So, progress report. I missed the Elenith (and indeed any other 300 this year!) so unlike some of you, the BC400 was my first long welsh adventure to get a benchmark from.
I noticed the Bwlch control was about the same distance as the MC1000 1st "sleep" stop. Can anyone translate the preceding climbing discussion to give a comparison between the two? (I know the answer is "more" - but by how much?!?)
(It was nice to get through 500k this weekend - it may have been a lot flatter than half-a-MC1000, but it's a start. Incidentally, Somerset Monument on my way home was the only thing I walked all weekend! )
If I'm not mistaken, not much different.
The day 1 figure given was 4800m climb. The Brevet Cymru is 4900m climb. However, there is virtually no climbing between Bwlch and the finish - it's pretty much a steady drop until you reach the climb to Shirenewton, if the height graph from my GPS unit. I'd hazard that to Bwlch was in the region of 4700m.
(My GPS says it was much lower than this, I noticed this on the Elenith and on the BCM also).
However, since the same method - contour counting - is used on both events, the figures are probably comparable. Hence if you can get to Bwlch at 1.45am then you ought to be able to complete day 1 in a similar time.
Getting to the sleep stop by 2am would be gravy.