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A short post today before I rush out to work ( followed by some early half marathon training ). In yesterdays blog I mentioned running for 13 miles in Cardiff back in the 80's. Basically I had two routes. The first involved running circuits around Pontcanna Fields ( see map below ). I did 8 or 9 of these and though I do not know the precise distance I believe it is about 1.25 miles around the perimeter of the field.

My second route involved running from Cardiff Castle up to the 5 mile marker along the Taff Trail . There was a little overgrown stone by the side of the path which recorded the fact that you were 5 miles from the castle. I would invariably throw in two circuits around the playing fields on my way back to make up the distance.

Clearly the distance of the perimeter around the playing fields at Pontcanna is important in both sets of calculations. Is there any kind person with an intimate knowledge of the geography of Central Cardiff ( or the ability to perform measurements from Google maps ) who can confirm my calculations? If so please post here. I'd love to know if my rough estimate was anywhere near correct.

In other news. We are now up to a total of 100 dollars in pledges ( many thanks to Peter Griffiths and Swansea Jack ). If you are minded to support me in my latest folly please go to this post and make a pledge in comments or go directly to the PayPal Donate button on this page. All proceeds go toward the West Coast Eisteddfod and Bryn Seion Welsh Church.

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I can not finish todays post without mentioning the sad death of fitness enthusiast Ged Clarke who died immediately after completing the Reading half marathon. I am sure we would all like to offer condolences to his family and friends. This was a tragic ( and extremely rare ) event and I note that nowhere in the press accounts is there any mention of the cause of death. Has anyone seen anything that I missed?

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View Pontcanna Fields allotment in a larger map

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