Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon 2025: Otley Mile 17

We met some of the spectators and captured some of the runners of the Rob Burrow Marathon 2025 at the 17-mile-mark in Otley.

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00:00We've come here to support my daughter and her boyfriend they're running for a charity that

00:06they're supporting cardiac risk in the young and we've watched them start near Headingley

00:14and then we've come over in the car to catch them at just after the midway point Joe's gone past

00:20he's running a little bit better pace than Phoebe we're looking forward to seeing her come around

00:24this bend and take this what looks like a mammoth hill. It's obviously the third year it's been

00:29run I'm an Otley resident and came down the first I'm a local I run for the local running club as

00:35well so the first year it was around I just came down to support friends and was just blown away

00:40by the amazing atmosphere and support around the course so I said I was going to do it the following

00:44year so I did it last year I had a pretty good I had a pretty good run and really really enjoyed my

00:48time so I thought I'll have another year off this year and support and probably run it again next year

00:53I'm here in the main to support my nephew Thomas O'Donnell he's run this Rob Burroughs

00:59for the since it started and today he's finished seventh overall I believe I'm not 100% certain but

01:05I know he's done very very well and him and his friends do a great amount of fundraising for this

01:12particular cause. We're here to support Western Port Charity we've got my mum's running group

01:18Huggies what is it called? Huggies. Huggies Running Club. They're all here running for their friend Kate

01:25who's unfortunately dying of cancer soon and they're all here to raise money. It's been pretty good we're

01:30here to support our old housemate Sebby Nicholson and our other mate Dylan Groves. Yeah the day's been

01:37good here nice weather. Love you. Yeah everyone's out supporting its class. Good to see them as well.

01:43Yeah they're giving it some as well. They love it. I did support my daughter Laura McNeil it's her first

01:50marathon and the atmosphere's been magical just like a big family everybody's happy. Yeah I mean it's been a

01:58great sunny day aren't it and you can see you know obviously there's people who are proper

02:04competent runners and those that are here to enjoy the day that are doing their best. We're here today

02:08supporting our friend Paula and she's running for Diabetes UK so really good cause and we know her

02:15because we're all part of the same Dragon Boat Racing Club which is the Yorkshire Sharks. She did the

02:20half marathon last year so she thought right this year I'm going to go all in I'm going to do like the full

02:24marathon and I've actually seen her doing some of her training and sometimes with all in silence

02:28stuff like this. I feel a bit bad because when I've been doing that I've been driving past in

02:31the car just like waving. She's absolutely smashed all the training. It's a really great atmosphere

02:35and it always is and yeah everyone's doing so well despite the heat. I think it just says a lot

02:41about Leeds as a city. I feel like just a community of Leeds. Everyone loves Leeds. Everyone helps each other

02:47like divided at all really. The achievement of all the runners uh whether they finish or not that just to

02:53take part is fantastic. First time I've been to watch a marathon absolutely loving it and looking forward

02:58to the rest of the race.