The Day Leeds Came Out to Cheer for Rob – Review of the Leeds Marathon 14th May 2023
I will remember this marathon forever. I knew it was going to be a good one. The second it was announced after a 20 year hiatus, I pounced on purchasing my ticket, and got the number 800! I’d grown up as a kid in Leeds, attended Leeds schools (St. Urban’s Primary and Cardinal Heenan High) and looked at runners then as other worldly human beings, people who must have had a screw loose! I left Leeds in 2006/7 for various reasons but to sum it up, I’d had so many bad experiences from ages 15-24 I just had to get out of there and restart my life. I know that sounds dramatic, but 20 years later I’ve started to talk more about what happened. If you’d like to know more, check out one of my recent interviews here . Moving to Manchester was one of the best decisions of my life and it’s now my home. It was there I found running (or it found me!) and started my own beginner running club and charity, called the MileShyClub . When I started running in 2009, I knew th...
