A historic New Year’s Eve race held in memory of the extraordinary athleticism of a 18th-century hero is poised to attract record numbers of runners and spectators.
The traditional Nos Galan races through the streets of a South Wales Valleys town commemorate Welsh runner, Guto Nyth Bran.
Legend has it that Guto, born in 1700, could catch a bird in flight and once ran to Pontypridd and back – about seven miles – before a kettle boiled.
As promised
, here’s a quick insight into the significance of the red dragon in my site header.
The flag of Wales consists of two horizontal halves – the top half white and the bottom half green. In the center of the Welsh flag is a red dragon.
There are many legends, rumors and myths about the Welsh flag, none of which is official. It is believed the red dragon represents ancient warriors.
Well, 2005 is nearly over and my total miles for the year added up to 1600. Not as high as I’d hoped for, but with my recent 6 week off suffering with an IT Band problem, I’m just happy to be running at all. To reach the 1600 mile mark I had to sneak in a quick 4.5 mile this afternoon which included a 5:54 mile on the Landstown High School track.
Wales is home to the largest stadium in the UK (soon to be overtaken when the new Wembley Stadium is completed) – the Millenium Stadium, which has the only retractable roof in Europe and seats 74,500 people. The roof is also the largest in the world. Since it opened in June 1999, the Millenium Stadium has hosted the spectacular Rugby World Cup, the FA Cup Final, the Carling Cup Final, the British Speedway Grand Prix, and many outstanding concerts with excellent performances from the following artists: The Manic Street Preachers, Tina Turner, Bon Jovi, Robbie Williams
sweetest thing the dvdrip download and The Stereophonics. It’s now the home of The Welsh Rugby Union, The Football Association, The Football League, The Football Association of Wales
and the British Speedway Association and is located in the nations’ capital, Cardiff.
So, you may have seen the header to my site [I'd rather not call it a blog] – “thoughts of y cymro to hell and back dvdrip download cradle 2 the grave movie “….. – and wondered what it means. You may have see the header and not wondered, but let me explain anyway.
“Y Cymro” simply means “The Welshman”, Welshman being a man who is a native or inhabitant of Wales
free hoodwinked . I’ve always been proud of my heritage, and now I’m living in Virginia in the USA I try to educate others about my country of birth as often as possible. Hence the tagline above and the MINI license plate below.
If you’re wondering about the significance of the red dragon, what this space. Another post is coming soon….
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Wales is home to the longest place name [and railway station name] in Europe.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, which in English means ‘St Mary’s Church in a hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and St Tysil’s Church of the red cave’, is a village situated on theisland of Anglesey, and is known locally as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll. From what historians can make out, the extended name is almost certainly the work of a local tailor who wanted to put the village on the map in the mid 1800s.
How many times have you thought the Toolbox takes up too much space in Photoshop, but closing it is the wrong option because a few seconds later, sure as eggs, you’ll need to choose a tool?
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Christmas is now behind us, everything’s getting back to normal but I’m still unsure of my marathon plans for 2006. I’m 6 weeks into a training plan that should have me ready to race 26.2 miles at the end of April. The Frederick Marathon takes place on April 30th and I’m very tempted to return and try to beat my 2005 time of 2:59:26.
The population of Wales is currently running at around 2.9million. Surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly), there are about 11million sheep in Wales, giving a sheep to human ratio of 4:1
No jokes please….
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