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For our 30th anniversary, Coy and I decided to do something we’d never done together: rent a car and drive the length of Britain, bottom to top. We landed at London Heathrow and, over the next two and a half weeks, worked our way north - through England, into Wales, up the spine of the Lake District, across the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye, and finally into Edinburgh, where we flew home.

Mud, Mist, and Mountains: The UTMB Snowdonia 25K

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Mud, Mist, and Mountains: The UTMB Snowdonia 25K

This race was the centerpiece of our big UK anniversary trip (the full travel story is over here) - but it earned its own page, because the Welsh mountains handed me a race I won’t forget.

I’d signed up for the UTMB Snowdonia 25K, part of the Ultra-Trail Snowdonia by UTMB weekend, set deep in Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) in northern Wales. On paper: about 25 kilometers and 4,600 feet of climbing. In reality: mud, mist, sheep, and some of the most dramatic mountain running I’ve ever done.

Ultra-Trail Snowdonia on the art of simplicity

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Mud, Mist, and Mountains: The UTMB Snowdonia 25K

Mud, Mist, and Mountains: The UTMB Snowdonia 25K