A Walk in the Park
3/5/13 Matthew Evans Race Walking Race walking may not have the prestige or the participation levels that other athletics events enjoy, however the University of Leeds can now boast that it houses the national champion after neuroscience student Bethan Davies finished first at the UK race walking championships. Davies participated in the 20km race walk, [...]
Running Round-up
Matthew Evans 1/3/2013 Cross Country This weekend saw various running events taking place across the country with a number of cross country members representing the University of Leeds. A handful made the journey up to the last big event of the season – the English National Cross Country Championships in Sunderland. There were some good [...]
Leeds’ Raven Warded off Gold
This weekend proved to be a successful one, in what has proved to be a fruitful season so far for LUUCCC. A sunny saturday afternoon marked the Braids Hill fell race in Edinburgh which consisted of a 3 mile loop which involved running up to a summit via testing climbs and then back down [...]
Crookes shepherds in a silver
Last Saturday was Leeds University Cross Country Club’s latest expedition, this time to Durham, which provided a challenging course that had both road and muddy track sections, and a tough hill at about 2km. It was one 4.5km lap for the ladies and a lap and a bit (including a double ascent of the [...]
Cross Country Team Wether’ The Storm
Last Saturday marked the return of the cross country season for the University, with a good group of runners taking part in the West Yorkshire League. The race took place in Wetherby over a tough undulating course that was 7km for the women and 9km for the men. In the women’s race was made [...]
Leeds hit the road
Cross-country Ed Prickett Relays, Nottingham LUUCC men placed 10th LUUCC women placed 13th Next Race: Berlin Half Marathon 3rd April The Ed Prickett Relays were previously known as Nottingham Relays, and fit within the University series of relay races of which LUUCCC have taken part in at Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and Birmingham Universities in 2010/2011. [...]
Sunday: not the day of rest in Leeds
LUU Cross Country member Jocelyn Payne reveals how the a Sunday morning run will completely change your opinion of ‘Fat Britain’.
Uni are born to Run
With the UK Abbey Dash meaning the runners Leeds were able to put out was depleted, the Uni teams nevertheless put in another good performance that suggests that their growth over the season will lead to a strong finish to the season. A number of alumni members and the first race since being named British [...]
Early season positives for runners
The first race of Leeds University Union Cross Country Club’s season was the annual Manchester Relays on Saturday 9th October. This is a team race against other universities, alumni teams and local clubs, which generates much friendly competition between teams from year to year. The men’s teams consisted of six runners and the women’s of [...]