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Clay Shaw Butler accountant Amanda Russell completed the Cardiff half marathon. She joined a team of six other runners raising money for a small country in west Africa called Burkina Faso. Amanda said: "I finished in 1 hour 57 minutes and so far we have raised more than £3000 for the Burkina Faso project, although we are still pushing to reach our group target of £5000 and there’s still time to give at  http://www.justgiving.com/teams/BurkinaFaso "You can also donate by texting FASO50 £5 to 70070. You can change the amount to any sum you want to give. "There was an amazing atmosphere in Cardiff on what turned out to be a dry and fresh morning. There was plenty of hustle and bustle before we started and I bumped into numerous well-known faces on the journey up to the start line. "The crowd of runners was daunting and the water stations were eventful, ducking, diving and jumping over bottles! Everyone was in high spirits around the course and the spectator...

Six Men of Gwent are getting ready to complete a half marathon challenge in aid of the Healing The Wounds charity. The six are all soldiers with the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, based in Cwmbran. They will be taking part in the Cardiff half marathon on Sunday (October 16). The team leader is Lance Corporal Graham Betty, who said the soldiers were looking forward to raising money for Healing The Wounds, the Welsh charity which helps treat victims of PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder. “We’ve been in training for this and are relishing the challenge,” Lance Corporal Betty said. The team members are - Sapper Mark Smith, Lance Corporal Graham Betty (PTI), Sergeant Rod Williams, Sapper Barry Saunders, Sapper Neil Rees, Corporal Roy Godwin and Lance Corporal Tony Webb. Lance Corporal Betty added: “We decided to raise money for Healing The Wounds after reading about the great work it does helping to treat PTSD victims. “They are based in Wales, which means that victims of PTSD get t...