Welsh Castles Relay 2011

The Welsh Castles Relay takes place on the second weekend in June every year. The race starts in Caernarfon on Saturday morning and ends in Cardiff on Sunday afternoon with an awards presentation once the final team has finished.

There are 20 stages ranging in distance from 8 to 14 miles passing many Welsh Castles in some challenging terrain and each team has 20 runners who each run one stage over the course of the weekend, with ten stages on Saturday and ten on Sunday.

Great Western Running club GWR entered a team and Jo and I went along for the weekend. both of us ran on Saturday when the weather was good, Sunday rained all day. GWR did not win the run but did win the mascot prize. It was a fantastic weekend, and if it works out, I would love to do it next year.