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Run Coed y Brenin Sponsor News: Healthy snack NINE returns to fuel Coed y Brenin trail runners!
One of the original event sponsors at Run Coed y Brenin – and specifically the first-ever Salomon Trail Marathon Wales event back in 2012, NINE, are back on…
Race Report – Goldrush Trail 2019 – “Perfect conditions” for Coed y Brenin ‘Spring classic’
In what were described by many as ‘perfect conditions’ for trail running on Saturday, the biggest-ever Goldrush Trail and Canicross Trail race produced records and PBs galore…
Shoe Review: Salomon S/Lab Sense 7 SG
As you might know, here at Run Coed y Brenin we like Salomon. That’s not to say that we don’t like other brands, far from…
Record numbers get a night fever a Coed y Brenin
36 hours of Storm Callum did nothing to deter the Run Coed y Brenin organising team as the fourth edition of the Petzl Night Trail Wales went ahead on Saturday…
Course records are smashed as GB internationals dominate at Salomon Trail Marathon Wales 2018
Wet conditions do little to dampen the spirits as almost 1000 trail runners across across a weekend of racing at Coed y Brenin for the 2018 Salomon Trail Marathon…
Emma Clayton joins Salomon Trail Marathon Wales line-up
Following last week’s announcement of a stellar line-up at this month’s Salomon Trail Marathon Wales, the elite aspect of the event has been boosted further…
GB internationals confirmed for Salomon Trail Marathon Wales
With a little over a month until the seventh running of the Salomon Trail Marathon Wales event, GB internationals Andrew Davies and Katie Kaars-Sijpesteijn have…
Sweltering conditions for record field at ‘challenging’ Goldrush Trail 2018
The 2018 Goldrush Trail race showed just why it is considered one of Coed y Brenin’s very best trail running routes last weekend as a record number…
Ultra Weekend 2018: Internationals line-up to inspire
After the huge success of 2017, this year’s Run Coed y Brenin Ultra Weekend was always going to have a tough act to follow. However,…
Williams and Ball conquer a very wintery Buff Winter Trail Wales
Almost 600 runners descended on Coed y Brenin last weekend as the 2018 Buff Winter Trail Wales took place hosting a record number of entries in…
Alan Lewis – King and Queen of the Sting
As some will know the Run Coed y Brenin family said goodbye to a much loved and valued member of the events team in 2017,…
2017 – Another record-breaking year at Run. Coed y Brenin
As we look back on 2017 at Coed y Brenin, it has once again been another year of records! Over 1000 social and night run participants…
Run Coed y Brenin Christmas Holiday Hours // Oriau Gwyliau Nadolig
We hope that you are looking forward to a Festive period full of fun and trail running! Run Coed y Brenin trails will of course be…
‘Electric’ Night Trail rounds off 2017
The third edition of the Petzl Night Trail Wales on Saturday proved to be one of the best yet, as almost 300 trail runners enjoyed the Coed…
Runners shine in the Coed y Brenin rain
Events at Run Coed y Brenin have had a good run in terms of weather this last few years, so the lucky streak of wall-to-wall…
Beat the price rise at Salomon Trail Marathon Wales
With just two weeks to go until entries open for the 2018 Salomon Trail Marathon Wales race on the 1st of September, we hope you’re getting…
Everyone needs a break sometime…
After almost three years of Thursday night runs from the Run Coed y Brenin team (we began in September 2014!), we are taking a break…
‘International’ 2017 Salomon Trail Marathon Wales basks in Coed y Brenin sun
Big crowds, warm weather, a brutal route and highly competitive racing welcome home almost 1000 trail runners across the weekend of racing at Coed y Brenin for the…
Partnerships are everything
With the 2017 Salomon Trail Marathon Wales just three weeks away preparations on the race route are once again in full swing. 2016 saw the marathon…
2017 Event Review: Goldrush Trail delights once again in Coed y Brenin sunshine
The 2017 Goldrush Trail race showed just why it is considered one of Coed y Brenin’s very best trail running routes Coed y Brenin last weekend as a…
Ultra Trail Wales 2018: Save the date!
