Cardiff Marathon

[pxl8]

Hi folks,

Any Cardiff locals offer advice on a nice spot to take some shots of the marathon in a couple of weeks time?

Ideally I want a position to shoot after the start so I can watch most of the runners go by but still leave enough time to get back to the stadium for the finish of the 1/2 marathon runners (ie, inside of 2 hours).

Also, the blurb on the site says that the public will have access to level 4 and the runners area will be level 3 but the stadium site doesn't show what's what regarding levels. Any idea what shooting from level 4 to the finish line will be like?

Some details here: http://www.cardiffmarathon.org/route.htm

Cheers!

 

[chewyuk]

Pontcanna Fields is a personal favourite of mine, Cathedral Road is also a beautiful old Victorian Tree lined avenue which can take a good shot. It looks like they run through the castle grounds as well - so that's worth a scoot. Finally down in the new Cardiff Bay also works. So many .....

 

[chewyuk]

Thats also works with your start and finish, the bay is probably a bit far to get there and back walking in 2 hours. So I woudl shoot for Cathedral Road, Poncanna Filed and the Castle.