15 km | 1,000 m of elevation | 
Llanberis, Wales
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      Straight up and down. The ‘and’ doesn’t count as a word. 
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      The descent. Coming down the Llanberis path with runners coming up and walkers on the mountain is wild. 
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      At the time, pouring rain and high winds. The race was reduced to 10 km and 600m of elevation, making it even more fast and furious. 
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      Anyone who loves a bit of elevation. 
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      Make sure you go to the post race meal at the Royal Victoria Hotel. Delicious curry ‘half and half’, and all you can eat. No better way to recover. 
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      It’s not always rain and high wind. The race has only been shortened from the full length twice and last year it was run in blazing sunshine. 
 
                        