Cader Idris fell race

Spent the week recovering after the Cader Idris race on Saturday. It was tougher than usual this year - all the way to the summit after last year's truncated affair. And the lakeside path was an appalling quagmire - several runners went in waist-deep as they tried to negotiate the meadow, which was comprehensively flooded. Odd the think there's a hosepipe ban in southern England. The rest went well, though - clammy mist made the going cool. I was up in 1:15, down in less than 50 mins - but seriously delayed by the Gwernan path. I'd persuaded my pal Dave to do the race a week before he runs the Blackpool marathon - not the best form of 'tapering'. I've been recovering this week, with an 8 mile run around Hawarden on Tuesday, and a very pleasant evening run with the Sychdyn crew around Gwysaney last night in glorious (but cool) sunshine.