Originally Posted by
IainR
The strangest weather I ever saw was at the Foel Fras race, back in 09?
Sunshine at the start, then a storm rolled in just as we started, temps plummeted, it was pretty horrific, then sunshine at the end. It was horrific for 1:30 hrs, basically just for the race. I DNF'd taking a sneaky shortcut.. someone else ended up in Conwy Valley, someone else at Ogwen, and then an hour later we're all sat in the sun.. well apart from those who ended up miles away..
I think its the coldest I've ever been in a race, a good chunk of the field were in trouble due to the cold, people couldn't get jackets on.. people could have easily been killed, it was just so freaky how it rolled in at that precise time.