Natasha Cockram plus Mahamed and Zak Mahamed are among the many fields for Sunday’s 13.1-mile occasion in South Wales

Welsh marathon record-holder Natasha Cockram is among the many line-ups for the Cardiff College Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday (March 27) with the 29-year-old utilizing the race as a part of her build-up to the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham.

Cockram is from Newport however presently lives in Norfolk and says: “I like coming again and racing on residence soil. I final did the Cardiff Half in 2017 and the environment was wonderful.

“The route takes you previous all of the good issues all of us love about Cardiff. I’ve already achieved the usual for Commonwealth Video games however this weekend can be an excellent benchmark for me to see the place I’m at.”

Cockram’s half-marathon finest is 72:46 and he or she faces on Sunday half-marathon debutante Bronwen Owen, plus Alex Eykelbosch, Kirstley Longley, Leila Armoush and Olivia Tsim amongst others.

The race will return for the primary time since October 2019 and entries additionally embody Mahamad and Zak Mahamed. The Southampton brothers are making their half-marathon debut with the older Mahamad having gained the English Nationwide cross-country title in February whereas Zak loved victory on the Northern Eire Worldwide Cross Nation in January.

The quickest athlete on paper is Derek Hawkins with a PB of 63:53 whereas an additional six athletes in Cardiff on Sunday have run below the 65-minute barrier previously together with Scottish cross nation champion Jamie Crowe and Lucian Allison, who ran 28:38 for 10km at Trafford just lately.

Trafford 10km winner Kadar Omar may also be in motion in Cardiff and is seeking to beat his PB of 66:06.

The race will function a world match between Scotland and Wales and it’s the Scottish workforce’s inclusion that can add nice depth to the sphere, with a workforce of robust performers led by Hawkins. Welsh cross nation champion James Hunt will lead the Welsh workforce within the males’s race.

Morocco’s Abdessamad El Yaagoubi, Norweigan athlete Andreas Iden and Australian Matt Fox all add some worldwide flavour.

The wheelchair race will host its largest area so far together with a number of earlier winners similar to Tiaan Bosch, Sam Kolek, Richie Powell and Mel Nicholls.

Bret Crossley is the quickest within the area with a 48:12 PB whereas Nicholls is the quickest of the ladies, with a better of 53:39.

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