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Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:37 am

Anyone doing this?.

It was great last year. I went to the Bath one in March and ours beats theirs in every aspect. The amount of people lining the streets is awesome, with DJ's and brass bands around every corner.

Isn't it in the behind the great northern run as being the most popular run in the UK?.

Not that I am looking forward to it considering the heavy weekend I've just had :cry:

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:06 am

Depressed Blue wrote:Anyone doing this?.

It was great last year. I went to the Bath one in March and ours beats theirs in every aspect. The amount of people lining the streets is awesome, with DJ's and brass bands around every corner.

Isn't it in the behind the great northern run as being the most popular run in the UK?.

Not that I am looking forward to it considering the heavy weekend I've just had :cry:



done it a couple of years ago and was amazing, might get started now for next year!

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:15 pm

I'm doing it, raising some money for ty hafan

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:21 pm

Done the men's health survival of the fittest yesterday, that was enough for me :D Was suppose to be 10k but it was 12k I think a lot of people were saying in the end. Hard but worth it! :bluescarf: :ayatollah:

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:17 pm

I'll be doing it, run the Newport half early this year to break my virginity into the halfs, run the Spartan Beast Sunday just gone, half marathon with 25+ obstacles, possibly the toughest thing I have ever completed! I hear Cardiff half is top notch so really looking forward to it.

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:12 pm

I'm doing it. Done a few over the years. Ours is in a class of its own. Happy days.

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:58 pm

Great race! I'm not 100% sure I will be doing it as pulled my hamstring a couple of days ago and haven't trained properly for it. I had to take a week off leading up to it last year and ran 1 hour 21 but will run 1 hour 25 at best if I run it this year. Never been fully fit for this ad it's a bad time of the year for me.

Good luck to every bluebird running it! :ayatollah:

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:46 am

lyndipops wrote:Great race! I'm not 100% sure I will be doing it as pulled my hamstring a couple of days ago and haven't trained properly for it. I had to take a week off leading up to it last year and ran 1 hour 21 but will run 1 hour 25 at best if I run it this year. Never been fully fit for this ad it's a bad time of the year for me.

Good luck to every bluebird running it! :ayatollah:


That is absolutely flying! :bluebird:

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:48 am

paulh_85 wrote:
Depressed Blue wrote:Anyone doing this?.

It was great last year. I went to the Bath one in March and ours beats theirs in every aspect. The amount of people lining the streets is awesome, with DJ's and brass bands around every corner.

Isn't it in the behind the great northern run as being the most popular run in the UK?.

Not that I am looking forward to it considering the heavy weekend I've just had :cry:



done it a couple of years ago and was amazing, might get started now for next year!


Merthyrs one is pretty good in March.

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:21 pm

lyndipops wrote:Great race! I'm not 100% sure I will be doing it as pulled my hamstring a couple of days ago and haven't trained properly for it. I had to take a week off leading up to it last year and ran 1 hour 21 but will run 1 hour 25 at best if I run it this year. Never been fully fit for this ad it's a bad time of the year for me.

Good luck to every bluebird running it! :ayatollah:


1hr 25 is a phenomenal time, makes my aim of 1hr 50 look like snails pace. Really looking forward to it though, got a bit of a niggly hamstring, but hopefully it won't effect me much. Good luck everyone

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:33 am

Good luck to all doing it on Sunday but it really pisses me off when they don't all it by its real name. It should be the Cardiff 'and Penarth' half marathon when it completely shuts down the town of Penarth and most of the photos in the advertising is actually Penarth not Cardiff and our council tax is put towards the 'Cardiff Half Marathon' when Penarth and the Vale get no recognition whatsoever!!!

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Thu Oct 01, 2015 1:41 pm

I'm running & also the world half in March
Its a great event, did it 2 years ago, setting out to to beat my time of 2hrs 20.

Would love to see a marathon in Cardiff. Did London this year, which was amazing, but would love to be able to run a marathon around Cardiff :ayatollah:

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:32 pm

Me :thumbup:
Hoping for around 1hr 45?

Re: Cardiff half marathon Sunday

Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:43 pm

Don't forget, anyone who gets a medal for completing it, gets 20% off at Mission Burrito when they show it ;)