Welsh coast challenge week 1 results

[liv]

Well done on a great week 1, everybody! We collectively ran 199 km (131 miles) along the south coast of Wales as the Severn Estuary opens out into the Bristol Channel, reaching Caswell Bay by the end of the first week:



Our route started in the wetlands around the Severn Estuary, famous for its huge tidal range so we'll have seen huge variations in landscape over the course of the day as the sea level changed by up to 15 m (50 ft). We have passed Newport and Cardiff, the capital of Wales, and continued into the Glamorgan area where the path starts climbing to the tops of really dramatic tall cliffs. We have rounded Swansea Bay which is all about idyllic sandy beaches and passed the town of Swansea itself, and we're heading around the stunningly pretty Gower peninsula. Seriously, if you have a moment check out an image search for Gower, the photo I found is only a flavour and it's kind of amazing, this part of the run. Beginning of the second week the landscape was just starting to get rocky again as we head westwards.

By the numbers (now corrected, thanks to people who spotted the confusion):
ilanarama – 33 miles (52 km), 1 active hour
liv – 10 km (6 miles), 12 active hours
meri_oddities – 24 miles (38 km)
ridicully – 9 km (6 miles), 5 active hours
semielliptical – 29 miles (46 km), 1½ active hours
blnchflr – 14.5 km (9 miles)
temve – 18 miles (29 km), 5 3/4 active hours
linaelyn (supernumerary) – 7 miles (11 km)

And collectively we covered 17% of our target distance.

Comments

[ilanarama]

That picture! I want to go there!

[blnchflr]

I ran 14.5 km week 1, no active hours (I won't be doing any active hours in September). Where did you come up with the numbers :) ?

[temve]

I think that's me masquerading as you there :)

[liv]

My apologies, I thought I'd transcribed the data really carefully but I seem to have screwed up somewhere. Will correct.

[blnchflr]

Ah :)

[temve]

No worries - and thank you for running (no pun intended) this month for us!