Claire House Excalibur Marathon

Just a quick note about route finding.

On my last two training runs I've managed to miss the path junction for the summit of Moel Arthur: despite having found it with map in hand and making a mental note that it was tricky.

This time I retraced my steps to work out how to avoid doing it again.

The junction comes just after the a stile at the top of the grassy climb up Moel Arthur. The path on the other side rapidly becomes singletrack. Make sure you take the right fork in the track straight away. I think I keep missing it because the gorse has been cut back in that area and the path is right on the edge of the cut section.

Hey all Just realised how close this is to home & looks lovely, so would be silly not to enter!

 @Spen71, I really liked the Northants Shires & Spires Ultra the yr I did it

Clwydian wrote (see)

Just a quick note about route finding.

On my last two training runs I've managed to miss the path junction for the summit of Moel Arthur: despite having found it with map in hand and making a mental note that it was tricky.

This time I retraced my steps to work out how to avoid doing it again.

The junction comes just after the a stile at the top of the grassy climb up Moel Arthur. The path on the other side rapidly becomes singletrack. Make sure you take the right fork in the track straight away. I think I keep missing it because the gorse has been cut back in that area and the path is right on the edge of the cut section.

Hi Clwydian

Thanks for your route updates - I have just pm'ed you but it looked like it bounced back Can you pls send me the gpx of the course? Many thanks!

Repoman wrote (see)

Hi Clwydian

Thanks for your route updates - I have just pm'ed you but it looked like it bounced back Can you pls send me the gpx of the course? Many thanks!

2 weeks to go

 was getting a bit worried last week as my fitness seemed to evaporate, but think I was just fighting off some germs (more than likely picked up at school) as I went out for another 20miler on thursday and felt really strong throughout

just entered snowdon race as my next focus after this, to keep me going until what'll be my 4th snowdonia marathon in the autumn...

yey great news TR40 - the snowdon race not the me dragging you around excalibur bit

hope you had a good week in shropshire!

Hi Martyn, thanks for the route description extremely useful.

Had a few hours run round the Moel y Parc area yesterday..tough but such good running...love it

Bump.

Well my foot has improved no end so im back in,.

No idea of how long this is going to take ;

great news spen71

hope everyone else is doing ok!