Dominic Shields

Dominic Shields
Position: Vice Chair
Role: To chair general meetings and committee meetings in the absence of the chair and to represent the club’s interests at regional and national forums.
Joined the club: 2023 although have been active in the South Wales running scene since 2007, started running seriously in 2005.
Place of birth: Cardiff
Favourite running distance: 5 km road, Category AS (short and pointy) fell.
Favourite race/ event: Llyn Y Fan (Fell), Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon (Road), Cardiff parkrun (obv.), The Scenic 7 used to be awesome before the Larch felling.
What you bring to the committee: The secret of organising things is knowing when to change things and when to leave them alone.
Interesting fact: The weight of the air enclosed by the structure of the Eiffel Tower is greater than the weight of the structure - learned this when in Paris for the 2008 marathon so not completely unrelated.