World Para Athletics Championships  There’s been plenty of Welsh success at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships.   Olivia Breen (City of Portsmouth) got the action underwa...

On Saturday the Rabbit Run incorporating the Welsh Trail Running Championships (Short) will take place. The 7.5-mile Trail Race will start and finish in front of the Merthyr Mawr House. The race will ...

Our first ever Fell, Hill, Off-Road, and Trail running course took place in Wales last month set in the beautiful surroundings along the Jurassic coastline of Dunraven Bay.  The venue lent itself...

WMRA International U18 Cup, 28 May In sunny France there was great performances for the Welsh teams at the WMRA International U18 Cup in Annecy. Both the male and female teams finished in seventh posi...

Congratulations to the 5 athletes selected to represent Wales at the Trail de Guerledan including the Celtic Challenge, in Brittany on the 27 and 28 of May. Steve Mitchell, National Talent D...

Cardiff 5K Race for Victory, 30 April It was a great evening of running in Whitchurch on Sunday for the Cardiff Race for Victory which incorporated the Welsh 5k Championships. First across the finish ...

On Saturday the Red Kite Challenge incorporating the Welsh Trail Championships will take place in Devils Bridge, Ceredigion. For the first time in 20 years Dic Evans will not be organising the trail r...

Over the next few months there are a number of off track Welsh trial races. Red Kite Challenge, 29 April  There are two trial races incorporating in the Red Kite Challenge later this month. The U...

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Championship Fixtures have now been confirmed! The 2023 Championship season will get underway with the Welsh Senior & U15 Indoor Championships at NIAC, Car...

  World Mountain and Trail Running Championship, Saturday 5 November Two Welsh athletes flew to Thailand in the The World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. In the 40K race Kristian J...

Trofeo Vanoni and Vanoni Femminile, Italy A team of three men and one women headed to Italy on the weekend to take part in the 65th TROFEO VANONI (International Mountain Running Relay Race) and the 39...

  In an unprecedented year for Athletics, and coach and leader development, the delivery of the Leadership in Running Fitness (LiRF) qualification needed to evolve to accomodate a Covid clim...

Welsh Athletics and Run Wales are excited to announce the launch of the new Run Leader Development Pathway!   The pathway has been shaped to visualise a potential Run Leader journey, inclusive of...

ICYMI -  - Osian Perrin finishes 5th in European U20 Championships - read the full article here by Dai Sport: https://www.dai-sport.com/osian-perrin-battles-to-fifth-spot-at-euro-u20-ch...

As restrictions on outdoor events lift in Wales, race organisers are finally able to apply and license events and bring back races across Wales: Alan Lewis of Adrenaline Sporting Events commented: &qu...

“We are really pleased to be able to release these initial documents, with guidance for the Cross Country, Mountain and Trail disciplines to follow in due course.  These documents have been...

Bank Holiday Success - Virtual 1 Mile The second May Bank Holiday weekend brought about another successful Welsh Athletics Virtual Challenge – this time 300 runners of all ages entered a virtual...

Steve Mitchell is our Regional Development Coordinator for Endurance.   I have been involved in athletics for most of my life. I competed throughout my school years on the track, country and fell...