Cardiff Half Marathon

  • Rated 82%
  • 13.1mi
  • Road
Entrants (126)
Club
PB SB Pred Time WAVA
skips765
Pembrokeshire Harriers AAC
1:40:00
imagine
Unaffiliated
Brynley
Neath Harriers, Port Talbot Harriers
1:14:30 1:14:30 1:16:00 1:14:30 77.82
Cookie001
Bristol & West AC
1:14:48 1:17:06 1:18:00 1:17:06 75.19
acorndan
Eastern Veterans AC, Higham Harriers AC
1:15:33 1:15:33 1:15:33 76.96
Steshi 95/11080
San Domenico RC
1:17:24 1:17:24 1:17:24 74.90
markwinds
Unaffiliated
1:17:36 1:25:53 1:28:00 1:25:53 67.50
dugsy
Islwyn RC
1:17:40 1:17:40 1:17:40 75.28
Hanx
Clevedon AC
1:18:05 1:18:05 1:20:00 1:18:05 74.25
Bird85
Bristol & West AC
1:18:27 1:20:20 1:20:20 72.17
p^2
Handy Cross Runners
1:19:45 1:32:07 1:35:00 1:32:07 68.74
atko Fast, flat, brilliant sunshine, well organised and big fat PB.

Nice.
Kenilworth Runners
1:20:11 1:22:40 1:35:00 1:22:40 74.08
PlodderK
Wadhurst Runners
1:20:22 1:43:05 1:39:37 1:43:05 71.80
ianp84
3M Gorseinon RR
1:20:46 1:20:46 1:24:59 1:20:46 71.78
PhilB
San Domenico RC
1:21:21 1:26:26 1:26:26 75.18
SallyW_2 Approx 250 metres short
San Domenico RC
1:22:03 1:23:08 1:23:08 77.58
spannerbag
Unaffiliated
1:22:14 1:24:18 1:40:00 1:24:18 68.77
Prof Disco Dean  Altered time to make up for the distance measured on garmin!
Reading Roadrunners
1:22:36 1:23:03 1:29:59 1:24:00 69.02
roblington
Unaffiliated
1:22:54 1:26:11 1:26:11
3MstillIDie
3M Gorseinon RR
1:22:56 1:22:56 1:22:56 69.91
oldbirdhead
Winchester & District AC
1:23:16 1:32:06 1:35:00 1:32:06 63.78
LouLou
Dundee Hawkhill Harriers
1:23:46 1:23:56 1:23:56 76.82
semi
Unaffiliated
1:24:02 1:24:02 1:27:00 1:24:02 72.28
AllyB
Manchester Tri
1:24:11 1:25:16 1:25:16 68.19
amorts
Unaffiliated
1:24:15 1:26:05 1:26:05 67.35
cerid
San Domenico RC
1:24:16 1:40:52 1:39:00 1:40:52 57.64
TooTall
Aberdare Valley AAC
1:24:30 1:27:33 1:29:00 1:27:33 72.94
johnnyl
San Domenico RC
1:24:41 1:28:05 1:28:05 67.02
Richard118
Unaffiliated
1:24:58 1:28:50 1:33:44 61.85
num num
Unaffiliated
1:25:26 1:25:26 1:27:29 1:25:26 69.99
Alan
Unaffiliated
1:26:00 1:37:42 1:37:42 59.35
daz1927 Not trained due to injury, but hope not to do a PW.

