Club: Aberdare Valley Gender: Male Date of Birth: 11/06/1973 Age Group: V40 County: Unknown County Region: Wales Nation: Wales

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Richard started running at the age of 9 in 1982, joining Aberdare Valley AAC and has competed every single year since. At the age of 13 he gained his first International Welsh School Honours. He Joined Swansea Harriers at the age of 16, where he competed for the Welsh Youth team. At the age of 19 he moved to Cardiff where he enjoyed 19 years competing in distances from 1,500 - marathon, received Junior, under 23 and full Senior International honours. Highlights at Cardiff included English AAA 6 Stage title and 12 stage bronze, 2 x Bronze medals in British Marathon Championships including 13th place in the 2007 Flora London Marathon. He re-joined Aberdare in 2010 at the age of 37. As a senior athlete he has won numerous races including every Welsh Distance running title. He has jointly won more Welsh Marathon Golds than any other runner and has represented GB in Marathon and Half Marathon. In 2011 he won the Commonwealth Ultra Distance Title. Twitter - @RichieGardiner_

Best known performances

Event PB 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Event 2000 1999 1998 1997 1995 1994 800 800 1500 3:59.9 4:01.97 3:59.9 1500 3000 8:17.40 9:15.78 8:27.52 3000 8:27.9 8:17.40 8:26.7 4000 11:22.6 4000 11:22.6 5000 14:31.21 15:37.61 14:53.7 14:31.21 5000 14:39.4 10000 30:43.04 32:07.47 30:43.2 30:55.5 10000 30:43.04 JT800 15.22 15.22 JT800 3M 15:08 15:08 3M 5K 14:48 15:09 15:08 15:02 14:57 14:54 14:48 15:29 5K Event PB 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Event 2000 1999 1998 1997 1995 1994 parkrun 15:08 15:22 15:51 15:08 parkrun 4M 19:19 20:18 20:01 19:19 4M 5M 24:28 25:29 26:13 25:34 25:31 24:46 24:28 24:38 5M 10K 30:00 31:24 30:41 30:44 30:41 30:47 30:12 30:00 31:06 30:22 10K 8M 41:44 42:27 41:44 8M 10M 49:38 52:51 53:46 51:33 51:47 50:06 49:38 49:41 50:31 10M HM 65:33 67:25 67:51 66:59 65:47 66:37 65:47 65:33 66:28 65:34 HM 20M 1:52:58 1:55:38 1:52:58 1:58:17 20M Mar 2:18:41 2:23:40 2:41:02 2:22:17 2:19:48 2:20:28 2:20:26 2:18:41 2:26:50 2:26:08 2:24:32 2:23:21 Mar

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1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Default Date (Latest first) Date (Earliest first) Event Position Age Graded Points

Awaiting Approval
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
800	1:59.2				3				Cardiff	Cardiff Open Meeting	18 May 94
1500	3:55.6				6	B			Manchester (W)	Bmc Wythenshawe	17 May 95
1500	3:57				5				Barry	Barry Open Meeting	25 May 94
1500	3:58				1				Newport	Bal Cup Newport	19 May 01
3000	8:17				6				Cardiff	BMC Grand Prix	15 Jul 98
5000	14:39				4				Watford	British League	4 Jul 98
5K	14:34				15				Street	Street 5k	25 May 98
5M	23:59				19				Portsmouth	Victory 5 - Portsmouth	5 Dec 99
5M	24:39				28				Barmoral Castle	Balmoral Road Races 5 Miles	14 Apr 01
10K	31:05				2				Cornelly South Wales	Cornelly 10k	8 May 95
2014 V40 Aberdare Valley
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
8M	42:27			42:27	3			1	Newport	Lliswerry 8	26 Jan 14
ZXC	34:09				8			1	Bristol	Gwent League	1 Mar 14
ZXC	36:00				16			1	Brecon	Gwent League	8 Feb 14
2013 V35 Aberdare Valley
