ABOUT US

OUR VISION

We aim to provide free, fun, social running in the heart of Cardiff.

WHO WE ARE

CDF Runners meet every week to offer various running sessions and distances at every pace

We want to be a safe, welcoming place for new runners to approach and run with a group for the first time. We were all new once, and many of us thought a running club might be a bit intimidating. Many years later, we can’t imagine running any other way!

CDF Runners is flexible to fit many lifestyles. For some, we are somewhere to drop in and out of when their schedule allows for a no-strings-attached run with friendly people. For others, it shapes their whole week and they run regular sessions to improve their performance and meet friends. We also have many runners who are keenly competitive, and take pride in representing the club at events across Wales.

We value all our runners as important contributors to our successes, both socially and competitively, recognising that everyone has a role to play in supporting and inspiring each other.

Our regular sessions are free and always will be to members and non-members alike. Becoming a member of CDF Runners and affiliating to Welsh Athletics is optional, but comes with a host of benefits, the most important of which is supporting the club and being able to influence its development as a member. However, we have no expectations of new or occasional runners to become members, and welcome everyone who comes to our sessions equally.

We have Welsh Athletics qualified coaches and running leaders who make sure our training sessions can be adapted for runners at all levels.

Our Values

Supportive – We want to provide opportunities for people to meet, support each other and run together, no matter what their goals are.

Relaxed – We want to keep running simple. We want people to train in the way that suits them and works around the pressures of life. This is a hobby after all.

Inclusive – We want to create a place where people of all abilities and backgrounds can run together and support each other in a social environment.

Progressive – We want to do things differently. We believe in being bold and trying out new ideas to keep running fun and interesting.

CDF Pride

CDF Runners are supporters of LGBT+ people in Cardiff and across Wales. We have celebrated LGBT History Month and attended Pride Cymru in Cardiff and fully support our gay, bisexual, lesbian, and trans members to run in a safe and welcoming environment.

We commit to taking a zero tolerance approach to homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in our own sport and other sports, whether in the stands, during competition or amongst officials, coaches, staff and volunteers.