{"id":66386,"date":"2022-06-26T17:57:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T16:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=66386"},"modified":"2022-06-26T17:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T16:57:23","slug":"i-ran-my-first-cardiff-half-marathon-and-heres-how-it-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/06\/26\/i-ran-my-first-cardiff-half-marathon-and-heres-how-it-went\/","title":{"rendered":"I ran my first Cardiff Half Marathon and here&#8217;s how it went"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CARDIFFIAN reporter Jared Evitts took on the Cardiff Half Marathon, and took us with him round the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"I ran my first Cardiff Half Marathon and here&#039;s how it went\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jI7nZKDY_h4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"I ran my first Cardiff Half Marathon and here&#039;s how it went\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jI7nZKDY_h4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At just over 21km, a Half Marathon is quite a long way. \u2018How hard can it be\u2019, I quipped to one of my housemates (after going on one run as training two days prior to the event).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer: hard, very hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commonly regarded as one of the flattest official Half Marathon courses you can do in the UK, Cardiff\u2019s course is seen by experienced runners as a good opportunity to post a personal best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Half Marathon starts outside Cardiff Castle and passes various iconic city landmarks, including: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff City Stadium and the Principality Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organised by charity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.run4wales.org\/\">Run4Wales<\/a>, the race sold out for the first time in 2017 and in 2020 hosted a virtual race due to the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s event was the first full scale race since the start of the Covid Pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next Cardiff Half takes place on Sunday 2 October 2022, with both elite, amateur and disability races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk\/\">Click here<\/a> for more information on how to take part in the next Cardiff Half Marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFFIAN reporter Jared Evitts took on the Cardiff Half Marathon, and took us with him round the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":738,"featured_media":66387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,1,4],"tags":[3303,382],"coauthors":[7302],"class_list":["post-66386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","category-outabout","category-sport","tag-cardiff-half-marathon","tag-running"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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