After the quite frankly bonkers efforts that went into the January Elevation challenge ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️ kicked us off, many of you also took part in the first counter, the classic Llanbedr to Blaenafon ⛰️ ⛰️ ⛰️
Our current top three are 🥇Emma 🥈Hilary 🥉Julie - and -🥇Brett 🥈Ian 🥉Joe
See current standings below!
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The next counter will be Cribyn on Saturday 12th April, so get your skates on!*
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NB - Prize giving this year will be on November 29th at the Blorenge race (not a counter)
*skates are not allowed
Local races to keep our carbon footprint down and to support local ROs
3x Short 3x Medium 3x Long Races - Mixture of Beacons and Black Mountains races
Up to 4 counters to score (20-1 points for the first twenty Mynydd Du finishers)
Extra challenges (for bonus points) to keep it interesting throughout the year (details to follow below)
Ladies and Open categories
Fabulous bespoke prizes up for grabs! 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category will receive a bespoke Mynydd du buff!
So for example...
Running four of the counting races, say L-B, Cribyn, Cwmdu and Waun fach could give you a maximum of 80 points (20 points x 4 races).
If you did one of the bonus point challenges you could get another 20 points for being the 1st place Mynydd Du runner
With the above races you would also have a Short, Medium and Long counter and would therefore get 5 extra bonus points
If you completed all eight counters you would get 1 extra point per race (4 extra points) and an extra bonus 3 points for completing all counting races.
If you broke the course record of one of the Races, say Black Mountains ;) then you would get an extra 10 points.
Please send any questions or angry hate mail to Steve Hepton and he will be happy to help 😁