{"id":1198,"date":"2011-10-18T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T10:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2011-10-18T10:39:44","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T10:39:44","slug":"rugby-world-cup-burns-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/18\/rugby-world-cup-burns-triathlon\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup burns triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cardiff Burn sees 50% drop in applications from last year<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1205\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1205   \" title=\"Active_2_Burn_Big_MB\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Burn_Big_MB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Burn_Big_MB.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Burn_Big_MB-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1205   \" title=\"Active_2_Burn_Big_MB\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Burn_Big_MB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Burn_Big_MB.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Burn_Big_MB-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardiff Burn features an intense 24km cycle course (photo: Walker*)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last year\u2019s inaugural Cardiff Burn event was a blazing success but it is now struggling to keep the embers alight.<\/p>\n<p>Organiser Maria Leijerstam of Multisport Wales said that applications for the triathlon were down by 50%, citing the clash with the Rugby World Cup final as the primary reason for the disappointing turnout.<\/p>\n<p>This news comes despite recent triumphs for Multisport Wales, as Leijerstam points out, \u201cwe had our first Mini Burn and Swansea Burn this year which was a great success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cardiff Burn course involves a 10km run around Cardiff Bay, a 24km cycle up Caerphilly Mountain followed by a 3km kayaking session back at the Bay.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Wales\u2019 RWC semi-final defeat will improve attendance at the Burn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Burn sees 50% drop in applications from last year Last year\u2019s inaugural Cardiff Burn event was a blazing success but it is now struggling to keep the embers alight. Organiser Maria Leijerstam of Multisport Wales said that applications for the triathlon were down by 50%, citing the clash with the Rugby World Cup final as the primary reason for the disappointing turnout. This news comes despite recent triumphs for Multisport Wales, as Leijerstam points out, \u201cwe had our first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[186,570,571,572,573,574,575],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-bike","tag-burn","tag-cycle","tag-kayak","tag-race","tag-run","tag-triathlon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rugby World Cup burns triathlon - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/18\/rugby-world-cup-burns-triathlon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rugby World Cup burns triathlon - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cardiff Burn sees 50% drop in applications from last year Last year\u2019s inaugural Cardiff Burn event was a blazing success but it is now struggling to keep the embers alight. 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