On Sunday 21st July 2019, my girlfriend and I ran the toughest race I've ever experienced, and I include the Snowdonia Marathon and the Roman Run in that list. Well, I say ran, but there was a fair bit of walking too! The race was the Pen-Y-Fan Challenge Trail Half Marathon organised by the great people at Off The Tarmac...
The Tydfilians Roman Run takes place in September and is a mixed surface 16 mile race that roughly follows the route of the ancient Roman road from Brecon to Merthyr Tydfil.
Don't worry. This isn't a boy meets girl & falls in love , romantic gestures, staring wistfully at sunsets story. It's about my journey from a state of not being able to walk, to running a marathon that's widely regarded as one of the toughest in Europe with a route around the biggest mountain in Wales. But it does, indeed, start with a girl....