2024

South Wales Series

Compete for the honour of being the most complete fell runner in South Wales in this series of 7 races of varying distances and levels of technicality. The overall winners will take home the coveted trophies and there will be prizes for all age grade winners that complete the series.

Races

Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Pentyrch Hill Race

BM 11km/488m 6.8mi/1601ft
Sat, 11 May 2024

Preseli Beast

AL 39.7km/1655m 24.7mi/5430ft
Sat, 1 Jun 2024

Guto Nyth Bran

BS 9.6km/396m 6mi/1299ft
Tue, 25 Jun 2024

Night Sugar

BS 8.8km/350m 5.5mi/1148ft
Sat, 6 Jul 2024

Pen y Fan

AS 5.8km/588m 3.6mi/1929ft
Sat, 13 Jul 2024

Four Fans

AM 18km/1200m 11.2mi/3937ft
Sat, 3 Aug 2024

Llanthony Show

AS 6.3km/350m 3.9mi/1148ft

Eligibility

To qualify for the Series each competitor must:

  • Be a paid-up member of the WFRA as of 1 July 2024
  • Have completed a minimum of 3 races within the Series

Age categories

  • The age categories are: u23, v40, v50, v60, v70, v75, V80. 
  • Your age as of 1 January 2024 will be used to determine the applicable age category for the Series. 
  • Prizes will be awarded in all categories.

Scoring

Scoring for the Series is based on the percentage of the course you could have covered in the time it took the average person to finish. This is calculated as: (A/R) * 100 - where R is the runner’s time in seconds and A is the mean (average) time of all finishers.

Your series score is the sum of your best 4 scores in the series.