Moel Famau Festive 'Piece of String' Race

Next Race: 20/12/2025

Bwlch Penbarras

Overall Rating

3.9/ 5

3 reviews
Would you recommend it to others? Yes
How did you rate the scenery? 5/5
How did you rate the atmosphere? 4/5
How did you rate the organisation? 4/5
Do you think this was friendly to beginners? Yes
Stephen Wiggins

Brilliant race

Reviewed using Eventrac, Dec 2024
Sam Lamen

Good potential with the idea

Don’t tell us “minimum 6km maximum 12km” the mystery of the piece of string was why I signed up and then my friend told me the fine print said the 6-12 which ruined it a bit. Ended up being about 6.5km on the day which is a bit short but I think that was because of the weather. Marshalls need to be clearer and louder too as me and a friend who ran together didn’t hear the “final 1km” warning and casually finished the race instead of giving it our all which left us a bit disappointed. Very cool concept but driving an hour from Liverpool for a mid 6km was a bit crap. Photographers could do more too as there was only about 30 people racing and they just took sporadic pictures of random people now and again. It was only a £20 race so I get it, for the price, but just giving honest feedback as there wasn’t too many people to take photos of with such a small turnout so a bit more could have been done for a better experience. Also maybe don’t get a photo at the steepest part of the summit too where most people are walking as it’s hardly an action shot. Sorry for the essay, just wanting to give constructive criticism. £20 is not expensive for a race so no one can really be mad, but thinking of improvements for bigger turnouts in future

Reviewed using Eventrac, Dec 2024
Organiser comment:

Thanks for taking part, and well done! We actually had 87 runners out there today. Sorry that you didn’t hear the ‘1km to go’ warning…I’m guessing it was because it was so windy. I feel that giving a range (6-12km) in terms of the distances to expect is helpful to some participants, who may rule it out for fear of not being able to complete a particular distance in the hills. By stating it won’t be any longer than 12km, makes it more inclusive I think. But thanks for the feedback, perhaps I could extend that range. Finally, apologies if you thought the 6.5km was too short, but obviously it was in the range runners were told to expect….though the next one is likely to be longer, I suspect :-)

Laura Calder

Not as good as last year

Course felt a bit lazy, thought it might be longer this year.
Also my chip didn’t register so looks like I didn’t run it. Number 6.
Virtually no race briefing

Reviewed using Eventrac, Dec 2024
Organiser comment:

Thanks for your comments. The course I agree, was a fairly simple one, compared to previous. The weather (which actually turned out better than forecast!) did play a part here. The course for the next POS will be different again, and I’m my view, more fun and interesting! A briefing of greater length on Saturday, would have been extremely difficult given the wind! Thanks for taking part again!

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