2023 is drawing to a close and it’s time for our annual Extra Miler Volunteer Recognition Awards. After each event we invite you, the Extra Milers, to nominate a fellow volunteer. Perhaps you were a new volunteer at an event and someone was super welcoming and friendly or maybe you are a regular volunteer and
Runners looking to fill their calendars with a series of exciting 10K races can now enter several popular events across South Wales. Entries are now live for the 2024 events taking place in Newport, Cardiff Bay, Porthcawl and Cardiff City Centre, with a discounted Multi-Buy Offer available until mid-January. The event series will kick-off with
Charities looking to get involved with the Principality Cardiff Half Marathon are being offered a new fundraising pathway by race organisers. The innovative offering will allow them to build their own bespoke fundraising package at one of the UK’s biggest and best running events in the heart of the Welsh capital. First, they will be
Keen runners looking to take part in a mammoth challenge next year can now sign up to take part in the ABP Newport Wales Marathon. The event will be returning on Sunday 28 April 2024 and entries are now open. For the first time an exciting new half marathon option will be added to the
We are delighted to announce a new five-year partnership between Let’s Do This (LDT), the leading consumer marketplace and technology platform for endurance events and Run 4 Wales (R4W), the not-for-profit social enterprise and charitable trust behind some of Wales’ best loved mass participation events. The new partnership will see Let’s Do This provide registration technology for the
Principality Building Society, has announced that it will continue to be the title sponsor of the Cardiff Half Marathon for another year. The sponsorship deal, which was first signed in 2023, will see the event remain as the Principality Cardiff Half Marathon until at least 2024. The Cardiff Half Marathon, which is organised by Run4Wales,
Our children are in a mental health crisis. We need to take action now. Following World Mental Health Day earlier this week, we are calling on you, the leaders of our biggest political parties, to unlock the potential of sport and physical activity to play a more meaningful role in tackling the UK’s growing mental
With crowds stretching along the entire route of The Principality Cardiff Half Marathon, the Welsh capital was certainly in the mood today to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary. With 27,500 runners signed up to take part, it was a bumper edition of the race which started in 2003. Matt Newman, CEO of event organisers, Run 4
Thousands of runners and spectators turned out for the return of the CDF 10K, which took place in the Welsh capital for the first time since 2019 on Sunday. Called off during the pandemic and cancelled in 2022, the historic event has had a revival under the new management of Run 4 Wales (R4W), the
Thousands of runners descended on Barry Island on Sunday for the 2023 ABP Barry Island 10K, with recently unsettled weather making way for blue skies and sunshine. The 10K took runners on a scenic tour of the town with highlights including Whitmore Bay, Romilly Park, the Knap and Watch House Bay. Over 3,200 runners had
