Paddy Buckley
The Paddy Buckley Round in the heart of Snowdonia National Park, in North Wales covering 61 miles, crossing 47 peaks with over 8,500m of height gain.
We offer supported rounds over 24, 48 or 72 hours so you can tackle the hardest of the big 3 rounds in the UK with the knowledge that you won't put a foot wrong and can concentrate on completing what is a serious running challenge.
What is the Paddy Buckley
The route was devised by Paddy Buckley and covers the ranges of Moelwyns, Hebogs, Nantlle, Snowdon, Glyderau and the Carneddau. The route was first completed by Wendy Dodds in 1982 and the Fastest Known Time is held currently by Finlay Wild in 15h 14m 45s.
Strategies & Plans
The round involves a large investment of your time, both in planning and heading to North Wales, ding recce's, to find the best lines. This involves a good level of navigation skills and where local knowledge really can help. It's also required to find willing experienced runners, who know the route, to support you......
Or you can allow Adventure Awaits to ensure you have the best chance to complete the round. We can help with fully supported package for the round, 3 day recce's or individual days being guided on legs of the round.
Support for your 24 hour challenge
Take any worry about missing one of the tops on the round or not getting the best line between them by using our fully supported package.
Adventure Awaits will guide you over the tough 61 miles using running guides that know the area like the back of their hand who are all qualified and insured mountain leaders.
We will support you from first contact, through your training all the way to finishing your attempt offering advice and guidance aswell as moral support throughout your attempt from our team.
Fully supported package costs £1,200
Recce days completing each leg of the Paddy Buckley
This is a must for any aspirant Paddy Buckley runners. It will give you an intimate knowledge of all the legs of the round and provide excellent training in the run up to your attempt.
They are also really nice runs to do in their own right as a way to see Snowdonia!
We will be running in small groups and covering no more than 35km per day (Moelwyn leg only) but on average running 20km with 2,000m of height gain.
Guided by experienced runners with Mountain Leader qualifications who know the route intimately. You can make the most of their expert knoweldge and improve your technical running in the Welsh mountains.
Individual day recce of the round
Have a day with one of our expert running guides, who are all Mountain Leaders, to take you over one or two legs of the Paddy Buckley. They will be able to offer expert advice and show you the fastest and most efficient lines.
This is a vital day or days for your physical and mental training and an important recce so you don't get lost if you are not using our guiding services on your round attempt.
The cost of a day's recce is £180