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5M	25:29				1			1	Cardiff	Old Father Time Vets 5	29 Dec 13
5MNAD	25:52				2			1	Glynneath	Glynneath 5	26 Dec 13
8M	41:47			41:44	4				Newport	Lliswerry 8	27 Jan 13
12.1ML	67:50				1	L3			Maentwrog	Welsh Castles Relay Stage 3	8 Jun 13
ZXC	30:30				23			2	Pontypool	Gwent League	19 Oct 13
ZXC	33:32				14			2	Bath	Gwent League (inc Tri Counties Champs)	8 Dec 13
ZXC	33:46				3				Bath	Gwent League	9 Feb 13
ZXC	35:13				16			2	Bridgend	Gwent League	10 Nov 13
2012 V35 Aberdare Valley
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	9:15.78				1				Cwmbran	Welsh Senior League Division 2	27 May 12
5000	15:37.61				6				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	2 Jun 12
10000	32:07.47				2				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	4 Jun 12
JT800	15.22				5				Cwmbran	Welsh Senior League Division 2	27 May 12
SHORT5K	15:15				7				Cardiff	St Davids Day 5K (Inc Welsh Champs)	4 Mar 12
parkrun	15:22				1			1	Cardiff Blackweir Park	Cardiff parkrun 5K Event 206	4 Feb 12
parkrun	15:42				3			1	Cardiff Blackweir Park	Cardiff parkrun 5K Event 236	1 Sep 12
5M	26:13				1				Aberdare	Aberdare 5	24 Jun 12
5M	26:16				1			1	Cardiff	Old Father Time Vets 5	30 Dec 12
5MNAD	26:06				7				Glynneath	Glynneath 5	26 Dec 12
5MNAD	38:48				139				Glynneath	Glynneath 5	26 Dec 12
10K	31:26			31:24	11				Cardiff	Cardiff 10K	9 Sep 12
10K	31:37			31:37	18				Swansea	Admiral Swansea Bay 10K	23 Sep 12
10M	52:51				1				Trelewis	Reverse 10	30 Sep 12
HM	67:25			67:25	9				Bath	Bath Half Marathon	11 Mar 12
HM	68:39			68:39	11				Cardiff	Cardiff Half Marathon (Inc Welsh Champs)	14 Oct 12
HM	70:29			70:29	30				Reading	Reading Half Marathon	1 Apr 12
20M	1:55:38				1				Merthyr Tydfil	San Domenico 20	25 Mar 12
Mar	2:23:40			2:23:40	35				London	Virgin London Marathon	22 Apr 12
ZXC	33:09				7				Bridgend	Gwent League	21 Oct 12
ZXC	36:28				3				St. Fagans	Welsh National Championships	18 Feb 12
ZXC	38:21				5				Builth Wells	Welsh Inter Regional Championships (Inc Welsh Masters Champs)	8 Dec 12
ZXC	39:49				21				Bristol	Gwent League	1 Dec 12
2011 V35 Aberdare Valley
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3M	15:08				1				Llanfrynach	Brecon AC 3	3 May 11
5K	15:09				10				Mountain Ash	Nos Galan 5K	31 Dec 11
parkrun	15:51				2				Cardiff Blackweir Park	Cardiff parkrun 5K Event 197	10 Dec 11
4M	20:18				2				Redwick	Rose Inn 4 Series	10 May 11
4M	20:44				1				Llanfrynach	Brecon AC 4	17 May 11
5M	25:34				1				Cardiff	Cardiff Bay 5	2 May 11
5M	26:41				1				Llanfrynach	Brecon AC 5	7 Jun 11
5M	26:42				5				Glynneath	Glynneath 5	26 Dec 11
6MMT	35:01				1				Merthyr Mawr	Merthyr Mawr Pudding Run 6	18 Dec 11
10K	30:41			30:41	7				Cardiff	Cardiff 10K	11 Sep 11
10K	31:29				1				Aberdare	Aberdare 10K	3 Jul 11
10K	31:37				3				Llantwit	Atlantic College 10K	20 Mar 11
10K	33:10			33:09	4				Cwmafan	Richard Burton 10K	27 Mar 11
10KMT	35:33				1				Merthyr Mawr	Merthyr Mawr Pudding Run 10K	16 Jan 11
10M	53:46				3				Brecon	Brecon 10	7 Aug 11
10M	54:20				1				Neath	Neath Golden Jubilee Invitation 10	29 May 11
10M	54:22				1				Pontypridd	Pontypridd Reverse 10	20 Feb 11
10.4ML	58:03				2	L20			Caernarfon	Welsh Castles Relay	11 Jun 11
HM	67:51			67:51	14				Barcelona, ESP	Mitja Marató de Barcelona	30 Jan 11
