Principality Building Society has today been revealed as the new title partner of the Cardiff Half Marathon, which returns to the streets of the capital for its 20th-anniversary celebrations on Sunday 1 October. The race – now Wales’ largest mass participation event – has grown to become one of Europe’s largest and best-known half marathons,
Less than 1000 general entries remain for the iconic Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 1st October, meaning we’re on course for a sell out this month! The race to the Cardiff Castle start line is well and truly on, with running fever kicking in as the season gets into full flow. This year marks 20
Founding charity of the Cardiff Half Barnardo’s have joined the 2023 Cardiff Half Marathon 20th anniversary celebrations. Barnardo’s are the original founders of the Cardiff Half Marathon and will be bringing even more history and nostalgia to an already much-anticipated event on Sunday 1 October. In 2003, 1500 runners lined up to take on the
Four homelessness charities in Wales have come together to encourage would-be event participants to support their common cause and sign up for the 2023 Cardiff Half Marathon. Shelter Cymru, Crisis, Llamau and The Wallich have joined forces for this year’s Cardiff Half Marathon to put a spotlight on the impact they have, both individually and
Prostate Cancer UK warns that Wales is one of several UK regions being left behind in a cancer ‘postcode lottery’, as the latest data shows huge variation in the likelihood of patients being diagnosed after their cancer has spread beyond the prostate and become incurable. In Wales, 1 in 5 (19%) men with prostate cancer
The World Athletics Road Running Championships, which will have its premiere in Riga, the capital city of Latvia, on September 30th and October 1st, 2023, has started a collaboration with the SuperHalfs series, comprising the leading half-marathon running events in Lisbon, Prague, Copenhagen, Cardiff and Valencia. The collaboration aims to reach out to runners globally
Run 4 Wales (R4W) has announced over £17,000 in donations for projects supporting nature conservation, carbon reduction and climate adaption through partnerships with sustainability charities and a new Climate Action Fund initiative. The innovative fund has been generated through a series of Run 4 Wales’ events in 2022 – with contributions from event organisers, participants
Run 4 Wales (R4W) and London Marathon Events (LME) today (12th January 2023) announced an innovative new partnership which brings together the leading mass-participation events organisations in England and Wales, which deliver the most iconic running events in their respective countries, and who also share a common social agenda with an emphasis on inspiring running
Brecon Carreg’s fantastic team of Ploggers, those who pick up litter at the same time as jogging, helped us to achieve a 96% recycling rate at this year’s Cardiff Half Marathon. The recycling rate comes as a wider effort from event organisers Run 4 Wales to deliver more sustainable events with minimal impact on the
This Sunday 23 October, the SuperHalfs team will be at Valencia’s Half Marathon finish line to welcome and congratulate the first finishers of the SuperHalfs Series. Although those taking on the challenge have 36 months to complete the series, starting on the date of their first race, these runners will have completed their goal of
