BRECON BEACONS 25km HILL RUN | Ouch

[@FloraBeverley]

Update: thank you all SO MUCH for your donations!! We are 76% of the way there, only £711 to go 🤞🏼

[@christinahowland6101]

Brilliant watch. Love the new end section, we’ve blasted up that many times in the dark & even snow hoping for a sunrise 🤪

[@Kelly_Ben]

How absolutely beautiful!! What a run, and they're always better with dogs around! I love "meeting" your running friends. I only have racing friends, and need to make more. I love what you said about different training working for different people. I'm extremely busy, running a farm and working 60+ hours a week, all time on feet with lifting. I absolutely love 50k races, and have found I can successfully run them with 20 miles and 1 strength and yoga session per week... but it's a case of survive, not thrive. I plan on upping my training to 25 miles and 2 strength/ yoga sessions per week to see if that moves me from the back to the middle of the pack. Good in your upcoming race!!

[@FloraBeverley]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@pepperminttea2460]

This was INCREDIBLE, Flora 😍 those views were just absolutely unimaginable, breathtaking. The terrain looked brutal though 😖 cannot wait to see you do your Ultra in Croatia, really rooting for you girl 💪🏻💚 Ps love seeing the abolishment of single use plastic between the pair of you, well done 👏🏻 also loved seeing all the doggo’s, too cute!

[@FloraBeverley]

Aw thank you! The run was gorgeous, so lucky with the weather and views! 😍

[@classicalruns1245]

Wow, another beautiful location! It looks like so much fun to run this trail, especially running down!

[@jamstaa69]

Oh I’m so jealous ! Wish I was closer to proper hills and outdoors.. Have a Snowdon marathon in July, and wish I could get there for some training runs. I have a Keswick 16 at the running festival in May, so hoping to get out and enjoy some hill runs.. last year ( it was in September due to covid delays) I did Keswick off the back of me taking some time off after a tumble whilst running down the llanberis path, Snowdon, totally trashed my quads due to lack of training runs..so hoping this year Keswick will be more enjoyable 😂 Love the running! Keep it up, good luck for your Marathon.

[@FloraBeverley]

Ooooh snowdon will be amazing! Yes it can be tough to train without hills nearby- that's why I travel a bit now if I have the time! :) good luck with your marathon, it'll be epic!

[@baggy2287]

Amazing views - and very interesting to hear about yours and Tony's different training regimes. Good to know it's about finding what works for the individual.

[@OliverMay1]

Chuffing 'eck, that sounded seriously windy!! But wow those views!! I really must get myself over to the Brecon Beacons for some running (once I get better at going uphill anyway!). Thanks for another great video 🙂

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha yes it was pretty mad at the top! Well worth it though 😍 aha you only get better with practise 😉

[@nicmarlow6388]

loved this! :D stunning scenery and what a beautiful (brutal) run! at 17:38 Tony appears to be living his best life! :D

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha I think he was throughout! 😆

[@molly105]

I last attempted to hike up pen-y-fan for my birthday in January! It was so icy and started snowing, so we had to turn around 😅 looks much more pleasant now!

[@FloraBeverley]

Omg that sounds tough! Yes we were lucky with the weather haha

[@imperfected6513]

Wales is so pretty. What a gorgeous run!

[@budycelyn]

at 12:26 into your video you're looking down over the gap, spent many years mountain biking all over those hills, and lots of hike a bike, wonderful place

[@FloraBeverley]

Awesome, such a cool place!

[@beverlycole4836]

Flora, best of luck next week on your Marathon!! You go girl!! Loved your video👍

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you! :)

[@waynewilliams5434]

Penyfan and you went up the harder way to start ! Hiked this route a few times, even your detour! ( camera does not show the steepness of the ups and downs )

[@shaylalove100]

Would love if you would share your running kit! Enjoy following your channel - happy trails

[@Nick-B78]

I know how old this video is now but having just recently walked a loop of Pen Y Fan I know how I’d do it again next time. So we parked in the main PYF car park (just up the road from where you started) and went directly up to PYF and just like how you started your run, it goes immediately uphill pretty steep straight out the car park for the whole 3km to the top. Due to the weather, we then went straight across to Corn Du and then back down the path to the main road (which is the path you came up). The thing is that when we then met the road where you parked, we still had a 1km walk back to the car park but essentially it was totally flat! So yeah, next time I’ll be parking in the same place but do the same loop in reverse meaning I’ll be having a 1km flat warm up before attacking the hill 😊

[@ldburn]

Lovely route there :) Not so pleasant wind factor though. High % hill, aka good hill reps workout :D

[@shaquicedacosta]

You know those programs on treadmills that let you “run the world”? Yeah, you should do one. My gyms don’t have any from GB. Adding this to my running playlist 😁

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha this would be so fun!

