In pictures: Cardiff Half Marathon 2019
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Fancy dress runners are joining elite runners for the race
A record 27,500 runners have taken on the third biggest running event in the UK.
For the first time in the event's 17 year-history, more women than men lined up at the start line of the Cardiff Half Marathon.
Leonard Langat won the Cardiff Half men's race in a course record of 59:29, and Lucy Cheruiyot won the women's race in 01:08:19.
Female runners made up 51% of the total entry this year.
About 27,500 runners took part in the 2019 event
Runners at Lake Road East in Cardiff
Julie and her Parc Bryn Bach running club friends returned for another go
Participants ranged from professional athletes, keen runners and people raising money for charity, including those in fancy dress
It has become the UK's third biggest race after the London Marathon and the Great North Run
Stuart ran dressed as a World War Two soldier to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day
Steve and Liz from Llandrindod Wells are latecomers to the sport but haven't looked back since starting in their 70s
As well as the elite athletes, amateur runners from all over the country were at the event
Runners were urged to use sustainable travel to reach the start line
The course was unchanged from 2018
- Published6 October 2019
- Published5 October 2019
- Published6 October 2019
