Three brilliant adventures in one awesome weekend! – Run, bike & hike some of the most stunning places in South Wales over this immersive, challenging and educational escape.

Join me on an intensive adventure experience that will fast-track you and your mindset to new levels of self-belief. This is not a race, and is completely manageable at your own pace. The aim isn’t to kill you off, but to guide you past you own perceived limits to massively improve your self-belief, armed with the right mindset and toolbox to push beyond your perceived limits and set your sights on uncapped potential.

“The whole experience showed me that age is just a number and I’m better than I realised. Can’t recommend Darren and his endurance events enough”

Mark Duda
More Testimonials

“Darren gave this opportunity to me and I feel so lucky to have been part of it. If you are looking to push yourself or open new doors to yourself, I couldn’t recommend Darren Grigas enough” – Amy Proud


“The whole experience showed me that age is just a number and I’m better than I realised. Can’t recommend Darren and his endurance events enough” Mark Duda


“When I saw the opportunity to go, I immediately knew I would love it, it would push me, it would give me new experiences and tick several things off my bucketlist” – Jon Snow


“On top on a great test and seeing some stunning views, I got to spend time getting to know some awesome and like minded people who all motivated and pushed each other all weekend” – Ben Taggart


“A fantastic weekend all round, I’m looking forward to the next adventure” – Jonathan Gittins

This unique experience guided first-hand by me offers an exhilarating bike, hike & run around some of the most stunning parts of South Wales. Don’t just take my word for it, read the testimonials from the brilliant guys and gals below, who were all awesome to share the weekend with!

What’s included:

  • Free fitness consultation call upon booking
  • Three nights accommodation
  • All meals, snacks and drinks
  • Coaching tips and training advice throughout the event
  • Bike & helmet hire (if opted in)
  • Ride the world’s fastest seated zipwires up to 70mph!
  • Three packed days of challenging activities
  • Likeminded friends you never knew you had!
  • A priceless mental upgrade in confidence, knowhow and self-belief

What to expect:

This is not a race but it will push your limits as you pit your grit against the Welsh terrain – I’ll be coaching you throughout the weekend before during and after each day, fine tuning your performance and mindset so you go home feeling exhausted but upgraded and buzzing for the next challenge.

The night before: Arrive and settle into our accommodation settle in for dinner with the group get to know each other and get briefed for the days ahead. We’re not adverse to a little drink before a solid few days of graft.

Day 1: A challenging and hilly mountain bike ride along sections of the many amazing trails around Afan Forest along some of the greatest biking trails in the UK. A perfect start to the weekend, breaking a sweat, with regular stops to take in the views and a few snacks to refuel!
(Bike hire included in total price – ebikes available on request for an extra fee) – (NOTE: If bikes aren’t your thing you can opt for a leisurely hike instead with great views and deduct the bike hire costs accordingly)

Day 2: We have an early start to catch a clifftop sunrise, soaking it up before a long day steadily hiking over sandy and clifftop trails along The stunning Gower Coast & Three Cliffs Bay, then onwards to the Gower Peninsula, and its rocky coast. If we time it right we may get to hike out the Worms Head before the tide cuts the island off again.

Day 3: A taste of The Fan Dance – A solid challenging climb towards the 886m summit of Pen Y Fan, Southern Britain’s highest peak, following along the routes where SAS selection takes place – choose to attempt this with the weighted packs of 25-45lbs if you want to really test your limits to the max, ‘selection style’.

The finish ‘line’: We finish the weekend on a high in every sense of the word as we fly down the world’s fastest seated zipwire at Zip World, capable of reaching speeds up to 70mph down a zipline 920m long, followed by a second zipwire 620m long to end the retreat.

Downtime: Each evening there’s plenty of downtime to, shower and wind down, watch TV and enjoy a well-earned drink whilst chatting with your new besties about the achievements of the day.

  • October 10th – 13th 2024
  • Free fitness consultation call upon booking
  • Three nights accommodation
  • All meals, snacks and drinks
  • Coaching tips and training advice throughout the event
  • Bike & helmet hire (if opted in)
  • Ride the world’s fastest seated zipwires up to 70mph!
  • Three packed days of challenging activities
  • Likeminded friends you never knew you had!
  • A priceless mental upgrade in confidence, knowhow and self-belief

Cost:

  • Only £195 deposit to secure your place
  • Followed by four payments of £125.00

A bit more detail:

Day 1: Afan Forest Trail Biking

We kick off the weekend with a warm-up session of trail biking over some of the 100km of tracks around the fantastic Afan Forest. This will get your heart pumping as you push up the many climbs and adrenalin racing as you coast back down again, taking in some fantastic technical trails.  The more bike experience you get, the more you’ll enjoy this, the hills are very tough!  The routes are broken into short and long, easy to hard options. This day can be as easy or hard as you make it, but the views and trails are amazing and they offer some great cakes too!

Some of the best singletrack descents in the UK

Day 2: The Gower Coast

Here we have an early start to watch the sunrise from the clifftops, this is totally worth the early rise as the coastline comes to life under the orange glow of the warming sun. We then embark on a beautiful yet challenging run/hike/scramble along the cliff tops, sandy trails, steep dunes and beaches, past Three Cliffs Bay, old castle ruins, and amazing views as we traverse the most beautiful beaches. We then head towards the Gower Peninsula to explore the clifftops and rocky coastline and if the tide allows and we time it right within the 5 hour window, we can trek out to the amazing Worms Head at the tip of the Peninsula which is usually cut off by the sea.

Day 3A Taste of The Fan Dance

Pen Y Fan – Brecon Beacons

After two exhilarating days we finish with a serious climbing hike up to the summit of Pen Y Fan (886m), the highest peak in southern Britain and a brutal section of the notorious Fan Dance, used as part of the SAS selection process. 

If you’re feeling exceptionally driven by this stage, the course can be tackled with a loaded pack, as per the Fandance requirements (25lb/35lb/45lb) to get a fuller experience of what it takes to make it into these elite forces, you’ll have an opportunity to try hiking with this weight on day one (over the dunes!).

The World’s Fastest Seated Zipwire

Fly down the final finish line along the 920m line over the valley below, reaching speeds up to 70mph, followed by a second zip 620m to the ground below, a perfect way to end the weekend on a massive high!

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