The Lab 22 Hospitality vs 10K Challenge returns this September with a target of raising £10,000 for local children’s charity Dreams & Wishes.
Now in its third year, the initiative was started by Lab 22 owner Tani Hasa and will see more than 100 runners representing 30-plus Cardiff-based hospitality businesses take part this year.
Hasa said: “The first year was about convincing people who would never normally sign up for a 10K that they could do it. Three years later, some of those people are proper runners. They’re signing up for other races, running together and telling us what a difference it has made to their mental health.
“Hospitality can become a cycle of working, drinking and sleeping if you're not careful. This has given people something completely different to connect over, and we've seen friendships and communities develop between people who might never otherwise have met.”
The first Hospitality vs 10K raised more than £6,000 for the charity, while last year’s event generated more than £10,000.
Lab 22's Meg Lewis, Sam Lloyd and Tani Hasa
Lab 22 funds entries as well as providing every runner with a personalised T-shirt and a Hospitality vs 10K lanyard.
If you would like to take part contact Lab 22 or to donate visit the Hospitality x 10K Just Giving page.
Hasa and the Lab 22 team are also looking to take the 10k challenge on tour - including in London during CLASS Week - encouraging hospitality communities elsewhere to come together around running, wellbeing and local charitable causes.