Trail and Ultra Running in Wales

Rasus y Bannau Compulsory Kit

If you have kit questions or would like to purchase kit please contact our event partners at Up and Under Outdoor, Cowbridge Rd, Cardiff who are very experienced and will offer excellent advice.

Compulsory Kit for the Ultra 100 km and 40 mile Ultra races are as follows;

• Rucksack or suitable means to carry kit

• Waterproof jacket (with taped seams)

• Waterproof trousers (with taped seams)

• Lower body base layer or leggings*

• Upper body base layer*

• Upper body long sleeve synthetic layer with a minimum weight of 300g **

• Warm hat or buff

• Head torch with spare batteries.

• Spare emergency torch (emergency petzl elite or similar is acceptable)

• Gloves suitable for the conditions

• Whistle

• Compass (a 'real' compass is required)

• Appropriate mountain running footwear with adequate grip for slippery conditions

• Foil bivy bag (It must be a bag - a blanket is NOT accepted)

• Small first aid kit to include: blister plasters, sterile dressing and bandage or tape.

• Mobile phone that is kept charged and kept charged

• Hardcopy paper map (this may be OS, Harvey, or a good quality print)***

• Water bottle 1 litre minimum e.g. 2 x 500ml (1.5 litres recommended if hot)

• Solid plastic cup suitable for hot drinks

• Appropriate food / energy products for your expected time for the event

• GPS device with the route on it*. ****

• GPS tracker (supplied)

*Spare base layers must not be worn at the start. For example, if you start in leggings or an upper body long sleeve base layer you must carry a spare set. T-shirt or shorts with leg or arm warmers are not accepted as the base layer, but can be used in addition to it.

**The synthetic upper body mid-layer must be a single garment weighing 300g or more. The 300g weight is in a male medium so if you are using size small top it can be less than 300g but the male medium equivalent must be greater than 300g. Primaloft, fleece or pile/pertex jackets, smocks or pullovers are appropriate and acceptable, down is not acceptable.

***Hardcopy paper map which is waterproof or in a waterproof case. This may be OS, Harvey, or a good quality printout. We recommend using either the Harvey Ultra maps or BMC mountain maps but any of the following options below would be suitable:

1)- Harvey Ultra Map - Both Brecon Beacons West XT40 and Brecon Beacons East XT40..

2)- Harvey Brecon Beacons BMC Mountain Map

3)- OS Landranger 160 Brecon Beacons/Bannau Brychiniog.

4)- OS Explorer OL12 Brecon Beacons National Park West (note this does not have the summit of Tor Y Foel on, but has the rest of the route)

5)- A good quality colour copy of any of the above maps - remember this must be waterproofed or in a waterproof case.

****GPS device with the route on it may be a watch, or handheld unit, or phone app. The device must have sufficient battery life to last total duration of the event- and spare batteries to charge the device are required. Please ensure you are able to use it and have tested it in a variety of conditions. Please note mobile phone apps are only suitable in dry conditions as often the touch screens are unusable. We therefore recommend using a gps watch or hand held unit and having the mobile phone app as a safety backup / spare.

Your drop bag/finish bag must contain a warm finishers jacket.

Advisory Kit/Optional Kit

• Hydration tablets or similar

• Additional warm mid-layers suitable for the conditions

• Windproof jacket or smock

• Clear googles

• Winter heavy duty waterproofs

• Money

• Sunglasses, Sun hat and Sun cream

Compulsory Kit for the marathon race is as follows;

• Rucksack or suitable means to carry kit

• Waterproof jacket (with taped seams)

• Waterproof trousers (with taped seams)

• Lower body base layer or leggings (leg/arm warmers are not acceptable) *

• Upper body base layer*

• Upper body long sleeve synthetic (primaloft, fleece, pile/pertex) totalling a minimum weight of 200g**

• Warm hat or buff

• Head torch with spare batteries.

• Spare emergency torch (emergency petzl elite or similar is acceptable)

• Gloves suitable for the conditions

• Whistle

• Compass (a 'real' compass is required)

• Appropriate mountain running footwear with adequate grip for slippery conditions

• Foil bivy bag or blanket.

• Small first aid kit to include: blister plasters, sterile dressing and bandage or tape.

• Mobile phone that is kept charged

• Emergency hardcopy paper map which is waterproof or in a waterproof case***

• Water bottle 1litre minimum e.g. 2 x 500ml (1.5 litres recommended if hot)

• Plastic cup or bottle for drinks at checkpoints. If you would like hot drinks this must be a hard plastic cup.

• Appropriate food / energy products for your expected time for the event

• GPS device with the route on it ****.

• GPS tracker (supplied)

**The synthetic upper body mid-layer must be a single garment weighing 200g or more. The 200g weight is in a male medium so if you are using size small top it can be less than 200g but the male medium equivalent must be greater than 300g. Primaloft, fleece or pile/pertex jackets, smocks or pullovers are appropriate and acceptable, down is not acceptable

1)- Harvey Ultra Map - Brecon Beacons East XT40.

2)- Harvey Brecon Beacons BMC Mountain Map

3)- OS Landranger 160 Brecon Beacons/Bannau Brychiniog

4)- OS Explorer OL12 Brecon Beacons National Park West.

5)- A good quality colour copy of any of the above maps - remember this must be waterproofed or in a waterproof case.

Advisory Kit/Optional Kit

• Hydration tablets or similar

• Additional warm mid-layers suitable for the conditions

• Windproof jacket or smock

• Winter heavy duty waterproofs

• Clear googles

• Money

• Sunglasses, Sun hat and Sun cream