HM	68:52				3				Orvault, FRA	Semi Marathon De La Ville D'Orvault	13 Mar 11
HM	69:12			69:12	1				Llanelli	Llanelli Half Marathon	6 Mar 11
HM	69:12			69:11	7				Cardiff	Cardiff Half Marathon	16 Oct 11
16MMT	97:31				1				Merthyr Tydfil	Roman Run 16	3 Sep 11
Mar	2:41:02			2:41:02	3				Llanberis	Snowdonia Marathon	29 Oct 11
55KMT	3:29:55				1				Anglesey	Commonwealth Ultra-Trail Running Championships 55K	25 Sep 11
ZXC	30:32				8				Swansea	Gwent League	4 Dec 11
ZXC	32:18				1				Brecon	Gwent League	12 Feb 11
ZXC	34:09				11				Bath	Gwent League	13 Nov 11
ZXC	34:37				6				Bridgend	Gwent League	9 Oct 11
2010 V35 Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	15:08				1				Bridgend	Merthyr Mawr Lane 5K	26 May 10
5K	15:10				1				Cardiff	Ssafa 5K	21 Jul 10
SHORT5K	14:32				10	E			Mountain Ash	Nos Galan 5K (Short course)	31 Dec 10
parkrun	15:08				2			1	Cardiff Blackweir Park	Cardiff parkrun 5K Event 120	12 Jun 10
4M	20:01				2			1	Redwick	Chepstow H Rose Inn 4 Series	11 May 10
5M	25:31				4				Glynneath	Glynneath 5	26 Dec 10
8.663KL	27:27				13	L5			Sutton Park	ERRA National Men's 12 Stage Road Relays (Long Legs)	17 Apr 10
10K	30:44			30:44	9				Cardiff	Cardiff 10K	12 Sep 10
10K	30:48				1				Aberdare	Aberdare 10K	4 Jul 10
10K	31:10				1				St. Donats	Atlantic College 10K	21 Mar 10
10K	31:35				3				Yeovil	Yeovil Easter Bunny 10K	5 Apr 10
10K	33:11				1				Tredegar	Parc Bryn Bach 10K	11 Apr 10
SHORT10M	52:04				1				Pontypridd	Pontypridd Reverse 10	21 Feb 10
HM	66:59				14				Barcelona, ESP	Mitja Marató de Barcelona	14 Feb 10
HM	72:16			72:16	37				Bath	Bath Half Marathon	7 Mar 10
SHORTHM	67:15			67:15	9				Cardiff	Cardiff Half Marathon (193m short)	17 Oct 10
20M	1:52:58				1				Merthyr	San Domenico 20	28 Mar 10
Mar	2:22:17				1				Boddington	Boddington Marathon	19 Jun 10
Mar	2:36:24			2:36:24	1				Llanberis	Snowdonia Marathon	30 Oct 10
2009 V35 Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	15:02				5			1	Cardiff	SSAFA 5K	20 May 09
5K	15:09				3				Cardiff	Ssafa 5K	24 Jun 09
4M	19:19				1			1	Redwick	Rose Inn 4M	14 Jul 09
4M	19:41				2				Redwick	Rose Inn 4M	9 Jun 09
4M	19:43				1				Redwick	Rose Inn 4M	12 May 09
10K	30:41				2				Ilchester	Yeovilton Easter Bunny 10K	13 Apr 09
10K	30:44				1				Aberdare	Aberdare 10K	5 Jul 09
10K	30:51				2				Swansea	Swansea Bay 10K	27 Sep 09
10K	31:13				1				Merthyr Tydfil	Merthyr Police 10K	23 Aug 09
10M	51:33				1		1	1	Pontypridd	Pontypridd Reverse 10	22 Feb 09
HM	65:47	c			6				Bristol	Bristol Half Marathon	6 Sep 09
HM	66:52				8				Bath	Bath Half Marathon	15 Mar 09
HM	68:55				2				Orvault, FRA	Semi-Marathon d'Orvault	8 Mar 09
20M	1:58:17				1				Merthyr Tydfil	San Domenico 20	22 Mar 09
Mar	2:19:48			2:19:48	18				London	London Marathon	26 Apr 09
Mar	2:24:44			2:24:44	30				Berlin, GER	Berlin Marathon	20 Sep 09
ZRDL	72:08				1			1	Caernarfon	Castles Relay	13 Jun 09
ZXC	32:44				7				Bridgend	Gwent League	11 Oct 09
ZXC	34:00				6				Brecon	Gwent League	14 Feb 09
2008 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10K	30:47				2				Cwmafon	Corus Richard Burton 10K	6 Jan 08
10M	51:47				1				Lampeter	Teifi 10	23 Mar 08
10M	52:09				2				Pontypridd	Pontypridd Reverse 10	3 Feb 08
HM	66:37				25				Marrakech, MAR	Marrakech Marathon / Half Marathon	27 Jan 08
