The Brecon Fans Special Race 5th July 2025

It's a special for 2025! Instead of the usual two classic fell races in the Brecon Beacons, this year we've combined them into one: the magnificent "Fan y Big y Pen y Fan y Big Race". At nearly 19 miles and over 6000 feet of ascent on the Saturday, and gentle recovery on the Sunday, this will make a proper weekend of it!

Fan y Big y Pen y Fan y Big Race

The Fan y Big and Pen y Fan races combined into one for 2025: nearly 19 miles long, with over 6000 feet of ascent, taking in the summits of Fan y Big, Cribyn, Pen y Fan (twice!) and Corn Du. Find out more.

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Entry List

See who's entered here.

Prizes

Each race has a generous prize list for all age categories up to V70, plus M/F team prizes. There's an overall prizes (M and F) for the best performance across the two races.

Recce Weekend

We will be leading a slow recce of each race route, as follows:

Pen y Fan section: 12.00 Saturday 14th June from the car parking area at Cwm Llwch. Bring suitable outdoor gear and refreshments for 2 hours in the hills.

Fan y Big section: 12.00 Sunday 15th June from the Village Hall, Llanfrynach. Bring suitable outdoor gear and refreshments for 3-4 hours in the hills.

Acknowledgements and Thanks

The races are run with the kind permission of private landowners and the National Trust.

Beers for all runners kindly supplied by local craft brewery Antur Brew Co.