Snowdon Race

[DylanWales]

I hope not to hit any rocks this year too!
Really looking forward to it this year - the organisers are making a huge effort to bring this back to the Classic International Race it used to be many many years ago - the better the runners the better the race.

Let the debate begin on footwear!

Math - where are you seeing all the old footage - Interweb or are they from your Private Betamax collection ;-)

[Snowdonia Jogger]

I will also be running, my 7th in total, but going to be nowhere near my PB as I haven't trained as much as I would have liked due to work committments. As for footwear, I will be sticking to my tried and tested New Balance 909 regardless of the weather. I did try the Salomons Speedcross in training last year but was going over on my ankle for some reason.
SJ

[rocksteady]

interesting clip,
looks like the runners were allowed to come up the rail track back then and also the zig zag section just before the summit is not there which made it a more direct line.these and one or two other factors could be the reason why no ones been close to the record in years its only Mark K thats been close and that was in the late 90`s.
a good runner could get close this year due to the improvments to the path and also the permited railway section,but TBH i`m not sure the current crop are up to it(views also expressed bu KS)

Am tempted to go up on Saturday to look at that rock that bit me 2 years ago. The weather looks as if it'll be good so should be millions of tourists up there getting in the way. Found a short video clip of the great John Lenihan, winner in 1989, reaching the summit - not so many folk around then and look at the way they crossed the railway line just before the train came up. It's about a minute into the video here:

http://munsterrunning.blogspot.com/2...unning_29.html

[GregC]

Would have worn Roclite 295s as last year but need something better cushioned due to a back injury. I was considering my New Balance road shoes, which were OK on Moel-Y-Gest on Saturday but am considering buying some trail shoes, which I could do with anyway. New Balance seem to fit me well so maybe the 749, though the Salomon crossmax have caught my eye. Any thoughts as I'm running out of time?! On the other hand I might just put some thin noene insoles in the Roclites and see how they go. Either way I'm expecting the downhill to be slow and potentially painful. Seemed unlikely a few weeks ago so just glad to be there :-)

[chamber34]

will road shoes be ok if dry???

[rocksteady]

in a word .....yes
they`d be ok in the wet too,i`ve very rarely worn fell shoes for this one its either road shoes or trail ones

[Phil Winskill]

Does anybody have space for a little'un to get over to the race on the morning, coming back on the same day? Wife needs the car, so struggling at the moment to get there from the South Manchester area.

Phil

[beasty1711]

is there a water point on the route?

[DazTheSlug]

Phil - re lift - not sure atm, have PM'd you
beasty - usually a water station at Halfway House I think

has anybody had any pre-race info/instructions by email/post btw...?

[beasty1711]

nah nothing information wise... very little on the website aswell.