Quote Originally Posted by stevenh View Post
Can anyone who is familiar with this terrain, give an indication of how 'runnable' leg 1 may be compared to leg 4...For example is there much technical steep descent/ascent, over rough ground in either?
Leg 1 is very runnable.. surprised its 4.8 miles.. I just guessed around 6km.. but its a steepsih climb initially.. not seen the track for a while so not sure on the state of that bit, but once up its a loop, that terrain isn't superb.. but there a few trods up there so they may use one of the, then a very fast descent on the snowdon marathon descent and then cut through on a narrowish steepish path then back to road.. then cut across on decent trails and along the road back. Leg 1 is more runnable, from after that first k.. and a shorter route.. much less climbing.

Leg 2 is more of a proper fell route.. few if any will run the initial nose.. then many will walk chunks of that whole ridge the summit.. its a fair old drag up.. then fast descent. None of it is technical.

There's no particularly rocky sections, may be the odd bit early round the quarries but not sure on precise route they've taken.