Tag: the garth
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14 December 2024
I very rarely run on subsequent days but I really felt like I needed it yesterday and today was just lovely out. The sun was still low in the sky as I climbed up the Garth. I bumped into a group of She Runs: Cardiff runners at the trig and took a photo for them.…
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30 November 2024
Well…today’s run was eventful. I’ve only had two falls in 10 years of trail running and today’s was the most embarrassing. Thankfully, only a handful of sheep witnessed my shame as I fell on that notorious obstacle, a flat section of grass. I think I stumbled quite a few steps as I had time to…
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26 November 2024
After a heady couple of days at the top of the Dennison Round leader board, Luke Merrett scrambled up the Garth and took the lead! After a terrible weekend of heavy rain and flooding in the local area, it brightened up a bit today so I went out for a lunchtime run. The stream through…
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23 November 2024
I was scheduled to do a long today so I couldn’t resist giving the “Dennison Round” a try, despite the awful weather. This is a new challenge created by the First Light Coffee Shop in Tongwynlais. Starting and ending at the shop, you need to take a photo at the door of Castell Coch, the…
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20 November 2024
After a surprise cold snap with a bit of snow on the high ground, I headed up the Garth…and it was gone! It was really cold but the sun had melted most of the snow. I still enjoyed a clear blue sky and muddy trails over lunch. First Light Coffee in Tongwynlais have just announced…
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16 November 2024
I set out today with a plan to follow the route we ran on my first Running Punks Sunday Clwb. That quickly fell apart when I took a wrong turn and realised I was somewhere else. I ended up running along the Taff and coming out in Radyr so I headed up to the golf…
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13 November 2024
After two quick 10k runs on Monday I was looking forward some more sedate miles on the trails. I decided to head up to Tyn Y Coed woods as I don’t do this route very often. The woodland is stunning but you do have to climb up a pretty steep hill. It was clearer today…
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26 October 2024
Today’s run was epic! The cloud inversion in the valley was spectacular. I stopped to grab a photo on the road below and I wasn’t expecting it to be as good as it was. Craig yr Allt, below, looked like an island floating in a sea of cloud. I managed 13 miles and felt pretty…
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21 October 2024
I failed to drag myself out over the weekend so I knew I had put some miles in today. Luckily, the forecast was pretty good today so I managed a decent run and my traditional new shoe photoshoot. The Merrell Agility Peak 5s felt great as soon as I put them on, so after a…
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7 October 2024
Really struggling with Monday morning blues today. A gentle climb through Garth Woods lifted my spirits and I was feeling much better by the time I took this photo half way up the Garth. I stopped for a chat with a friend I bumped into on the way down and saw a few others in…