Tough day on the rolling hills for hardy athletes in the Eryri Marathon: Local results round-up.
*When the going gets tough, the tough get going; pictured above (l-r): Mandy Owen, Elizabeth Driscoll, Hannah Griffith and Gwen Charlton, and (*below) Kevin Slattery in white top is shown with Steve Bozier on a challenging hill climb. Tough day on the rolling hills for hardy athletes in the Eryri Marathon...local results round-up... Report by Don Hale. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 It was a very tough day for the 2,208 hardy athletes and all the volunteers on the rolling hills around Snowdonia last Saturday as they battled gale force winds, hail, and driving rain at times for the gruelling Eryri Marathon. And, as if the unpredictable weather was not bad enough, the varied range of mixed ability, but mainly experienced competitors from far and wide, also faced a series of picturesque but undulating challenges over roads, rough tracks, and steep mixed terrain descents. *Pictured above - The mass of runners at the start of the Eryri Marathon Michael Kallenberg ...