I did the long challenge race as I was running with a an ex-work colleague who didn't have enough ALs under his belt to enter the fell race. What an event and what a route - I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The final climb up Snowdon seemed to take for ever - it felt about three times the height of the other climbs.

As an aside, it's the first time I've been up Snowdon, and isn't it busy? I was expecting lots of people, but there must have been tens of thousands there that day. It's more akin to being part of a football crowd than it is to being on a mountainside.

It was nice to get a medal at the top.