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Runners from 30 Cardiff hospitality businesses are taking part in today’s event as part of the Lab 22 Hospitality vs 10K Challenge.

They are raising money for local children’s charity Dreams & Wishes.

Now in its third year, the initiative was started by Lab 22 owner Tani Hasa after he bought 30 race places in 2024 and offered them to people working in hospitality who might never previously have considered entering a 10K.

Those first spaces disappeared almost immediately. Tani bought another 30 and, ultimately, 62 people took part in the inaugural challenge. A year later, the group had grown to 100.

In 2026, 130 people are signed up, with runners coming from across Cardiff’s restaurants, cocktail bars, pubs, hotels and leisure venues.

People who had never run before the first event are now regular runners. Friendships have formed between people working in different venues and different parts of the industry. Training, races and wellbeing have become talking points across bars and restaurants in a sector where socialising has traditionally been more likely to revolve around going for a drink after a shift.

Lab 22 owner Tani said: “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.”