{"id":665944,"date":"2026-01-01T02:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/665944\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T02:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:41:16","slug":"footballer-jess-fishlock-appears-as-2025-nos-galan-mystery-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/665944\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballer Jess Fishlock appears as 2025 Nos Galan mystery runner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Founded in 1958 by Bernard Baldwin, Nos Galan is a 3.1-mile (5km) race around Mountain Ash town centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">World champion boxer Lauren Price was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cvg6m771gqqo.amp\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last year&#8217;s mystery runner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The race tradition sees a famous sportsperson, whose identity is kept secret until the night, lay a wreath on the grave of legendary runner Guto Nyth Br\u00e2n, who died in 1737.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stories about his achievements are mixed with legend, including claims he could catch wild hares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The annual event stopped in 1973 due to concerns around traffic delays, but it was resurrected in 1984 with family friendly and elite races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking at the event, councillor Ann Crimmings of the Nos Galan committee said they were all &#8220;pinching themselves&#8221; watching the &#8220;legendary&#8221; Jess Fishlock run into the town with the Nos Galan torch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;She is an inspiration to so many and I am sure there were many little girls \u2013 and boys \u2013 in the crowd who share the same ambitions and beliefs in themselves as she does,&#8221; said Ms Crimmings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;What a role model she is for them all,&#8221; she added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Founded in 1958 by Bernard Baldwin, Nos Galan is a 3.1-mile (5km) race around Mountain Ash town centre.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-665944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115817538353261558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}