THE PINNACLE

INOV8 ambassador Damian Hall has set a new record time for the 72-mile South Wales Traverse (14hrs 13mins), beating Dan Doherty's previous best by just 5 mins. Damian, who visited 31 summits over the route and had to ascend over 18,000ft, was forced to make a final daredevil descent in the dark off the last summit (Pen y Garn Fawr) in order to clinch the record.

“Full credit to Dan, who did his run solo and self-supported. I had support and had to give it everything just to beat his time by 5 minutes. It was a cracking day out in the hills, with the cold morning wind replaced later by sunshine. And it was brilliant to share it with a few friends. I must admit I didn't think the record was possible until very near the end. Together with Dan Summers, my pacer on the final section, we hammered it down the last hill. I'm definitely feeling it today! It was very different to setting the Pennine Way (268-mile) record three months ago as the pace I had to run yesterday was relentless. I found