Congratulations to Melinda Marchal who came joint first femaie in the Snowdon Ultra 50 in September.
Melinda Marchal writes
Just wanting to share my latest news! After winning the Chester Ultra 50 miler in March, I thought I’d try my hand at a mountain ultra so toed the line at the Snowdon Ultra 50 this weekend… for another win!!
76km - 3,512m - 12h23!
Joint 1st female, joint 8th overall, and a women’s course record to boot!
It was a pleasure to cross the finish with Josie Nye; she was ahead of me for the first mountain (Tryfan), then we tackled Snowden ascent and descent together, chatting the whole way! I took the lead for the next 5hrs over the Glyders and round the lakes, but Josie valiantly caught me up in the last 10k and left me for dust! I finally chased her down with just 1 kilometre to go, so it seemed fitting that after so much back and forth we go in together