Relatively pleased, surprisingly I could easily have gone faster.
Village Vipers
1:26:29 1:36:32 1:45:00 1:36:32 63.44
gracesdad73
Port Talbot
1:26:34 1:31:01 1:35:00 1:31:01 64.54
SoloPete
March AC
1:27:04 1:35:05 1:35:05 63.14
Stuart G
3M Gorseinon RR
1:27:38 1:27:38
scarlet_runner
3M Gorseinon RR
1:27:57 1:27:57 1:27:57 67.13
s3tjj 641/11084 - competitors
6/18 - club runners
Taf Running & Orienteering (TROTS)
1:29:07 1:29:10 1:35:00 1:29:10 65.88
mattgump
Forest of Dean AC
1:29:28 1:58:18 2:03:11 47.93
mark the shark
Taf Running & Orienteering (TROTS)
1:29:46 1:29:46 1:29:46 74.33
Laurence First run for 3 weeks. Didn't know if knee would last till end, but actually no problem.
Pembrokeshire Harriers AAC
1:30:01 1:34:45 1:36:00 1:36:37 65.54
Jade85
Caerleon Running club
1:30:40 1:41:19 1:41:19 63.64
The_Saint Still felt grim from food poisoning Thursday/Friday
Unaffiliated
1:30:59 1:30:59 1:33:41 66.46
tuck up CARDIFF HALF MARATHON WAS SHORT AND LOTS OF REPORTS ON HOW LONG, SO GOING WITH MY GARMIN WHICH WAS 12.97M
Les Croupiers RC
1:31:10 1:22:21 1:22:21 76.24
Ligi
Chapel Allerton Runners
1:32:26 1:32:26 1:34:00 1:32:26 70.05
There We Are Then
Lliswerry Runners, SOUTH WALES POLICE, zoomers S,West Florida
1:32:31 1:34:48 1:38:00 1:34:48 69.14
Butz
Unaffiliated
1:32:48 1:32:48 1:32:48 65.99
TommP
San Domenico RC
1:32:49 1:36:42 1:36:42 60.74
Pedro_Perez
Redhill Road Runners
1:33:20 1:43:17 1:43:17 56.13
Dom
Unaffiliated
1:33:25 1:34:14 1:37:59 1:34:14 61.86
legend777
Cwm Ogwr Running Club
1:34:02 2:09:37 2:09:37 44.73
roach801
Cardiff Triathletes
1:34:09 1:34:09 1:34:09 61.58
Listers
Elmbridge Road Runners
1:34:16 2:11:11 2:11:11 44.19
puffed Leg tightened up at 1/4 way round, painful by 1/2 and excruciating by 3/4, managed to hobble over the line, then couldn't walk for a day, literally. All that work on the leg hasn't paid off, and it's  back to the drawing board.
Pegasus RC
1:34:38 1:52:41 1:55:00 1:52:41 51.73
owl_sniffer
Looe Pioneers
1:34:59 1:49:12 1:49:12 53.09
downsrunner
Great Western Runners
1:35:14 1:35:14 1:35:14 74.04
MarcE
Unaffiliated
1:36:20 1:40:45 1:45:00 1:40:45 58.06
Hinchy
Unaffiliated
1:36:22 1:36:22 1:36:22 60.70
jrwarr
Cobra RC
1:36:56 1:36:56 1:40:00 1:36:56 59.98
katyanne68
Southville Running Club
1:38:00 1:47:00 1:47:00 63.08
NeilStov
San Domenico RC
1:38:29 1:41:40 1:41:40 57.02
WildeRover Official Race time entered
Lliswerry Runners
1:38:44 1:44:56 1:49:59 1:44:56 56.98
Celtic_Jester
jogscotland
1:38:56 1:38:56 1:53:00 1:48:23 55.59
Greedo79
Teignbridge Trotters
1:39:09 1:39:25 1:39:25 58.31
PQ
San Domenico RC
1:40:26 1:41:25 1:41:25 65.31
Sarahwelshy
Les Croupiers RC
1:40:30 1:56:50 2:14:59 1:56:50 55.72
jack or felin
Taf Running & Orienteering (TROTS)
1:41:10 1:46:16 1:50:00 1:46:16 63.36
FurryH
Watford Joggers
1:41:28 1:49:09 1:50:00 1:52:03 51.89
Eric&Stan
Unaffiliated
1:41:33 1:50:13 1:50:13 57.45
jez_springall
Unaffiliated
1:41:57 1:41:57 1:45:00 1:41:57 56.87
hynes1
Unaffiliated
1:43:17 1:43:17 1:45:00 1:43:17 56.20
redroach
Unaffiliated
1:43:27 2:14:00 2:14:00 43.39
welshy76
San Domenico RC
1:43:53 1:43:53 1:43:53 55.97
rudge
Bitton Road Runners
1:43:59 1:45:11 1:45:00 1:45:11
cardiffstu
Unaffiliated
1:44:39 1:44:39 1:50:00 1:44:39
GemSharpe
Unaffiliated
1:44:58 1:47:24 2:00:00 1:47:24 60.03
Delia Swift
3M Gorseinon RR
1:45:09 1:45:09 1:45:09 61.32
dpb1961
Unaffiliated
1:45:24 1:45:24 1:55:00 1:45:24 61.12
TallKate
Northbrook AC
1:45:27 1:45:27 1:48:00 1:45:27 61.14
Jo P
Unaffiliated
1:45:36 1:48:54 1:50:54 62.37
Grid PB.  Chuffed, target was 1:52.  Course officially 193 metres short.  Chip time: 1:45:37, adjusted time: 1:46:32 based on a pace of 4:45/km.

