Pen Y Fan

We shifted locations to Wales this weekend for a spot of main event training. One of the hills on our challenge is Pen Y Fan, located in the south of Brecon Beacons National Park. It is a popular area and we new getting there early would make sense.



Saturday was one of those odd days, not warm, not cold but a bit damp. We were going to a short horse shoe type route, leaving through a car park and bending around via Cribyn bending around Corn Du and landing us back where we started. At pace and with packs. 10 minutes in I had to take a layer off, it ok having all the kit to keep you warm, but I must remember to allow for my body to settle in when we start running or hiking.



It was a busy day, on all our training so far this was the busiest I'd seen anywhere. Mind you our normal stomping ground in the middle of Dartmoor in the rain and mud, so we we pleasantly surprised and shear numbers of people we passed on the day. We finished the day with a journy of 8 miles in 2 hrs 6 mins, with pleanty of mental notes and digital pictures. We could have gone over the ground faster but we wanted to take it all in, it's a beautiful place.



-Darren

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