Caroline - As a runner with many years behind me people always ask are you going to do a marathon? My response was always no way, it’s too big a commitment and it’s really far! And then a marathon comes to my home city. I won’t say Vicky twisted my arm or anything but I definitely wouldn’t be doing it without her! Vicky is a great training partner (especially as a run usually ends with cake) and I’m very much looking forward to the journey that we’ll be going on together to cross that finish line.

The icing on this cake? Been able to support Rob Burrow and MND and raising vital funds for the Leeds Hospital Charity to help fund the building of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neuron Disease. 

Vicky – When the Leeds marathon was announced I didn’t have to think twice about signing up to what will be my second marathon. It’s entirely Caroline’s fault that I started running in the first place, back in 2014!  We have run a few races together over the years and since we started running together regularly in Covid times we’ve covered many miles around Leeds, but marathon distance will be a whole new challenge!
 

As a Leeds Rhinos fan, (I got married at Headingley Stadium), particularly in the treble winning era when Rob Burrow was a player, I was always going to run Leeds marathon to try to raise money to support Rob and MND and so we are raising money for the Leeds Hospital Charity to help fund the building of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neuron Disease.