{"id":521,"date":"2016-01-21T14:34:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T14:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=521"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:14:30","slug":"run-the-world-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/2016\/01\/21\/run-the-world-half-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Run the World Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/323\/2016\/01\/run4wales.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-527 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/323\/2016\/01\/run4wales.jpg\" alt=\"Run 4 Wales\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/323\/2016\/01\/run4wales.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/323\/2016\/01\/run4wales-507x338.jpg 507w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/323\/2016\/01\/run4wales-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Run 4 Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Run in the footsteps of champions and fundraise for us in the IAAF\/Cardiff University World Half Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>For over 125 years, Cardiff University has been recognised as a leader of higher education in Wales and beyond. From tackling some of society\u2019s biggest challenges with research in key areas such as cancer and mental health to creating an environment where students believe anything is possible, your gifts continue to help keep us on track to achieve one of our biggest ambitions: that of joining the world\u2019s top 100 universities.<\/p>\n<p>You can fundraise for three causes when you run for Cardiff University at the IAAF\/Cardiff University World Half Marathon with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1RpI8uQ\">JustGiving<\/a>. You can choose to raise funds for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising-page\/creation\/?cid=241739&amp;eid=3232556&amp;utm_source=website_cid241739_eid3232556&amp;utm_medium=eventlinking&amp;utm_campaign=eventlinkingurl\">student support<\/a>, which provides scholarships and bursaries to those individuals for whom financial constraints can make access to education seem impossible, or you can help us raise vital funds to continue our ground-breaking work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising-page\/creation\/?cid=241739&amp;eid=3232554&amp;utm_source=website_cid241739_eid3232554&amp;utm_medium=eventlinking&amp;utm_campaign=eventlinkingurl\">cancer research<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising-page\/creation\/?cid=241739&amp;eid=3232555&amp;utm_source=website_cid241739_eid3232555&amp;utm_medium=eventlinking&amp;utm_campaign=eventlinkingurl\">dementia research<\/a> (including Alzheimer\u2019s disease). 100% of the funds you raise will go to the cause you feel most passionately about.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, email <a href=\"mailto:donate@cardiff.ac.uk\">donate@cardiff.ac.uk<\/a> quoting \u2018World Half Marathon\u2019 in the subject line.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be at the starting line when the eyes of the world are on Cardiff? Ready, set, GO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Run in the footsteps of champions and fundraise for us in the IAAF\/Cardiff University World Half Marathon.","protected":false},"author":904,"featured_media":527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/904"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}