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Alex Foxfield

5 things I wish I’d known before my first mountain running challenge

On Crib Goch's pinnacles.

Mountain running challenges are nothing new. Adventurous folk have been getting out, testing themselves in the hills and mountains, tackling seemingly arbitrary challenges, for over a century. If some reports are to be believed, as far back as 1864.

Sometimes, these often-personal undertakings remain exactly that, uniquely personal. After all, that’s the beauty of the great outdoors, the unboundedness of it all, the freedom to express yourself physically in an environment that’s grander than we could ever hope to be.

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