[@manuel_877]

Good evenning Flora and all the runners. Excelent video and fantastic race. Flora, a hard race. Here is my like. A nice week for everyone. 🌞🏃‍♀️⛰

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you! Have a good week!

[@lizziek]

This was really lovely to watch. How did your legs pull up the next day after all that downhill? Good luck for your marathon! Wohooo!

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha oh they were so sore 😂 actually mainly from the uphills, but my ITB and quads were tight afterwards unsurprisingly! Thank you :)

[@jungtao]

Absolutely breathtaking views

[@sandratormey5343]

Great run Flora and the scenery is truly amazing. How do you manage steep descents with your IT band issues? I have the same problem and I hate steep descents and I know I stiffen up on them which makes the problem worse so I’m wondering if you have any tips?

[@FloraBeverley]

Totally get this! I actually find descents fine unless my itb is already aggravated. Also steep rocky descents put less pressure on my knees than long grassy/roady descents or ones like the last one here because I can't go so fast. Idk I think practise makes it easier! My itb might get tight but it's rarely really sore so long as it's fine before the descent.

[@KenParsonswasp]

Great vlog, thanks! 👍

[@luisashaw4704]

Great video!! What was the name of the food you had? Not Luchos, but the other one? Thanks! 😊

[@FloraBeverley]

Nurhu 🤗

[@SuperNictastic]

I'm up here most weekends. Live not far away. My tip is when you are at the car park at the bottom at Storey Arms facing Pen y fan turn around 180 degrees and go up the hills the other side. No people and grassy trails as no one goes there. And on pronunciation. In Welsh a single 'f' is a 'v' sound as there is no V in the Welsh alphabet. You only get an 'f' sound if its a double ff. So Fan is pronounced VAN. and the Welsh word 'Y' means 'the' and is pronounced 'Uh' so Pen Y Fan is pronounced "Pen Uh Van". And Fan Y Big is pronounced "Van uh Big". Was this on Saturday morning as I was up there at 7am and this was the exact conditions?

[@FloraBeverley]

Nice! Yes we had a little 5k loop planned on those other hills but since we added a bit extra to the original route we decided to call it quits in the carpark. But will definitely be exploring those other hills next time! Ah yes haha I do remember those pronunciation tips! I remembered the Uh but not so much the V 😆 next time!

[@kerricappy4890]

Is a north wind cold in Britain? In Australia a north wind is warm. Happens on a hot windy day. Not very pleasant.

[@FloraBeverley]

Aha yes! Freezing usually, especially in winter. We're getting a lot of north winds atm and it's quite unusual this time of year. Makes sense that it'd be the opposite in Australia!

[@ifonly4486]

Very smooth trails ....

[@davidbreen7466]

Managed to walk much of that route but never run it. Know how hard it is, well done.

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you! It was hard but so worth it!

[@FloraBeverley]

Just seen your donation, thank you so much!! 🥰

[@davidbreen7466]

No problem you and the cause deserve it. Thank you for your great content.

[@mudsweatandtrails]

Surely it's not steep until your hands get involved? ;-) I think i might have to venture up there (from Exeter) and have a run and a wild camp. It looks awesome.

[@FloraBeverley]

Great idea! Ahah idk, at that point I stop thinking its steep and start thinking its vertical 😆

[@jungtao]

Lol I’m American and I just caught myself saying “bloody hell, this is a gorgeous trail”

[@FloraBeverley]

Hahah love that!

[@alanm8728]

What Camera did Tony use?

[@jeremyvangheem2523]

Absolutely nothing close to that route over hear in Wisconsin...It may have been rough but enjoyable, wow.

[@TommyGunner86]

can you share the route?

[@eduard05ilva]

Amazing views 😍

[@marymcaneney3219]

where is your multi-color jacket from please?!

[@FloraBeverley]

The one I talk about in the vid? It's cotopaxi :)

[@evanmclean4893]

That beginning section is deceptive! Very steep

[@FloraBeverley]

Surprisingly!! So painful 😅

[@GodGifts.]

Big sister love from india🇮🇳🇮🇳 In which altitude are you training 😊

[@Just_Run_Podcast]

That final decent is soooo painful. Got to the bottom once and all my toenails where bleeding. It’s so hard not to go to quick and fall over. That little stream is the start of the river taff which runs through Cardiff city centre next to the stadium.

[@FloraBeverley]

Omg horrible! Haha yeah we went so fast, but it was great fun 😅

[@AugherAndy]

can you show more what you eat etc

[@nvengatt]

FIRST 🔥

[@emmasteen869]

Beautiful route but those hills 🤢🤣

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha they were something else for sure! 😅

[@PoppyOxymoron]

I’m from wales!! This route looks fun! I’ll have to give it a go when I get back home 🫶🏻

[@FloraBeverley]

Oh nice! Lucky you having all this on your doorstep 😍