This was my first half marathon! I started running in January 2024. Since then I have come so far, from signing up to the Cardiff Bay 10K in May with only a month to prepare, to joining a run club and doing weekly Parkruns with my brother during the summer.

I ran it with other Cardiff-based runners to raise money for two Palestinian families devastated by the war in Gaza. If you asked me a year ago if this is what I would be doing on a random October Sunday morning I would’ve laughed in your face! But running has truly changed my life for the better.