The Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon returned in style today, pushing fundraising efforts past the twenty million pounds mark since the event first descended on the capital in 2003. Ahead of race day, event organisers Run 4 Wales reported that fundraising figures for this weekend’s race stood at an incredible £2.3 million. This year’s incredible
Thousands of runners of all ages enjoyed a run in the sun as the ABP Barry Island 10K returned to the popular seaside resort after a three-year hiatus. The event returned for the first time since 2019 and before the COVID-19 pandemic, attracting over 3,700 entrants across the 10K race and a series of junior
Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon event organisers R4W have collaborated with its lead charity, NSPCC, on a mud kitchen giveaway, which has been awarded to a pre-school nursery in Monmouthshire, Alphabet Playgroup. The playgroup is a non-maintained local education nursery for children from ages 2.5 until they start school. As a team, Alphabet work together
Thousands of runners ensured the second instalment of the Healthspan Porthcawl 10K was well worth the wait as the race returned to the seaside resort after a three-year hiatus. The event returned with 4,500 entrants across the main 10K race and junior events as runners flooded the Esplanade. After the success of the inaugural event
Volunteering has many benefits. It helps volunteers develop new skills and knowledge that can be useful in progressing in paid employment and contributing to university and college applications. It helps us build new connections, make new contacts and meet people from different backgrounds to ourselves. Volunteering at a Run 4 Wales events gives volunteers an
We’re proud to be teaming up with the Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon Lead Charity Partner, NSPCC Cymru, as part of National Childhood Day, to provide a school in Wales with a free mud kitchen as part of R4W’s Random Acts of Kindness campaign. A mud kitchen is an outdoor play kitchen for kids, helping
The Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay Run celebrated its fifth birthday in style as thousands of runners raced around some of the Welsh capital’s most iconic landmarks. The popular 10K race returned to its usual spring date following last year’s Autumn event with around 5,000 runners and spectators in attendance. The next generation of Wales’ elite
Wizz Air has been announced as the new title sponsor of the Cardiff Half Marathon as entries for the 19th edition of the event go on sale. The leading and fastest-growing low-cost European airline will take over the title sponsorship from Cardiff University, who have been the partner in position since 2016 – ahead of the
The Welsh capital had to wait 903 days for the return of the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon, but the nation’s largest mass-participation event made its comeback in style on a significant day for sport in Wales. The sun shone down on the thousands of runners who signed up for the event at the start
We are delighted to confirm the return of the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 27 March. It will be the largest mass participation event to take place in Wales since before the pandemic, returning after a 903-day delay. It last took place in October 2019. To commemorate the long-awaited return, we’ve teamed up
