Welsh Athletics Womens Running Conference 2026

Welsh Athletics are delighted to be hosting a Women’s Running Conference, in conjunction with the Run4Wales’ Newport Marathon Festival on Saturday 18th April 2026.

The day will be an inspiring and engaging event to celebrate the growth in women’s running and to explore specific female health topics relating to running.

Important information:

Travel

We encourage everyone to get to the event in the most efficient way possible, whether that’s using public transport or sharing a ride with others. Newport train station is just a 10 minute walk from the venue.

For further help on finding the event follow the what3words:

- Newport train station ///wicked.blame.mimic

- Parking - there are two car parks available nearby (please bear in mind that these are pay and display):

///wage.major.falls 

///such.flesh.heave 

- Main building ///extend.loud.tribal

parkrun

How about pairing the conference with some parkrun tourism? The closest event, Riverfront, is just around the corner: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/riverfront/