was spot on
Carneddau would've been miserable (esp for marshals)
a bonus "warm-up" race as far as Ogwen, which I took nice 'n' easy (admiring the astonishing amounts of water streaming off the hillsides)
then started catching a few people up (mostly in other classes) including a nice wade through Llyn Bochlwyd outflow, and a very wet (but fun) descent to PYG hotel
snapped by Pete Douglas in PYP car-park (photos are up already!)
like Karno's Picnic on the Pyg track with a surprisingly large number of walkers
freezing in the wind once the fingerpost was reached
Many Thanks to the lady marshal huddled in a tent on Garnedd Ugain
then finished!
quick cuppa in cafe
jog back down, slowly warming back up again, cloud down to about 600m even at 3pm
caught up fjell_guy & fjell_gal and had a good chat/walk down to the bottom
got to go from Aber to Snowdon, which is what appealed to me about the route in the first place, so put me down as a happy camper on this one :thumbup:
What a disappointment and let down.
If the committee had made an early call yesterday and I could have seen it on their website before leaving work around 1230 I would not have wasted my time or money travelling for such a farcical event.
Yes it was windy, yes it was raining, yes it was very wet under foot with high tribs but really changing the route ....... is the Welsh 1000m supposed to be a run in arduous countryside or what. And forget all that trying to place the guilt on you by saying 'in the interests of the CP staff' - they are best placed to have a fantastic day curled up in a tent in warm kit and sleeping bags.
Unfortunately I did not see any of the forumite numbers to have a chat with.
Hmm it was a tough call, and the weather was admittidly much worse than forecast. However, the wind had died down and I personally feel the race shouldn't have been altered. It was wet, granted, but I don't think that in itself should have meant the alteration that it did - the race is meant to be one of the toughest in the country after all.
Having said that, I completely understand that its easy for me to say that and I wholeheartedly respect the decision of the RO - it can't be easy making such decisions with such a responsibility. And anyway, I thouroughly enjoyed the race, as did everyone else I spoke to, so at the end of the day, does it matter if the route was a little different!? Already looking forward to next year!