Category: Half Marathon

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Cardiff Half Marathon 2024

Thank you Sarah for your Cardiff Half report. 💗

🏃‍♂️ The event was very well organised.
🌳 The course was great. Mainly flat with a few short but serious hills. Plenty of great views to enjoy.
☁️ Despite our worst fears the weather conditions were perfect. The heavy rain waited until we had all collected our medals before the heavens opened.
👨‍👦‍👦 The support was fantastic from start to finish.
Roland Bewick broke through ‘the wall’ to finish the race in under two hours. Chip time 1 hr 59 mins 55 secs. Awesome!
Ceridwen Howell had a fantastic race. This was her 4th half marathon in the super 6 series. Chip Time (very impressive) 2 hrs 33 mins 15 secs.
Gill and Sarah Saunders soaked up the atmosphere, sang with every choir, danced with every band and generally had a good time. Chip Time 3 hrs 13 mins 54 secs.
If you are looking for a half marathon next year then I would definitely recommend Cardiff.
On a personal note, thanks to everyone who has given me the courage and confidence to get to the start line. Special thanks to Gill for being my awesome run buddy. Thanks to Roland for the compeed! Huge thanks to our support team, Nicola and Patrick.
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Autumn Blickling Half Marathon

Official Results:
Kevin H – 1:34:49.3
Ana – 1:36:40.1
Andrew S – 1:49:07.8
Gemma – 1:57:09.1
Theresa – 1:57:38.5
Andy – 1:57:53.7
Roland – 1:58:06.8
Laura W – 2:04:53.8
Pete – 2:04:53.9

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Lanzarote half-marathon

Lanzarote half-marathon.

Sábado 2 Diciembre

‘This race was recommended via someone on Twitter (before it changed to X) as a good one for a solo traveller to do as both a race and a winter sun holiday. They were right. Great atmosphere, very well organised. Costa Teguise was heaving with runners from all over, with the UK having the largest representation by far. There’s a marathon, half and 10k. Plus, the day before, there’s a kids’ race and a 5k Santa run.

The race itself went OK. I am not great running in the heat, so I was happy with my time of 2:18.25. We actually started during a rain shower, but it then got pretty warm. Lots of support on the route and plenty of fuel stations with water, isotonic drinks, fresh fruit, and (horrible) gels. Luckily, I’d brought my own gels. The course is along the coast (back from the marathon halfway turning point) and is mainly on promenade with lovely views, but also a bit of road and an industrial estate. And one big incline at about 8 miles.

I bumped into the only two other Norfolk runners, including Gary from Norwich Road Runners who had done it before so made a great guide on the day.

Overall a good experience (I’m still here as I write this, just back from a dip in the sea to cool off, which I guess you all did today too 🤣). May even make it an annual trip. One thing I noticed was a number of UK clubs with a large group of runners here together. Perhaps there may be a gang of RntS next year (7th December).

Finally, thanks to Hayley’s mum for cheering me on towards the end. And also for the incredibly special support I’ve had via WhatsApp to help me enjoy my first time abroad on my own which I was a bit apprehensive about. Never underestimate the effect of a good luck/well done message.’

Pete