Ten
of us were in North Wales on Saturday helping out at the 29th Snowdonia Marathon. The race began at 10:30 and we split into three groups to man the drinks stations at Pen-y-Pass (5 miles), Bryn Gwynant (8 miles) and Llyn Dinas (11 miles). The four of us at Bryn Gwynant were joined by two mums and daughters from Huddersfield who worked with us from first runner to last! My ears are still ringing from Sue’s loud cries of “Energy bars… Energy bars at the back… Piece of energy bar…”We were amazed by some of the runners we saw: the five-minute milers at the front, the man dressed as Batman, the man running in barefeet (!!!) and a blind runner with his guide. Surprisingly on the eve of Halloween there were no runners this year wearing black pointy hats! All of the runners were grateful for our refreshments and one of them christened us “water monitors”(!)
The
drizzle turned heavier as we drove back to Llanberis where we were asked to help out at the finish. We gave commemorative slate coasters to the finishers (several of whom quipped “Do you have a pint of beer to put on this?”) and wrapped them in space blankets. At 16:30 - six hours after the race had started - the organisers began to dismantle the finish gantry and re-open the roads to cars. At that point 60 runners were still out on the course. The last runner crossed the line in a time of 7hr 47m.Here are some other results:
1st man 2hr 36m
1st woman 3hr 11m
1,424 finishers
Back
at the basecamp we had a tasty supper of Lentil & vegetable cottage pie and Apple crumble & custard. The apples came fresh from Hazel’s garden. Hazel and Adrian did a 1,000 piece jigsaw and the others thought up weather-dependent activities for Sunday…… which dawned dry and bright and we went for a walk and picnic on the Great Orme in Llandudno, returning home at 14:00.
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