My RW event review...

In short: A race with lots of potential
In full: ...but the 2010 edition of this race wasn't quite good enough in a few too many areas.

* Late start in very cold conditions - bad news for the unprepared.
* Starting gun/horn inaudible even a little way back. Note: loud music does not equal a great atmosphere.
* Wave starts clearly needed for a race with that many runners.
* First eight miles heavily congested, especially Bute Park.
* Insufficient barriers and protecting from street furniture (bollards, seating etc.) in pedestrianised areas.
* Mile marker signage was inconspicuous.
* Route ran deviated from published route resulting in a course short by at least 0.1 miles - in my view, the least forgivable of errors and the most disappointing. I would expect to see some official acknowledgement of this.
* Disappointing goody bag for the money.
* Having to cross the race route to exit after the finish wasn't sensible, and I'm sorry to say that the marshals at this section were silent and did not exercise any control or otherwise assist those trying to cross.

On the plus side, despite being unsuitable for the number of runners I found the course to be very nice on the whole, and the people of Cardiff gave runners some phenomenal support. Although the shuttle train wasn't running, getting to the start was a breeze.

I'll hopefully run this again, but only after they've run another race where the more important issues have been addressed. Furthermore I'd need to see some acknowledgement, from the race organisers, of the short course, because I wouldn't run any race where I wasn't certain the organisers took the distance issue very seriously. I hope I go back to run this in 2012 or beyond.
Bournville Harriers
1:45:37 1:45:37 1:52:00 1:45:37 54.90
AndyDavies1
Unaffiliated
1:46:06 2:22:17 2:22:17 40.79
Sam Heighway
Unaffiliated
1:47:00 1:52:00 1:52:00 58.56
Torbay
Torbay Athletic Club and Torbay Tri Club
1:47:30 1:47:30 1:51:53 62.41
devonlol perfect weather, great atmosphere, ideal for PB!
Southwest Roadrunners
1:47:42 1:47:42 1:47:42 58.79
Penelope Pitstop
Weston AC
1:47:49 2:02:40 2:02:40 55.03
Seejay1
Southville Running Club
1:47:53 1:49:21 1:56:00 1:50:33 63.18
toonrunnerexile
Unaffiliated
1:47:56 1:47:56 1:47:56 57.21
Splc injured, piriformis synd
Unaffiliated
1:48:00 1:50:00 1:45:00 1:50:00 60.45
mark41
San Domenico RC
1:48:11 1:48:11 1:58:27 1:48:11 57.08
annadav
Unaffiliated
1:48:21 1:51:15 1:49:55 1:51:15 65.60
ponyhead Unofficial time, still waiting on chip time.
PB despite running with sore ankle & seized shoulder!
Unaffiliated
