over 10,000 join leeds abbey dash

The Abbey Dash, from outside Leeds Town Hall to the remains of Kirkstall Abbey and back, took place on Sunday 30 November with over 10,000 again taking part and a high quality elite field with the race incorporating this year the England Athletics 10k Championships.
 
Originally set up by a charity fundraiser for Leeds Mind in 1984, for the majority of its over forty year life the race raised funds for charities working with the aged, originally Help the Aged who would later merge with Age Concern to form Age UK, although it seems now to have been subsumed by the Jane Tomlinson Run for All Foundation and incorporated into their calendar of Yorkshire based events.
 
This year’s race was won by St. Albans AC runner James McMurray in 28 minutes 52 seconds with Poole AC runner Melissa Courtney-Bryan taking the women’s race in 31:37.
 
Peter Smallcombe was 16th in 30:16 and it was also good to see triathlete Dan Dixon starting his return to competitive action once again after a long time out with injury and 836th in 38:43.
 
Leeds Abbey Dash