This year was the 40th anniversary of this event which is now firmly established in the race calendar for a lot of South Wales running clubs. It sold out in less than a couple of hours this year which shows how popular it's become.

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It’s a great training event for anyone doing an autumn marathon, especially true for anyone doing the Marathon Eryri given it's 16 miles and a challenging first 10k of constant elevation.

Despite a lot of rain leading up to the event, the weather conditions were very warm, for the midday start in Brecon.

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The event starts with some steep road running, then it's into trail. Conditions under foot were challenging on the trail/ Roman Road section otherwise it was road running over a rolling course – with the added twist of an updated finish to the castle at Cyfarthfa.

Phillip Mears (club chairman) was the sole WRR member taking part this year.