One of the owners of long-standing running shop Run and Become, which stood for 22 years on St Mary Street in Cardiff, has opened up on the reasons for the shop's closure. The Cardiff branch shut its doors for good in July, leaving the London branch as Run and Become's sole remaining location.
The shop had become just as well-known for its friendly advice on gait and running shoes as it was for the actual products, but the shop closed for a number of reasons - including business rates that left them with an unworkable bill.
Managing director and co-owner Shankara Smith told WalesOnline: "Closure was a sad decision but also the right one for us at this time. We loved our time in Cardiff (we first opened on Wood Street in 2000).
