A Leeds University student has raised over £1,000 after completing a series of mini-marathons to help fund her grandmother’s cancer treatment in Ukraine. Second-year International Development undergraduate, Natasha Mykhalchenko crossed the finishing line of her final 7k run […]
Student takes marathon challenge for RAG
Leeds RAG member and Civil Engineering Postgraduate, Matthew Haythornthwaite, is to run marathons between October 2014 and October 2015. Matthew, who will continue to study whilst completing the challenge, aims to raise £10,000 for St […]
Sport | Opinion – Fantastic Farah deserves Sports Personality award
As we approach this year’s BBC Sports Personality Awards, it seems a formality that the main prize is Andy Murray’s for the taking after becoming the first male British winner at Wimbledon since Fred Perry […]
Women Runners shine in Man Marathon
3/5/13 Jocelyn Payne Manchester Marathon Sunday April 28 saw the streets of the Trafford borough of Manchester filled with 7,000 runners, 5,000 of whom finished the Greater Manchester Marathon. The course had been altered since […]
Marathon girls honored
Two Leeds students have been named ‘Fundraisers of the Year’ by road safety charity Brake. Georgia Mann and Sophie Macrae raised over £19,000 running the London Marathon April last year. Speaking to Leeds Student about […]