Abbey Runners - Leeds

14/08/2025

Lovely race - MVT 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳

If the excitement has hit since we announced the date of TNT entries opening and you’re needing that trail fix why not give meanwood valley trail a go? Hosted by our friends at Valley Striders, it’s another local race and there’s even a beer waiting for you at the end!
31st august, entry via racebest

06/07/2025

🛡 🏆 NEW CLUB AWARD INTRODUCED! 🏆🛡

This year marked the first time we awarded a special prize to the club with the most finishers, and what a fantastic turnout we had! 🎉

We’re thrilled to announce that the very first holders of the shield are…
🥁 NIDD VALLEY ROAD RUNNERS (Harrogate) 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Absolutely amazing to see so many of you out there 🧡🧡🧡
Your energy, support, and team spirit were unbeatable, well done, team! 👏👏👏

Here’s to starting a brand new tradition! 🥳

06/07/2025

🚨 NEW COURSE RECORD ALERT! 🚨
📣 History has been made this morning! 🎉🎉🎉

After 13 years, the long-standing men’s course record set in 2011 by Yared Hagos (⏱ 51:18, Bradford Airedale) has finally been broken! 💥

🏃‍♂️🔥 Yohanes Ghebrehergis from Leeds City AC stormed the course today and set a new record time of 5️⃣0️⃣:3️⃣6️⃣ — absolutely incredible running! 💪👏

Huge congratulations, Yohanes! 👑
And thank you to everyone who came out to support — what a day to remember!

17/05/2025

Today is EUROVISION 🎶🎷🎸🎺🥁🪇 but is also the day that Joel Rhule-Samuel ran the whole LCW, yes, the full LCW loop, 100km.

He did it to raise money for Maggie's Yorkshire , and he went above his own target.
MAGGIES is a charity that supports people facing cancer, and they definitely will be able to keep helping with this money raised today.
You can still donate here if you feel like you can contribute 🪙🪙💰

🔗https://maggies.enthuse.com/pf/joel-rhule-samuel

Joel's day started super early, waking up at 4.30am, and starting his journey at Golden Acre Park car park, setting of at 5.30am.
He finished it just after 8pm. LONG DAYYYYY out and about.
He, luckily, got many friends and family supporting him. Cheerleading, food, drinks, providing the mental encouragement, running with him, all the logistics, etc. A huge team effort.

Abbey Runners - Leeds organised themselves to cover all the legs with him, taking turns on each leg handover. He didn't run a single leg on his own.

Thank you Thomas Rogerson Simon Jones Liam Jenkins Charlotte Knowles Andrea Cobo Ibáñez and Tom Bysouth for all the support.

Now ready for bed.

CONGRATULATIONS 🌟🌟🎊🎊🌟🌟

15/05/2025

Jack Bloor Race and Fund. ⛰️⛰️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏽🏃🏽
The key is not to get lost up there, and find the way back down 🧭🫣

03/03/2025

Abbey Runners have successfully completed another PECO season 👏🏽 🙌🏽 👌🏽

🥇 WINNERS in the Ladies Premier League (for consecutive year)
🥈 2nd place in the Men Premier League
🥈 Another very well deserved 2nd place in the Ladies Vets Premier Division.
🥉 And last, but not least, an amazing 3rd place in Men Vets Premier Division.

We are now ready to have some fun, in a much more relaxed atmosphere, next Sunday, in the Bramley Falls Park, where PECO Relays will take place. We are entering 12 senior teams 💪🏽💪🏽 and many more Junior teams.

All details here: https://www.pecoxc.co.uk/pages/team_results.html

21/12/2024

No stopping Abbeys in the run up to Christmas 🎄
Firstly, the annual lights run around Golden Acre Park (with chocolate elves!) and then over 40 Abbeys out on Thursday split between the city centre lights run and the joint seasonal session with our friends at Leeds Bradford Tri Club, and then a great turn out for the joint milestone Parkrun at Roundhay 😁

16/12/2024

ROY 👸🏼👑 Katy Bastin 👏🏽👏🏽

02/11/2024

Yesterday's night 5K club handicap 🏁🏁🏁
🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏽🏃🏼🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽🏃🏼🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏼🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽
Great running night followed by drinks at the Stables 🐴🐴
Well done everyone 👏🏽 and congratulations to Jasmine, our club's president, who wont the Collin Morath trophy 🏆🏆

27/10/2024

Recap 🌟🌟