HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? THE BRUTAL HALF
MATT BAIRD
Matt is 220's former features editor and is now the editor of Cycling Plus. With the Brutal completed, his second aim for 2022 is to watch every single Nicolas Cage movie. A man has to have a dream, after all…
After over eight hours of swim, bike and running, the moment I've been dreading, dreaming of and sweating over for months has finally arrived. I strain every sinew to push forward as my walking speed hovers at 3km/hr. The inclines are comically steep and the weatherbeaten path is as cracked as my mental resolve. But Snowdon is finally within my grasp and I can practically touch the summit. Job done, surely?
An athlete coming down from the summit runs in my direction. “Nearly there mate, just another hour to the top,” he smiles. I've been looking at the wrong peak. This is hardcore. This is the Brutal, and I'm ‘only’ doing the Half version. Time then to have a Snickers
