Looking for Cross country buddie

[loulou]

I am starting to train for a 14 mile cross counrty race in August and looking for someone to run with for my longer off road runs for a bit of company and to push me a little.

I live in Roath area of Cardiff and i am just road running at the moment up to about 6 miles with a max pace roughly 9 min miles.

I havent done any off road since being in Cardiff so i am thinking the route will be Taff Trail but if anyone has any other route suggestions that would be a great help.

[dax]

Be aware that most of Taff Trail around town is not exactly a really rough trail but more of a decent path running along the main asphalt path. I believe there are some rougher trails near Castle Coch and also around Comeston lake (slightly beyond Penarth), but I've never checked these out myself (yet).

Anyway, I'm also interested in finding some people to run with once in a while. I'm training for the Cardiff half and, hopefully, the London Marathon, although I am also planning to do something crazy like running the entirety of the Taff trail next year. I currently run around Roath 6 miles at ~9:00/mi and longer runs of around 12 miles at ~10:00/mi, and I am trying to improve my pace.

Maybe we could get some people checking out this board to actually meet up (at a Moti run or some other event) and see if there are runners with similar goals / times.

[Trishasmurph]

Hi Lou are you still looking for a run buddy?
I like the run up to taffs well and back which is about 21k
so if you are still looking find me on facebook look for Trisha Smurph in Cardiff. my profile is mostly blocked but send me an add and we can get runnning