Date
Sat, 4 Sept 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Cae Llan/Village Green, Station Road, Betws-y-Coed
Betws-y-coed, Conwy
Countdown
September
The 100-mile Snowdon ultra is the long one: a day and a half or more on the hills, with 42 hours to get round. Runners will be navigating by themselves for most of it.
Key facts
01Must have finished an organised 50-mile ultra, minimum age 20
0242-hour cut-off with 11 checkpoints
03Map-and-compass navigation required, no course holding your hand
Create a free training plan for the Yr Wyddfa Ultra 50 164 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Betws-y-coed
Distance164km
Total climb5,172m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate144.7 km
Weather
Early-September, Betws-y-coed
17°CTypical high
11°CTypical low
5°CColdest in 20 years
61%Days with rain
Highs around 17°C and lows around 11°C, but it has dropped to 5°C. Rain on 61% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the Yr Wyddfa Ultra 50 164 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Yr Wyddfa Ultra 50 164 km plan targets
Typical sessions
164 km with 5,172 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Hill reps and vert to prepare the climbs and descents
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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