Previous participants in Cardiff races include Paralympic champion Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, GB's most decorated track Olympian Mo Farah,[4] inspirational adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills.

Its events provide a platform to champion mental health, women’s running, community regeneration, diversity, volunteering, fundraising and environmental sustainability.

Its event portfolio includes/has included: Cardiff Half Marathon, Velothon Wales, ABP Newport Marathon Festival, Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay 10K, Ogi Porthcawl 10K, ABP Barry Island 10K, Dell Technologies Management Challenge and Brecon Carreg CDF 10K.

The event attracted a strong elite field with both Patrick Mosin and Miriam Chebet completing a Kenyan clean-sweep in the Men and Women’s races.

The 24-year-old Mosin surged away from 2023 champion Vincent Mutai to take his title before his compatriot Chebet smashed her personal best to claim first place.

It was a family affair in the elite wheelchair race as husband and wife Callum and Jade Hall battled it out across the streets of Cardiff.

Mutai overcame course record holder and countryman Shadrack Kimining in humid conditions to take the title in 01:00:35 after a sprint finish down King Edward VII Avenue.

The 28-year-old was part of a lead group alongside Kimining, Bernard Biwott and last year’s champion Geoffrey Koech who powered through the city to register a time of 28 minutes and 29 seconds after the first 10K.

Last year’s victor was cut loose by his fellow Kenyans as they raced through Cathays and around Roath Park to setup a sprint finish in the heart of the capital.

Mutai rounded the corner into the final straight and left Kimining (01:00:47) in his wake to secure a maiden Cardiff victory.

The reigning British Marathon champion slashed two minutes off her previous personal best to become the first Welsh woman to win the event since Helen Yule 18 years ago in 1:10:47.

Kenya's Beatrice Cheserek won on her event debut in 1:06:48 ahead of compatriot Viola Chepngeno and Zewditu Aderaw of Ethiopia.

Langat came up with a brilliant sprint finish to pip fellow Kenyan, and 2016 champion, Shadrack Kimming by a mere two seconds.

In the women's race, Kenya's Lucy Cheruiyot and Ethiopia’s Azmera Abreha ran side-by-side down the finishing straight, with another Kenyan, Paskalia Kipkoech, not far behind.

The race saw athletes from Kenya, Uganda, Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Botswana, Sierra Leone, Mauritius and many more countries compete.

The event also gave Dewi Griffiths the chance to pull on his Welsh vest once more after enduring a tough year through injury, and he came home in 62:56.

2017 was another year for course records, with Kenya's John Lotiang running 60:42 in the men's field, and Edith Chelimo crossing the line in just 65:50.

With more numbers, the crowds came out in their droves to support their friends and family, with Welsh athlete Ieuan Thomas noting the 'electric' atmosphere generating in Cardiff.

[17] Defending champion Loitarakwai Lengurisi lost his title to Boniface Kongin in 2014, with Joan Chelimo clocking 72:25 as she raced over the finish line as first placed female.

As competition grew fiercer, more records were broken as Loitarakwai Lengurisi and Purity Kimetto taking first position in the men's and women's elite race.

[19] The 2012 race was the first edition organised by Run 4 Wales, with Andrew Lesuuda and Sue Partridge taking victories in the elite field.

Dewi Griffiths, who would later go on to become a Cardiff Half Marathon star, won the men's Welsh Championships, with Caryl Jones taking the women's title.

Kenyan Edwin Kiptoo won the 2011 Lloyds TSB Cardiff Half Marathon and claimed a course record, running 13.1 miles in 1 hour 3 minutes and 27 seconds.

Olympic silver medal winner and event patron Jamie Baulch started the race along with the Lord Mayor of Cardiff.

The new and improved route took runners past famous city landmarks such as the Castle and the Wales Millennium Centre and included a run along the barrage and wetlands.

Thereafter it was on to Llandaff Fields and Bute Park, before returning to the Castle for the final stretch to the finish line on King Edward VII Avenue.