The Snowdon Race is a ten-mile endurance running competition in Gwynedd

Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...

, from Llanberis

Llanberis

Llanberis is a village in Gwynedd, North Wales, lying on the southern banks of Llyn Padarn in Snowdonia. It takes its name from Saint Peris, an early Welsh saint.According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the population of Llanberis was 1,954...

 to the peak of Snowdon

Snowdon

Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an altitude of above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland. It is located in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, and has been described as "probably the busiest mountain in Britain"...

. Contestants must make the five miles up the Llanberis Path to the summit (1085 metres or 3,559.7 ft above sea level) and return back down. Currently entrants must be over-18 to compete in either the men's or women's race. In 2009 a junior race was incorporated.

The race was first held in 1976 when Ken Jones from Llanberis put forward the idea to the village's Carnival Committee. 86 runners took part in the first race. In 2010, nearly 500 runners competed, with the nations represented including Scotland

Scotland

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, Italy

Italy

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 and Kenya

Kenya

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.

The course record stands at 1:02:29, set by Kenny Stuart

Kenny Stuart

Kenny Stuart is a former fell and road runner. He was born in 1957 to a family living at Threlkeld in the Lake District.Early in his career, when there was still a split between professional and amateur fell racing, Stuart competed in professional races, converting to amateur status in 1982...

 in 1985.

Radio Cymru broadcasts live from the event. S4C

S4C

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 produce a television highlights showing profiles on individual racers.

In 1996, the course was used for the European Mountain Running Trophy, run on the same weekend but separately from the annual Snowdon Race. Jaime Dejesus-Mendes was the winner of the men's race in 1:03:16. The women ran a shorter course, with Isabelle Guillot finishing first in 53:09.

In 2001, the race was part of the World Mountain Running Association Grand Prix.

Results

Year	First place	Time	Second place	Time	Third place	Time	First woman	Time
1976	Dave Francis	1:12:05	Tacwyn Davies	1:13:31	Ray Rawlinson	1:14:38	Bridget Hogge	1:40:15
1977	Ricky Wilde	1:06:07	Jeff Norman	1:07:34	Mike Short	1:08:42	Joan Glass	1:39:46
1978	Ricky Wilde	1:04:28	Dave Francis	1:07:25	Jeff Norman	1:07:53	Joan Glass	1:31:24
1979	Jeff Norman	1:05:00	Ricky Wilde	1:07:07	Dave Francis	1:07:11	Joan Glass	1:29:02
1980	P. Pezzoli	1:06:53	Andy Darby	1:08:43	A. Giupponi	1:09:07	Pauline Haworth	1:25:18
1981	John Wild	1:05:18	G. Rovedati	1:05:31	S. Lazzaroni	1:08:08	Ros Coates	1:24:49
1982	John Wild	1:05:55	P. Pezzoli	1:06:36	F. Bonzi	1:06:41	R. Naish	1:24:10
1983	R. Keeney	1:08:39	M. Bishop	1:09:23	Jeff Norman	1:09:55	Bridget Hogge	1:39:32
1984	F. Bonzi	1:03:46		1:		1:	Pauline Haworth	1:24:03
1985	Kenny Stuart	1:02:29		1:		1:	Pauline Haworth	1:20:29
1986	L. Bortaluzzi	1:04:24		1:		1:	Carol Haigh	1:14:36
1987	M. May	1:03:43		1:		1:	Angela Carson	1:24:19
1988	Colin Donnelly	1:04:38		1:		1:	S. Dilnot	1:22:10
1989	John Lenihan	1:04:12		1:		1:	Angela Carson	1:22:38
1990	L. Fregona	1:03:43		1:		1:	T. Calder	1:17:25
1991	Mark Croasdale	1:04:48		1:		1:	A. Buckley	1:19:35
1992	Mark Croasdale	1:05:09		1:		1:	T. Calder	1:18:37
1993	Ian Holmes	1:04:14		1:		1:	Carol Greenwood	1:12:48
1994	Fabio Ciaponi	1:04:44		1:		1:	L. Wright	1:22:35
1995	Mark Kinch	1:02:58		1:		1:	P. Sloan	1:22:33
1996	Martin Roscoe	1:07:18		1:		1:	Lesley Leavesley	1:26:56
1997	Ian Holmes	1:04:50		1:		1:	Carol Greenwood	1:16:11
1998	Colin Jones	1:05:14		1:		1:	Angela Mudge Angela Mudge Angela Mudge is a champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Scotland in the mid 1990s, and developed rapidly.She has won the Scottish Hill Running...	1:16:14
1999	Neil Wilkinson	1:05:51		1:		1:	Helen Jackson	1:25:12
2000	Neil Wilkinson	1:05:45	Fabio Ciaponi	1:07:24	Ian Holmes	1:07:48	Angela Mudge	1:20:28
2001	Marco De Gasperi	1:05:51		1:		1:	Izabela Zatorska	1:19:04
2002	Tim Davies Timothy Davies (runner) Timothy Davies is a Welsh athlete who specialises in mountain running.Davies won the silver medal at the 2004 European Mountain Running Championships in the team event alongside Andi Jones and John Brown...	1:07:11	Ian Holmes	1:08:13	Fabrizio Triulzi	1:08:21	Tracey Brindley	1:20:37
2003	Tim Davies	1:05:57	Simon Bailey	1:06:41	Ian Holmes	1:07:11	Dawn Scott	1:25:40
2004	Ian Holmes	1:05:38	Julien Rancon	1:06:04	Alun Vaughn	1:06:12	Claire Whitehead	1:18:28
2005	Tim Davies	1:06:37	William Levett	1:07:20	Alessio Rinaldi	1:08:24	Mary Wilkinson	1:17:44
2006	Andi Jones Andi Jones Andrew Jones is an English athlete who specialises in road, cross country and mountain / fell running, competing for England & Great Britain. In 2003 he finished 4th in the WMRA World Mountain Trophy in Alaska. Closer to home he competes for Salford Harriers, where he is coached by Bob Merrell...	1:07:25	Tim Davies	1:07:57	Ian Holmes	1:09:10	Mary Wilkinson	1:19:38
2007	Andi Jones	1:05:38	Ian Holmes	1:08:16	Ben Bardsley	1:08:26	Mary Wilkinson	1:20:36
2008	Andi Jones	1:06:02	Morgan Donnelly	1:09:24	Ian Holmes	1:10:37	Katie Ingram	1:20:44
2009	Andi Jones	1:08:15	Ian Holmes	1:09:00	Murray Strain	1:09:43	Katie Ingram	1:15:34
2010	Robbie Simpson	1:07:59	Alex Baldaccini	1:09:11	Ian Holmes	1:09:11	Catriona Buchanan	1:21:19