Winter South Wales Traverse – 5 December 2019. Completed in 19:58 (approximately 75 miles with 17,000ft ascent). As a lover of running in the hills that lives in Bristol, the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains are ideal. Just over an hour from Bristol, I’m lucky to have spent a lot of time there running and working and have got to know the area well. I’ve been interested in the South Wales Traverse for some time but decided to make plans for a winter traverse in the summer of 2019. Due to commitments at work and home for me and my support crew we had to fix the date of the attempt in advance and take our chances with the weather. A week out the weather was looking calm, cold and settled – almost perfect conditions! However, that weather system lasted until 4 December after which everything changed – a storm with heavy rain and winds of up to 70mph was due to come in. We moved the start time of the attempt forward by 6 hours but that was the most flex we had – the aim