HM	66:41				4				Bath	Nationwide Bath Half Marathon	16 Mar 08
HM	69:17				1				Llanelli	Llanelli Waterside Half Marathon	2 Mar 08
HM	69:38				4				Cardiff	Cardiff Half Marathon	19 Oct 08
Mar	2:20:28			2:20:28	22				London	Flora London Marathon	13 Apr 08
ZXC	25:45				8				Edinburgh	UK:A Home International	29 Mar 08
ZXC	33:50				12				Cardiff	Cardiff Cross Challenge	20 Jan 08
ZXC	37:51				1				Swansea	Welsh Cross Country Championships	24 Feb 08
ZXC	42:21				6				Pontypool	Police Sport UK Championships	6 Feb 08
2007 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
4KXC	12:43				12				Bristol	BMC Cross Country Classic	18 Nov 07
5K	14:57				3				Mountain Ash	Nos Galan 5K	31 Dec 07
5K	15:00				2				Bridgend	Merthyr Mawr Lane 5K	30 May 07
5K	15:00				2				Cardiff (Blackweir)	SSAFA 5K	25 Jul 07
5M	24:46				1				Glynneath	Glynneath 5	26 Dec 07
10K	30:12				5				Barcelona, SPA	Barcelona 10K	4 Mar 07
10K	30:24				4				Leeds	Leeds Abbey Dash 10K	25 Nov 07
10K	30:34				37				Manchester	Great Manchester Run	20 May 07
10K	31:02				1				Cwmafan	Richard Burton Memorial 10K inc Welsh 10K Champs	14 Jan 07
10K	31:19				15				Cardiff	City of Cardiff 10K	9 Sep 07
10K	32:25				1				Merthyr Tydfil	Merthyr Police 10K	19 Aug 07
10M	50:06				1				Pontypridd	Pontypridd Reverse 10	4 Feb 07
10M	51:58				1				Hereford	Hereford Leisure Centre 10	17 Jun 07
HM	65:47				5				Bath	Bath Half Marathon	25 Mar 07
HM	69:56				1				Launceston	Launceston Half-marathon	1 Jul 07
HMDH	73:00				6				Pontypool	Tour of Torfaen Half Marathon	28 Oct 07
Mar	2:20:26				13		13		London	Flora London Marathon	22 Apr 07
ZXC	33:32				1				Bridgend	Gwent League	2 Dec 07
ZXC	33:48				2				Swansea	Gwent League	13 Oct 07
2006 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10000	30:43.2				1				Neath	Welsh 10000m Championships	23 Aug 06
5K	14:54				1				Bridgend	Merthyr Mawr Lane 5km	31 May 06
5K	14:55				1				Cardiff (Bute Park)	Ssafa Forces Help 5km Series	26 Jul 06
5K	15:00				2				Hereford	Hereford Leisure Centre 5km	8 Jun 06
5K	15:06				2				Cardiff (Blackweir)	Ssafa Forces Help 5km Series	21 Jun 06
5M	24:28				1				Glynneath	Glynneath 5	26 Dec 06
10K	30:00				6				Leeds	Leeds Abbey Dash	26 Nov 06
10K	30:47				1				South Wales	Merthyr Police 10km	20 Aug 06
10K	31:02				1				Llanelli	Llanelli 10km	25 Jun 06
10K	32:14				1				Ceredigion	Cardigan Mayor's 10km	12 Aug 06
10M	49:38				15				Portsmouth	Great South Run	22 Oct 06
10M	49:50				1				Pontypridd	Pontypridd Roadents Reverse 10	5 Feb 06
HM	65:33				4				Reading	Asics Reading Half Marathon	9 Apr 06
HM	65:39				5				Bath	Nationwide Bath Half Marathon	19 Mar 06
HM	66:38				4				Nottingham	Experian Robin Hood Half Marathon	10 Sep 06
HM	73:21				1				Launceston	Launceston Half Marathon	2 Jul 06
Mar	2:18:41				23		23		London	London Marathon	23 Apr 06
Mar	2:23:09				13				Toronto, CAN	Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon	24 Sep 06
2005 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	14:48				1				Bridgend	MERTHYR MAWR LANE 5km	1 Jun 05
5K	14:56				1				Blackweir	NIKE SSAFA FORCES HELP 5km SERIES Blackweir, Cardiff	25 May 05
5K	14:57				2				Swansea	SWANSEA 5km	12 Jul 05
5K	14:58				1				Cardiff	TY GEORGE HOSPICE 5km Cardiff	22 May 05
5K	15:48				2				Mountain Ash	NOS GALAN 5km	31 Dec 05
5M	24:38				1				Glynneath	GLYNNEATH BOXING DAY 5	26 Dec 05
