I think the secret to the peris is to treat it as a race of two halves,take it steady to pen y pass and then pick up the pace along the miners track,a steady climb up lliwedd and snowdon and this should give you a strong run over cynghorion and to the finish.
I think Gavin bland took it easy up Elidir and just started to pick up the pace over the rest of the course on his stormin course record of 3:02