{"id":6217,"date":"2019-09-10T12:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irun.wales\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2019-09-10T12:24:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:24:47","slug":"mynydd-du-offer-chance-to-prove-mountains-are-no-obstacle-to-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irun.wales\/cy\/news\/mynydd-du-offer-chance-to-prove-mountains-are-no-obstacle-to-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Mynydd Du offer chance to prove mountains are no obstacle to running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April we asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynydd-du.org.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mynydd Du<\/a> if the Club would consider offering a mountain running taster sessions for new runners.\u00a0 Many of Welsh Athletics&#8217; clubs offer beginner groups, often using the <a href=\"https:\/\/irun.wales\/couch-to-5k-programme\/\">Couch to 5k<\/a> model to help those who&#8217;ve never run before, get started. But as <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">mountain running i<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">s<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0a little<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0more challenging than your average beginner run, we asked\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">that people already had some running fitness before attending a session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Club member, Emma,\u00a0an experienced mountain runner and\u00a0run leader, leads sessions on a Wednesday, which are proving\u00a0popular, with at least 10 turning up each week.\u00a0 As a result, quite a few have entered local mountain or fell running races and seven people have affiliated to Mynydd Du.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Club continues to host the Wednesday sessions, with two groups of different abilities now being offered.\u00a0 A huge thank you to the Club and the run leaders and well-done runners for giving something new a go!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6218 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/irun.wales\/app\/uploads\/MyDu-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irun.wales\/app\/uploads\/MyDu-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irun.wales\/app\/uploads\/MyDu-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irun.wales\/app\/uploads\/MyDu-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>If you fancy trying something different with your running, check out what your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welshathletics.org\/en\/club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local athletics club<\/a> are offering, or speak to us about setting up your own opportunities.<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6220 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/irun.wales\/app\/uploads\/mydu-2-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irun.wales\/app\/uploads\/mydu-2-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/irun.wales\/app\/uploads\/mydu-2.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April we asked Mynydd Du if the Club would consider offering a mountain running taster sessions for new runners.\u00a0 Many of Welsh Athletics&#8217; clubs offer beginner groups, often using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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