A running club in Leeds is raising money to repair a well-used running track.
Runners of Crossgates Harriers have been gathering once a month for more than a year to repair the running track at Temple Newsam. It was secretary Richard Whitehouse who had approached Leeds City Council and Temple Newsam about the running track being unfit for purpose and offered to help raise the estimated £26,000 to £30,000 it would take to upgrade the facility. The club, which has about 150 runners, was then joined by running club St Theresa’s shortly after it started repairs.
“It's nice to see the improvements, but to do it properly, it needs the surface doing because it's got potholes in it.” The support runners have shown to the cause has been great, Richard said. He added: “People are bringing their kids to help. “It's not like a full day's work or anything like that. There's 15 to 20 people coming down on a Saturday morning for two hours each. It's nice. You get stuck in, it's weird. You're chatting away while you're doing it.
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