Running

Character building alright!

Very windy for most of it despite being mostly a lowland route, very rainy for most of it, so much standing water, through the River Taff where it had broken the banks at one point but the highlight was going over the pass (I forget the name, heading south the main Beacons are above and to the right of you) the wind was strong enough to stop you in your tracks and the rain/hail was trying to flay you alive. Brilliant!

7:21 finish time. Be interesting to see what the drop out rate is. Saw a guy at the half way checkpoint who looked mild hypothermic. Shivering uncontrollably. His race was over but he seemed pretty philosophical about it all.