Snowdon Race
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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
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, Italy
Italy
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 and Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

.

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
S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...

 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
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