After months of hard training and dedicated preparation, less than three weeks remain until over 400 brave participants set off from Conwy Castle on their challenging journey down the mountainous spine of Wales. This is the Dragon’s Back Race® - the toughest five-day mountain running race in the world.

From Course Planner Gary Tompsett & Event Manager Graham Gristwood

This update represents the final information that enables you to prepare prior to receiving your race map at Registration and the final digital version of the route.

The 2019 edition of the legendary Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race® is set to be the biggest yet with over 400 runners expected on the start line at Conwy Castle come May 20th.

Behind the scenes, the race team are busy working away on preparations, with systems being upgraded accordingly to ensure robust event delivery.

Over the winter we have been busy checking in with our stakeholders and revisiting certain sections of our route on the ground: We are always careful to ensure that we have the best running ‘flow’ and most assured access for every edition of the race. From year to year there can be changes on the ground that cause a route revision, and we learn a great deal from the GPS tracker traces from each race.

It is great to see lots of excitement on social media as 2019 participants start to recce the course.

There will be some minor changes to the route as we finalise the 2019 edition with many (many!) stakeholders along the entire 315km course. Any changes are likely to be minor, but we ask participants to remember that if they have purchased a limited-quantity 2017 map... that it is the 2017 course which is shown!

Entries for one of the toughest and most iconic footraces on earth opened today, Wednesday 2nd May 2018. Within just one hour of opening, the 5th edition of the Berghaus Dragon's Back Race®, which takes place in May 2019, has attracted over 200 sign-ups.