10K	31:06				1				Llanelli	Llanelli 10k	26 Jun 05
10K	31:12				1				Merthyr	MERTHYR POLICE 10km	21 Aug 05
10K	31:21				19				Cardiff	HSBC CITY OF CARDIFF 10km Cardiff	4 Sep 05
10K	31:22				22				Leeds	ABBEY DASH 10km	27 Nov 05
10K	32:57				1				Plymouth	Plymouth 10K	14 Aug 05
10M	49:41				5				Ballycotton, IRE	Ballycotton, IRE	6 Mar 05
10M	50:57				1				Brecon	Brecon 10	7 Aug 05
HM	66:28				8				Bath	Bath Half Marathon	20 Mar 05
HM	67:33	a			24		23		South Shields		18 Sep 05
Mar	2:26:50				12				Kosice, SLO	KOSICE MARATHON, SLO	2 Oct 05
2004 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	15:29				2				Cardiff	NIKE SSAFA FORCES HELP 5km SERIES Cardiff	23 Jun 04
10K	30:22				4				Swansea	SWANSEA BAY 10km	3 Oct 04
10K	30:29				7				Cardiff	KRUF CARDIFF 10km	5 Sep 04
10K	30:40				1				Llantwit Major	ATLANTIC COLLEGE 10km Llantwit Major	15 Feb 04
10K	30:47				1				Merthyr	MERTHYR POLICE 10km	22 Aug 04
10K	32:30				1				Abertillery	LEISURE CENTRE 10km	6 Jun 04
10M	50:31				5				Ballycotton, IRL	BALLYCOTTON 10	7 Mar 04
10MMT	58:43				1				Cirencester	CHEDWORTH ROMAN TRAIL 10	4 Apr 04
HM	65:34				5				Bristol	Bristol Half Marathon	12 Sep 04
HM	66:33				19				Reims, FRA	Reims, FRA	17 Oct 04
HM	66:44				10				Bath	BATH HALF-MARATHON	14 Mar 04
HMSPLIT	69:10	+			m				London	London Marathon	18 Apr 04
Mar	2:26:08				56				London	London Marathon	18 Apr 04
2003 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
Mar	2:24:32				1				Cardiff	CARDIFF Mar	28 Sep 03
ZXC	39:41				1				Bristol	Gwent League 4 - Blaise	1 Feb 03
2002 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	4:01.97				9				Newport	WELSH Champs Newport	8 Jun 02
3000	8:27.52				9	A			Street	BMC PB Classic	6 May 02
5000	14:53.7				2				Aberdare	WALES SELECT v PENN Uni Aberdare	15 Jun 02
5000	15:08.74				4				Edinburgh	BAL D3 Meadowbank	6 Jul 02
5000	15:10.3				6				Cardiff	D3 Cardiff	19 May 02
Mar	2:23:21				30				London	London Marathon	14 Apr 02
Mar	2:44:06				53				Athens	Athens	3 Nov 02
2001 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	3:59.9				5	B			Watford	BRITISH ATHLETICS LEAGUE Division Two Watford	2 Jun 01
5000	14:31.21				2	B			Wythenshawe	BMC	23 May 01
5000	14:37.2				2				Watford	BRITISH ATHLETICS LEAGUE Division Two Watford	2 Jun 01
5000	14:53.44				4				Edinburgh	EDINBURGH INTERNATONAL GAMES Meadowbank	25 Aug 01
5000	14:58.51				3				Cardiff	BAL DIVISION TWO Leckwith Stadium, Cardiff	8 Jul 01
10000	30:55.5				2				Barry	WELSH CHAMPIONSHIPS Barry	8 Aug 01
10000	31:11.84				20				Watford	BMC	9 Jun 01
ZXC	40:47				7				Cardiff	Welsh XC Championships	25 Feb 01
2000 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	8:27.9				9	B			Cardiff	BMC Grand Prix	5 Jul 00
10000	30:43.04				21				Watford	BMC Grand Prix	22 Jul 00
1998 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	8:17.40				12	A			Cardiff	BMC Grand Prix	15 Jul 98
3000	8:29.65				13	A			Swindon	BMC Grand Prix	24 Jun 98
3000	DNS					B			Wythenshawe	BMC Grand Prix	3 Jun 98
4000	11:22.6				5				Street	BMC Regional Races	4 May 98
5000	14:39.4				3				Watford	-	4 Jul 98
1997 SEN Cardiff
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	8:26.7				8	B			Swindon	BMC Grand Prix	7 Aug 97

Total Performances: 214 (10 awaiting approval)

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