Marathon Eryri: Race to drop Snowdonia from official name

A marathon has announced it volition beryllium known solely by its Welsh name, dropping its English title.

Marathon Eryri was antecedently besides known arsenic Snowdonia Marathon, but organisers said it was a "no brainer" to region the English name.

These are besides known arsenic Snowdonia and Snowdon respectively successful English.

Marathon Eryri starts and finishes astatine the bottommost of Yr Wyddfa and includes 2,750ft (838m) of climbs.

Announcing the determination connected Facebook, the contention said: "Same awesome race, aforesaid fantastic views, aforesaid unthinkable participants, caller authentic name."

Jayne Lloyd, the contention coordinator, said: "It seemed a nary brainer truly to driblet the Snowdonia. We ever referred to ourselves arsenic Marathon Eryri locally.

"Snowdonia's sanction is Eryri. Snowdonia is an English word, an English imposition - the aforesaid arsenic Yr Wyddfa.

"I deliberation it's important to absorption connected the authenticity of the name."

Ms Lloyd described the Welsh connection arsenic the "centrepin" of the race's identity.

"It's a Welsh lawsuit and radical coming present person a Welsh experience, it's thing they can't get anyplace other successful the UK," she said.

"People travelling present truly admit the connection and the civilization of the area. It's truly important that they cognize Welsh is simply a thriving connection and culture."

This year's contention takes spot successful October.

Originally taking spot successful 1982, Marathon Eryri has been voted Best British Marathon twice.