Cardiff Half Marathon Race Brochure 2017 2017 | Page 8

Good luck! You can still join the Cardiff Family Fun Run! 029 2049 3387 @ [email protected] www.barnados.org.uk/CardiffHalf Barnardo’s Registered Charity Nos. 216250 and SC037605 19126sd17 10am START TIME Race Times Colours are as follows: The Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon will start at 10am on Sunday 1st October. The wheelchair race will start at 9.50am and both races will start on Castle Street. Late starters will not be permitted to take part. See page 12 for more information *NB: White is further sub-divided into elite and sub 1.30 areas on the morning according to your race number and predicted time. Runner Number and Timing Chip Baggage Area Your timing chip will be embedded in your runner number. Please remember to bring your runner number with you on the day as these cannot be re-issued. Please ensure your runner number is safely and clearly pinned to the FRONT of your vest or t-shirt. YOU MUST FILL IN YO UR EMERGENCY DETAILS ON THE BACK OF YOUR NUMBER. Please note: failure to wear your runner number across the starting mat will mean your time will not be recorded. Timing Pens The solid colour behind the number on your race bib will correspond with your coloured starting pen and the estimated time entered when registering. Please assemble within the clearly signposted colour-coded pens on Castle Street. For safety reasons, runners must assemble in the correct colour starting pen and cannot move forwards a pen, only backwards. Please allow enough time to walk to the start and assemble. Pens will open at 9.15am. The race will have a staggered start to ensure all runners cross the start line as safely as possible. Each runner will be provided with a chip and gun finish time. Your gun time begins when the starting ‘gun’ is fired at the beginning of each pen start. Your chip time begins as the timing chip on your running number passes over the starting line. White* Green Red Yellow The baggage tents will be open at 8.30am. They are located on Museum Avenue near the Runners’ Village. Please refer to the village and baggage map in this brochure for an exact location. All runners are allowed to deposit one bag which must display your baggage label, which is a tear-off strip on the bottom of your race number. Please attach the label before your arrival. Bags can be collected after the race upon receipt of your runner number. Only runners and staff will have access to this area which will be manned by security staff who may ask to check your bags. Items not collected after baggage closure will be held at the Event Information tent in the Runners’ Village. The following day they will be taken to the Run 4 Wales offices. Please contact the events team to arrange collection at cardiffhalfmarathon@ run4wales.org or on 029 2166 0790. It is strongly advised that you leave valuables at home. Race organisers cannot be held responsible if items go missing or are damaged. We will do our utmost to safeguard your baggage, but the area is not secured. Don’t want to miss out on the action? Sunday 1st October Magdalena ap Robert (pictured left with her family) RACE DAY INFO “It was truly a memorable experience to run the Cardiff Half for the second time myself and getting my husband and children involved in the Family Fun Run for the first time last year. The Saturday before the big race was a relaxed, fun- filled day that we all thoroughly enjoyed. We supported Barnardo’s which made the experience even more special for us. The children were thrilled with their medals, they treasure them dearly to this day and keep asking, ‘When are we going to run it again Mummy?’.” Thank you to all our fantastic #TeamBarnardos runners in the Cardiff University / Cardiff Half Marathon and Cardiff Family Fun Run. Your generous fundraising is helping Barnardo’s Cymru support some of the most vulnerable children and families across Wales through 94 specialised projects. You are making a real difference to young carers, bereaved and disabled children, those at risk of abuse and many more. Thank you. Presentation Ceremony The prize ceremony will take place at 11.30am near the finish line. Age category winners’ prizes will be posted. Presentations will be made to race winners and to medallists in the Welsh Championships. For details of prizes visit www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk. OFFICIAL RACE BROCHURE 9