2025 Race Preview

Josh Griffiths, Omar Ahmed and Natasha Wilson will head to Porthcawl for Wales’ fourth largest race on Sunday. Josh Griffiths (28:41) will lead the Welsh Challenge to take on Omar Ahmed (28:35) at the Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K this weekend. The race will host the third fixture of the 2025 R4W 10K Series and uses

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Everything You Need To Know About the 2025 Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K

This year is set to be the biggest ever Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K with more than 6,200 runners signed up to take part in the main event and supporting junior races. The popular event will be returning to the seaside town this Sunday 6 July and thousands of spectators are also expected to come out

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Woman to take on Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K to prove what she can achieve after brain surgery

A woman who had brain surgery just last year will be taking on the Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K to show herself just what she’s capable of. Julie Summers, 59, first started feeling unwell in 2019. She later found out she had a condition called trigeminal neuralgia – a chronic pain disorder that causes severe facial

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Father and daughter taking part in Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K to raise awareness of brain tumours

A father and daughter from Llanelli will be taking part in the 2025 Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K to raise money and awareness for the Brain Tumour Charity. Dafydd Matthews-Williams, 40, will be running the 10K event before then taking part in the family-fun run with his 11-year-old daughter Celyn. His wife, Madsen, 30, discovered she

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Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K sells out with one month to go until race day

General entries into the Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K have now sold out with one month to go until race day. This means the only way runners are able to take part is through one of the charity spaces available, including with the event’s lead charity Tŷ Hafan, or in one of the supporting junior races.

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Husband and wife’s running challenge in support of life-limited niece

A husband-and-wife duo from Cardiff will be taking on the Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K to raise money for the event’s lead charity Tŷ Hafan. The children’s hospice is particularly close to their hearts as it cares for their 15-year-old niece Elain. Anwen and Huw Jones are currently doing the Couch to 5K training programme, as

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Father taking part in Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K in memory of baby daughter

A father from Caerphilly is raising money for Tŷ Hafan to thank them for their ongoing support through the most difficult time of his life. Ashley Murphy, 33, tragically lost his daughter Mila in August last year. She passed away in hospital when she was just five days old. Since then, the children’s hospice has

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“Running is my switch off time”

Bridgend dad Chris Connor will be taking on the Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K for Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice this July – and is urging others to sign up to run for Tŷ Hafan too. “I started running after my father passed away eight years ago,” says Chris. “I needed to change some things in my

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Brecon Carreg new sponsor of the Porthcawl 10K 

Brecon Carreg has been announced as the new headline sponsor of the Porthcawl 10K, in what is looking to be its biggest race yet.  The water company is no stranger to running events. It has been a long-standing partner of Run 4 Wales sponsoring the CDF 10K in September and ensuring runners are kept hydrated

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Get ready to run the Run 4 Wales 10K Series 2025 

The Run 4 Wales 10K series is back for 2025 and runners are being challenged to conquer the races and complete the set.  Entries are now live for the events taking place in Newport, Porthcawl and Cardiff – with the chance to save if entering more than one event.  First up is the ABP Newport

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