More details at www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk I have run the Cardiff half several times (once barefoot) and it is a lovely course, I highly recommend it (with trainers) and of course, the good news is, unlike
Phidippides, you won't have to run it in reverse or fight a battle after it!
This race qualified Anne to receive a Gold
Phidippides Award for outstanding performance and endurance in long distance running for 2013.
There is more Grade one action in the John Smith's Sefton Novices' Hurdle in which Evan Williams'
Phidippides could be the answer to a tricky puzzle.
NEWSBOY 2.20 MCMURDO SOUND, 2.55 SNAP TIE, 3.30 ELZAHANN, 4.05 MALJIMAR, 4.40 BARIZAN, 5.15 OSCAR GLORY, 5.50
PHIDIPPIDES BOUVERIE 2.20 CALATAGAN, 2.55 SNAP TIE, 3.30 TEMPLER, 4.05 PARSONS LEGACY, 4.40 BARIZAN, 5.15 OPENIDE, 5.50 CRYSTAL ROCK NORTHERN CORRESPONDENT: 2.20 ELITE LAND, 3.30 ELZAHANN, 5.15 GALANT NUIT GOING: Good to firm.
Those worried about the case of the Greek soldier
Phidippides, who died after running from Marathon to Athens, came to understand that marathon running wouldn't kill them.
Gone were the days of
Phidippides' 26-mile run and subsequent death heralding the victory of Marathon.
They have had to scrap the landscaping work on the route of the original marathon, first run by
Phidippides in 490 BC, and there is concern that work on the 32km suburban rail connection to Athens airport has not yet started.
Thornley, however, insists ultramarathons are easier on the body than run-of-the-road 26-milers like the one that made
Phidippides famous.
A dishonest farmer, Strepsiades, encourages his son
Phidippides to enroll in Socrates ' school, the Thinkery, where he can learn to evade his numerous creditors through shrewd argument.
He also earned the USATF Gold
Phidippides Award for Outstanding Performance and Endurance in Masters Long Distance Running.
PHIDIPPIDES was probably the first documented case of sudden death associated with endurance running.