Joyciline Jepkosgei Smashes Course Record to Win Cardiff Half Marathon

Jepkosgei smashes Cardiff record as Kiprotich triumphs

In the women’s race, Jepkosgei produced a commanding display, obliterating the course record after stopping the clock at 1:05:40.

Joyciline Jepkosgei smashes course record to win Cardiff Half Marathon

Joyciline Jepkosgei had already conquered the London, New York and Valencia marathons, and now she can add the Cardiff Half Marathon title to her collection. The Kenyan, who was the first woman in history to run under 65 minutes, took the tape in 1:05:40 to take 12 seconds off Edith Chelimo’s course record, which had [...]

Cardiff Half Marathon: Joyciline Jepkosgei sets new record

Joyciline Jepkosgei sets a new women's course record at the 2026 Cardiff Half Marathon, while Gideon Kiprotich is men's winner.

New women’s course record at Cardiff Half

Records were broken at the 2026 Cardiff Half Marathon with a new women’s course record set and the highest number of international runners ever to take part. The 23rd edition of the event saw more than 30,000 people register across the weekend. It saw a mix of elite athletes, charity fundraisers and those out to […]

Kenyans better Ethiopians at Cardiff Half Marathon

Inspiring the culture of the sport of athletics with well prepared and thought-provoking content, that is written, podcast, video and images. “When the crowds flow into Queen Street from the suburbs and the hillsAnd the music of the hour is the music of the tills,I sometimes gaze and wonder at my fellows passing byEach one with dreams and passions, each one to toil and die.” Idris Davies, a Welsh poet, could have been writing about Sunday […]

Jepkosgei breaks Cardiff Half Marathon record as Kenyan runners take both titles

Nation.Cymru staff Joyciline Jepkosgei broke the women’s course record at the Cardiff Half Marathon as fellow Kenyan Gideon Kiprotich won the men’s race. Jepkosgei finished in 1:05:40, taking 12 seconds off Edith Chelimo’s record, which had stood since 2017. There were also Welsh championship victories for Cardiff AC’s Lloyd Sheppard-Brown, making his half marathon debut, […]