After 5 years of organising highly-successful events such as the Salomon Trail Marathon Wales, trail running specialists Runcomm Events have today unveiled a brand new race…
Ultra Weekend News: First guest speakers announced
The 2016 Lakeland 100 winner, one of Scotland’s foremost ultra runners and ultra running coaches, the UK’s 5000 mile coastal circumference runner and a performance…
academi Coed y Brenin – can you help?
Within two weeks of the launch the academi Coed y Brenin junior running group has seen a total of 37 youngsters between the age of…
Young runners flock to academi Coed y Brenin
This weekend saw the first-ever session of the brand new academi Coed y Brenin, the all-new running club for under 16’s in the locality of the iconic Welsh…
Buff Winter Trail Wales 2017 – Race Report
Advertised as the ‘summer’s best trail half – in winter conditions’, the 2017 Buff Winter Trail Wales event didn’t disappoint last Saturday. Coed y Brenin…
Buff Winter Trail Wales 2017 – Race Preview
Now in it’s third year, the 2017 Buff Winter Trail Wales looks set to continue to put winter racing on the map at Coed y Brenin,…
Run Shop Run goes live!
After over 2 years of trading at their Coed y Brenin home, Run. Coed y Brenin have today launched their online offering in the form…
Run. Coed y Brenin Christmas period hours
We’ve had a few enquiries now on our opening hours over the next few weeks at Run. Coed y Brenin. Being a holiday destination we are…
S/Lab Sense Ultra 2017 preview
In 2010 a concept was born whereby Salomon wanted to produce a shoe which was “a light running shoe upper with the minimum (but necessary)…
Runners shown the way to go at the Trail School
Rounding off a highly successful first year at the Run. Coed y Brenin Trail School a full quota of 22 ‘students’ attended the first Navigation…
Wonderful autumn weather puts Coed y Brenin runners in a night fever
Racing was phrenetic and partying was obligatory at the 2016 Petzl Night Trail Wales on Saturday. With over 300 trail runners enjoying some wonderful early-Autumn weather the Coed…
Trail 10k brings new runners to Coed y Brenin
After a few days of good Welsh rain the trails at Coed y Brenin were in perfect condition as over 200 runners embarked on the…
Trail runners go back to school and get inspired
At the second of the 2016 Run. Coed y Brenin Introduction to Trail Running – Beginner courses on Saturday participants once again left inspired and motivated to take their…
Enduro Trail breaks new ground
A new chapter in trail running was opened in Wales this weekend, as the Suunto sponsored Enduro Trail Wales test event took place in Coed y…
‘Brutal’ 2016 Salomon Trail Marathon Wales delights in Coed y Brenin sun
Big crowds, perfect weather, top-class racing and a stunning backdrop welcome home hundreds of trail runners at Coed y Brenin for the 2016 Salomon Trail Marathon Wales. The…
“Everything we do has to be sustainable” – Salomon Trail Marathon Wales route update
Salomon Trail Marathon Wales have unveiled an updated second half of the marathon race route, with race organiser Matt Ward stating that the race has…
Pre-registration live for Enduro Trail Wales
One of Run. Coed y Brenin’s most innovative events has opened for pre-registration. Advertised as ‘the evolution of trail racing’, Enduro Trail Wales is a new concept…
Solid Goldrush as the sun shines on trail racers
The 2016 Goldrush Trail race at Coed y Brenin produced some sparkling performances yesterday, in spring sunshine and almost perfect underfoot conditions. After 10 days…
Trail runners get an education at Run. Coed y Brenin Trail School
The first ever Run. Coed y Brenin Introduction to Trail Running – Beginner took place on Saturday 16th of April, as participants left inspired and motivated…
Sarn Helen Summer Series returns for 2016!
After an memorable series of four time-trial themed events in the summer of 2015 the Sarn Helen Summer Series returns this summer to keep the trail runners of…