North Wales duo tackled the tough Snowdon international race with the stars.

*Pictured above - Stuart Culverhouse and Kevin Slattery - at the Snowdon race.

North Wales duo tackled the tough Snowdon international race with the stars...

Report by Don Hale. 

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk

 

Two North Wales Road Runners took to the great mountain at the weekend and competed in one of Europe’s toughest endurance challenges during the Castel Howell, 48th International Snowdon race.

This extraordinary event included over 1,000m climb of Yr Wydda attracted an international array of stars, club runners, plus an elite list of top mountain and fell runners, with standard, international and elite events taking place.

Master veteran and NWRRC chairman Kevin Slattery, who is a VM70 athlete, completed his gruelling run up and down Mt Snowdon on Saturday afternoon in just 1 hour 53 minutes and 49 seconds, and he finished second in his age cat, with his club colleague Stuart Culverhouse, a very close seven-seconds behind in 1.53.56.


Stuart’s run was even more remarkable, as he also took part in the Nova parkrun at Prestatyn on Saturday morning, before running the Snowdon race in the afternoon. He explained: “I must admit I had horrible blisters on my feet and used the parkrun as a kind of fitness test to see if I could manage the afternoon run!


And after the race, he confirmed: “Ras Ryngwladol yr Wyddfa/ International Snowdon Race 2025. Kevin looking fresh as a daisy after a fantastic run completing the up and down of Snowdon in a gun time of 1.53.49 and finishing second in his age cat. I was a further 7 seconds behind Kev. A great experience with both of us running the race for the first time.”


*The first three finishers overall were all from Italy with Luca Magri the winner in 1.06.11, with Michael Galassi second in 1.06.58, and Roberto Giacomotti third in 1.07.39. *The first three elite female finishers were 1st Nancy Scott in 1.20.31, Beatrice Bianchi second in 1.21.58, and Eve Pannone third in 1.22.13; and the winning club Welsh teams were: 1st Eryri Harriers, second Rhedwyr Hebog Runners, and third were Mynydd Du Mountain Runners.

 

*This s a link to the provisional results from the Snowdon races:

https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4140#0_AF93D1






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