What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hot on the heels of their 100th run earlier this month, the Cross Flatts parkrunners are celebrating their second anniversary this coming weekend – with cake, yoga, and litter-picking! Cross Flatts parkrun is a free, weekly 5km run – at 9am every Saturday in Cross Flatts Park, in Beeston. Set
Trumpeter Emil Andrews played the theme tune from BBC’s athletics coverage as 103 runners set off on the 100th Parkrun event in Cross Flatts Park Beeston on Saturday (14 March 2015). Cross Flatts Parkrun is a weekly free, measured, timed 5km run or walk, held every Saturday at 9am. It
On Saturday 14 March 2015 the 100th Cross Flatts parkrun will be taking place. The parkrun is a free weekly, timed, 5km run that is open to people of all ages and abilities taking place at 9am every Saturday in Cross Flatts Park. It is a great way to keep
Twenty hardy souls turned up at Beeston Co-op tonight (10 February 2015) to take part in the inaugural run of the newly formed South Leeds Lakers running group. Newly trained run leader Ewan Mitchell explained that the group was for new runners and experienced runners. It builds on the Cross
Please support RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) this Christmas and take part in our festive, fun filled Santa Run! Starting at 10.30am on Sunday 7 December at Middleton Park, LS10 this event is set to get your heart racing! Everyone is welcome to take part in this festive
Going back to about February this year I joined the Parkrun team at Cross Flatts Park. Here is my story. Parkruns are all over the country; ones in Leeds are Cross Flatts, Roundhay Park, Temple Newsam Park and Hyde Park. They all start on Saturday morning at 9am local time.
A beginners’ running group starts on 60th anniversary of Roger Bannister’s world-first 4-minute mile. A new weekly radio show and running group at South Leeds Community Radio is hoping to encourage people in the area to take up running to boost their physical and mental wellbeing. The two-part initiative, called
My first time at parkrun in Cross Flatts Park was really good. My time was 00:49:24 which is good and I finished in 109th place so how’s that?Mind you I was walking with Kenneth Ingram from South Leeds Life and South Leeds Community Radio. Made some new friends down there
This Saturday (29 March 2014) sees the first anniversary of the Cross Flatts parkrun in Beeston. Over the past 12 months, over 600 people – of all ages, backgrounds and abilities – have taken part in Cross Flatts parkrun. The free, 5 km, timed run (or walk) takes place
Gemma Rathbone has been in touch with her experience of Cross Flatts parkrun: Most Saturday mornings I am out of bed by 8am, and out of the house 30 minutes later, heading to one of four parkrun events in Leeds. The 5k time trials – a race against the clock