{"id":1522,"date":"2011-10-18T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2011-10-18T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T02:30:00","slug":"cardiff-half-marathon-a-roaring-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/18\/cardiff-half-marathon-a-roaring-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Half Marathon a roaring success"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wales\u2019 biggest road run raises over \u00a31 million for charity<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1573\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1573\" title=\"Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1573\" title=\"Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_2_Marathon_Big_DW-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fifteen-thousand people ran the rerouted 13.1-mile race. Photograph: Lloyds TSB Cardiff Half Marathon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Record numbers ran the Cardiff Half Marathon this year despite unseasonably hot weather.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen-thousand people ran the rerouted 13.1-mile race around the capital on Sunday 16 October, raising over \u00a31 million for charity.<\/p>\n<p>First-time marathon runner Richard Graefe raised over \u00a310,000 for the children\u2019s ward of a South Wales hospital. The 40-year-old Monmouth carpenter, whose twin sons were born prematurely and received long-term care at Abergavenny&#8217;s Nevill Hall Hospital, says the run for him \u201cwas more about celebration, to say thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also crossing the finish line was 23-year-old student Charlotte Kelloway and her 60-year-old father Bill. It was the second year the father\/daughter team ran together.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for next year\u2019s event is already open on its website along with training and fundraising tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales\u2019 biggest road run raises over \u00a31 million for charity Record numbers ran the Cardiff Half Marathon this year despite unseasonably hot weather. Fifteen-thousand people ran the rerouted 13.1-mile race around the capital on Sunday 16 October, raising over \u00a31 million for charity. First-time marathon runner Richard Graefe raised over \u00a310,000 for the children\u2019s ward of a South Wales hospital. The 40-year-old Monmouth carpenter, whose twin sons were born prematurely and received long-term care at Abergavenny&#8217;s Nevill Hall Hospital, says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":1570,"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":[131,591,588,574],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-charity","tag-half","tag-marathon","tag-run"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff Half Marathon a roaring success - 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\/cardiff-half-marathon-a-roaring-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff Half Marathon a roaring success - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wales\u2019 biggest road run raises over \u00a31 million for charity Record numbers ran the Cardiff Half Marathon this year despite unseasonably hot weather. 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