Marathon Eryri race to drop Snowdonia from official name
A marathon has announced it will be known solely by its Welsh name, dropping its English title.
Marathon Eryri was previously also known as Snowdonia Marathon, but organisers said it was a "no brainer" to remove the English name.These are also known as Snowdonia and Snowdon respectively in English.Marathon Eryri starts and finishes at the bottom of Yr Wyddfa and includes 2,750ft of climbs., the race said: "Same awesome race, same fantastic views, same incredible participants, new authentic name.
Jayne Lloyd, the race coordinator, said: "It seemed a no brainer really to drop the Snowdonia. We always referred to ourselves as Marathon Eryri locally.
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