How far is the MTC Cymrun?

The MTC Cymrun is one distance: 256 Mile (412.0 km).

Is the MTC Cymrun course marked?

No. The MTC Cymrun is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

Can I download the MTC Cymrun route?

Yes. The GPX for each distance is free to download here, with no sign-up, the same as every route on Trail Running Planet.

Ultra Running Ltd MTC Cymrun

Holyhead, AngleseyTue, 4 Jul – Sun, 9 Jul 2028

The end to end of Wales, Holyhead to Barry Island over six days.

256 Mile

412 km

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No reviews of the MTC Cymrun, and nothing on what people wore. Both are things no organiser publishes and every runner wants before they enter — how it actually went, and what was on your feet.

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The course

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What you’re in for

The end to end of Wales on foot: six days from Holyhead to Barry Island on National Cycle Route 8 — Lôn Las Cymru — with the overnights at Caernarfon, Barmouth, Llanidloes, Glasbury and Merthyr Tydfil. 256 miles, averaging just over 42 a day, and each day is also sold as a standalone ultra. 407.5km in six days, from the 35-mile last day down the Taff to the 47-mile crossing of the Cambrian mountains from Barmouth. Preset cut-offs each day at a minimum 4 mph average, a warning the first time you fall below it, withdrawal the second. Nothing on the course after ten at night. Checkpoints roughly every eight miles, trackers with SOS, maps and GPX for entrants only.

Terrain and trail

Route 8 is traffic-free cycle path, old railway and quiet lane, hard-surfaced almost the whole way — road shoes, as supplied. The Mawddach Trail and the Taff Trail are the flat and famous bits; between them the route crosses the mountains of mid-Wales and the Brecon Beacons, and those two days carry most of the climb.

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Cut-offs

Six days on Cycle Path Route 8, stopping at Caernarfon, Barmouth, Llanidloes, Glasbury and Merthyr Tydfil. Preset cut-offs on each day.

How to enter

Tue, 4 Jul – Sun, 9 Jul 2028 · Not open yet

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Common questions

: The MTC Cymrun is one distance: 256 Mile (412.0 km).
: No course file for the MTC Cymrun yet, so there's no measured climb here. When Ultra Running Ltd publish one, this fills in.
: Not graded yet. A TRP grade is worked out from distance and climb measured off the course file, and there isn't one for the MTC Cymrun yet.
: No. The MTC Cymrun is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the MTC Cymrun. Ultra Running Ltd confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Six days on Cycle Path Route 8, stopping at Caernarfon, Barmouth, Llanidloes, Glasbury and Merthyr Tydfil. Preset cut-offs on each day.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the MTC Cymrun. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the Ultra Running Ltd race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Yes. The GPX for each distance is free to download here, with no sign-up, the same as every route on Trail Running Planet.
: Tue, 4 Jul 2028. Not open yet.