My first time for a trail run as I was asked to blog about it and I did the HM! I love a hill and this didn't disappoint! The start was in the royal Welsh showground, so plenty of people around & exhibitors (The hog roast rolls were a winner after the finish!) The HM was 2 laps of the 10k course, so you knew what was coming second round..... and all I could remember was the thick, muddy hill at 6k!!!! Good bits ... challenging, muddy in parts, lovely views, nice wooden bit of bling & good t-shirts. Registration on the day easy. Not so good bits.... no chip timing, same pens for 10k and HM, no staggered start and the first part of the course was quite narrow trying to get all the runners through. A Marshall sent us the wrong way, so ended up not doing a full HM. On a positive note, this has all been rectified for 2018! (BIG thumbs up to Run4Wales). There WILL be chip timing, staggered start and different pens for 10k & HM runners. Even though I broke my shoe and wanted to give up after the first 10k, I'll definitely run this again!