{"id":42743,"date":"2018-11-01T22:23:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T22:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=42743"},"modified":"2018-11-01T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T22:23:48","slug":"morunning-towards-a-better-world-for-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2018\/11\/01\/morunning-towards-a-better-world-for-men\/","title":{"rendered":"MoRunning towards a better world for men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Global charity <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.movember.com\/?home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMovember\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is hosting a \u201cMoRun\u201d this November in Cardiff to raise awareness and funds for their cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 416px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43954\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/11\/morun-edit--416x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43954\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/11\/morun-edit--416x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript> Photo credit: MoRunning<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMovember\u201d was born in 2003 and aims to address health issues that are currently causing men across the globe to die six years earlier than women. These include prostate and testicular cancer as well as poor mental health and male suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Cardiff MoRun is one of 22 MoRuns happening across the UK and will take place on 10 November 2018 in Bute Park, consisting of a 10k, a 5k and a 1.5k \u201cMini MoRun\u201d for children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Runners are encouraged to dress for the occasion, moustache and all, with &#8220;Mo medals&#8221; up for grabs for the best dressed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mo-running.com\/cardiff\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entries for the Cardiff MoRun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are open until 5 November 2018, with runners being given the option to enter either alone or as a part of a team. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Krangel, Founder of MoRunning, said:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo be a MoRunner means you are a part of something bigger than yourself, you\u2019re part of a community, a family and a team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-43957 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/11\/morun-edit-2-480x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"283\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43957 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/11\/morun-edit-2-480x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"283\" \/><\/noscript> Photo credit: MoRunning<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Movember describes the current state of male health as being in crisis, with poor mental health currently being a particularly pressing issue: a man somewhere in the world dies every minute as a result of suicide.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Movember aims to decrease the male suicide rate around the world, specifically by 25% by 2030, through events such as MoRun which allow them to raise awareness and start a conversation about male mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Country Director of Movember for the UK and Europe, Anne-Cecile Berthier, said: \u201cMoRunning [\u2026] have helped raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for vital men\u2019s health programs, but also work to raise awareness of key men\u2019s health issues\u201d. <\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movember encourages residents of Cardiff to don their running shoes in the name of improving the physical and mental health of men around the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":43955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,6],"tags":[5580,6315,696,860,3440,206,862,574,2395,1302,354],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-42743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-home","category-active-life","tag-10k","tag-5k","tag-bute-park","tag-cancer","tag-mens-health","tag-mental-health","tag-movember","tag-run","tag-running","tag-samaritans","tag-suicide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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