1:48:34 1:49:32 1:50:00 1:49:32 55.00
alicarter Enjoyable race. Beat bells (owl_sniffer) again thats 2-0 in the series.
Looe Pioneers
1:48:36 1:48:36 1:47:00 1:48:36 53.38
tee1
Unaffiliated
1:48:44 1:48:44 1:48:44 62.55
lottypotty
Weston AC, Womens Running Network Weston-super-Mare
1:50:01 1:50:01 1:50:01 60.93
kiedis22
Unaffiliated
1:50:05 1:56:30 1:56:30 49.76
coxar
Birmingham Running, Athletics, & Triathlon Club (BRAT)
1:50:08 1:50:08 1:50:08 54.70
Sushi
Cadence Tri
1:50:20 2:00:42 2:00:42 55.19
loopyloo
Tiverton Harriers
1:50:46 2:01:50 2:02:00 55.33
twodogs
Unaffiliated
1:51:01 2:03:10 2:03:10 48.91
Ramfan
Unaffiliated
1:53:49 1:53:49 1:55:41 56.17
redwine
Unaffiliated
1:53:53 1:53:53 1:59:00 1:53:53 57.36
d grinham
Unaffiliated
1:54:02 1:54:02 1:54:02 52.83
*Anj*
Unaffiliated
1:54:57 1:54:57 2:07:21 51.74
redtoenails
Unaffiliated
1:55:00 2:10:00 2:14:00 55.11
WilliamsLJ
3M Gorseinon RR
1:55:05 1:55:05 1:55:05
Perrington
Unaffiliated
1:55:23 1:55:23 1:55:23 56.42
Shred Betty Chip time was 2.04.22, but course was 0.12 of a mile short, so I've put in an adjusted time - UPDATE - changed it back now the distance has been adjusted!
Lliswerry Runners
1:56:22 2:04:22 2:05:00 2:04:22 53.56
alex_h
Unaffiliated
1:56:47 2:02:56 2:15:00 2:02:56 47.16
MadWelshWoman
Unaffiliated
1:56:59
~Niki~
Holme Pierrepont RC
1:58:15
jcmwatkins
Reading Roadrunners
1:59:59 2:31:57 2:31:57 39.35
Gibbon1980
Unaffiliated
2:01:10 2:16:38 2:16:38 42.43
smash Ran the first half with Pig and Sam, and the rest with my iPod.  Second half considerably quicker than first, but still comfortable and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing.
Pegasus RC
2:04:53 2:16:40 2:22:28 45.37
Max71 I ought to be good for a PB....this is not a target race though. * does 80's style end-of-movie air-punch* Fuck yes, 9minutes and 21 second PB.
Unaffiliated
2:05:18 2:05:21 2:10:00 2:05:21 52.84
hantastic
Unaffiliated
2:05:51 2:18:00 2:19:35 46.19
organicsimon
Unaffiliated
2:07:14 2:07:14 2:07:14 45.97
Recycle Girl
Unaffiliated
2:07:19 2:07:19 2:12:00 2:07:19 51.75
fruit fly
Unaffiliated
2:08:20 2:08:20 2:20:00 2:08:20 50.30
simonwhitaker
Unaffiliated
2:11:36
gazman
Life MapPlanners RC
2:11:57 2:20:16 2:20:16 42.63
Miss Piggy Wiggy
Unaffiliated
2:14:44 2:17:42 2:25:00
MissChappo
Unaffiliated
2:21:15 2:21:15 2:25:00 2:21:15 46.65
nadieb
Unaffiliated
2:23:02 2:23:02 2:23:02 45.08
Emmagr4
Unaffiliated
2:25:00 2:25:00 2:25:00 39.99
lesleyanne
Unaffiliated
2:28:58 2:37:16 2:45:00 2:41:05 50.67
Izzy1
Unaffiliated
2:51:00 2:51:00 3:00:00 2:51:00 39.20

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