Sophie Gibbens travelled up to North Wales and placed 69th out of 210 finishers and second female in the 19km Ras y Gader (Cader Idris mountain race).
The Cader Idris mountain race is one of the toughest fell races in Wales. The event starts and finishes in the market town of Dolgellau, at sea level, and climbs 900m to the summit of Pen y Gader. One of the real challenges of the race is the constantly changing terrain, switching from steep metalled roads to flat tracks behind Gwernan Lake, pitched steps up the Pony Path, and picking your way among the boulder fields on the final ascent – and then you’ve got to do it all in reverse!
Sophie reached the summit in 1:13:08 before charging down in 48:06 for a final time of 2:01:14.