Fachwen to Llyn Marchlyn Hill Climb – 20.09.150

The 4.9 miles and 1732 vertical feet of climbing was made slightly easier this year due to the lower section finally being resurfaced through the twists and turns under the trees to Fachwen, However it didn’t advantage the riders enough to beat Dan Evans of Team Elite’s course record set last autumn, so 21:41 is still the time to conquer in the future.

1st place went to Kieran of Team Elite with a time of 23:53. In 2nd place Gerallt of Energy Cycling Club at 23:59 improving his time from last year by an impressive 58 seconds and 3rd place to Ben of Clwb Rasio Mona with a time of 24:06.

Thanks to Alun and Wayne for offering to forgo racing to help me run the race today and for being time keepers at the top of the climb, without them we would not have been able to run the event today.

As always, thanks to Gary for organising marshals. Thanks to everyone for giving up your Sunday morning to help out. Mathew, Llion, and Mr Ellis for marshalling at the difficult junctions. Osian and Martin for making the transition over of the gate as smooth as possible for the riders. Gwynfor for acting as pusher off and Shân for her help and support with signing on and marshalling at the start line. Thanks also to Hedd and the others who double checked the results for me – the most nerve racking part of coordinating a race. Plus thanks to John for all the organisation behind the scenes pre-race.