11th Jul 2011
In due course we plan to publish a comprehensive article about the event history but in the meantime there was some excellent reporting from the event in 1992 that will give you a great perspective on the event.
- http://www.ultralegends.com/the-dragons-back-wales-9293/
- http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mountain-marathon-running-hard-over-the-back-of-a-dragon-first-i-was-lost-in-the-mist-in-a-strange-country-then-i-was-trapped-on-a-rockface----thinking-of-my-sevenmonthold-son-rob-howard-reports-on-the-extraordinary-demands-of-a-fiveday-mountain-marathon-1553412.html
Also there is a chapter in Richard Askwith excellent book ‘Feet in the Clouds’ that discusses the Dragons Back Race (pages 282 – 299).
Enjoy the reading.
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