Running Fit Wakefield

What a brilliant night!!! A fabulous 25 of us hit the streets of Wakey, the highlight seeing our 3K group all smashing out exceptional 5K’s 👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉

Thanks to Avalon for coming to support our new runners on their first 3K’s and welcome to Segun, Lisa, Eleni & Daniel on their first ever RF runs 😁

Let’s see those maps folks and a HUGE good luck to all thos running the Great North Run & Vale of York half this weekend ☘️

Hey Fitties,

Not sure if you all know about the Run Together ‘Runner’ app that allows you to book or cancel sessions on the go!

Here is a picture, it’s in the App Store so download and register or log on as you as would with the website.

To find the group just search for Running & Walking Fit Yorkshire and then you can add to ‘Your Groups’. From there you can see all our sessions and book on!

Hey Fitties!

I am really looking forward to our jaunt out tomorrow as we are doing something a little special with our regular 3K runners!

Yes the time has come for us to step up to a nice steady supported 5K 🎉🎉

Worry not though any runners who want to start or stay at 3K, as we will still be running the route and as always you will have support 😁 this week my very experienced friend Avalon will be out on that route 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃🏻

Weather looking pretty kind but it can’t make its mind up, so no promises 😉🌦️ Route photos (3.3K, 5K & 7.5ish K) and booking link in the comments. I will email the links to routes to all who booked on tomorrow morning.

📍 Thornes Park - Holmfield carpark
📅 Wednesday 4th September
⏰ 18:30
💰 Free

Look forward to seeing you all then 😁

It might have been lacking in the forecasting sunshine this evening but flipping heck is was muggy! 🥵

Well done one and all on some great runs this evening. Let’s see those maps 😁

Evening Fitties!

It’s that time of the week again!! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏻

Routes to suit everyone with 3.3K, 6K & 8K with the weather looking a little on the warm side ☀️ so please remember to hydrate 💦 and pop on some suncream

For anyone new and considering joining us, we would love to see you. We have routes and paces for everyone and nobody is ever left behind.

📍 Holmfield entrance, Thornes Park
📅 Wednesday 28th August
⏰ 18:30
💰 FREE!!!

Routes & booking details in comments 😁

Perfect weather for a run, not too warm and a lovely cooling bluster 💨

Everyone did brilliantly, some stepping up to the next distance too so well done 👏🏻

Welcome to Val & Mel who settled right in and Jo well check you out, the improvement from last week was testament to your commitment and coming to 3 of our runs this last week 🫶🏻

We were at Pugneys yesterday where preparations for Sunday’s big 🐉 finale are well underway 🤩👏🏼👏🏼

We’ll be there doing free family games & activities 3-7pm ⛹🏻‍♀️🤼‍♂️🤾🏽‍♂️ but ** urgently needed ** 6 strong adults 💪🏽💪🏽 to be flag 🌟🌟bearers between 5-7pm 🌟🌟

Would you 💓💓 to play such a great part in this ?!

⏱️ Please contact us NOW to let us know! ⏱️

We’re also part of the Friday tea-time and Saturday lunchtime performance and looking forward to lots more of you joining us 😍 PM, tag or comment below for more info!

Daily event & travel links below ⬇️

Evening Fitties!

Looking forward to our midweek jaunt tomorrow 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏻

Routes to suit everyone with 3K, 5K & 7.5K with the weather looking pretty favourable if not a smidge blustery 💨

For anyone new and considering joining us, we would love to see you. We have routes and paces for everyone and nobody is ever left behind.

📍 Holmfield entrance, Thornes Park
📅 Wednesday 21st August
⏰ 18:30
💰 FREE!!!

Routes & booking details in comments 😁

Great turnout this evening and what a lovely evening it was too ☀️

All routes taken up this evening with some great efforts! Welcome Jo, you did great.

Let’s see those routes, as it appears some who knew where they were going didn’t exactly stay on plan 😉.

Don’t forget about the Hatchling event next weekend too. We would love you to be involved so check out the post on our pages and let us know if you can come along. Who wouldn’t want to see a dragon 🐉

Hey hey Fitties!

Wednesday is nearly here again!

This week we have a little longer stretch for our short distance at 3.5K, a 5.5K and a 7.5K 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻. Routes and booking link all in comments for your perusal 👀

Weather looks a little grey in the morning but don’t be fooled as it’s expected to clear up for the evening ☀️ Please don’t forget to hydrate and bring a drink for after 💦

For anyone new and considering joining us, we would love to see you. We have routes and paces for everyone and nobody is ever left behind.

📍 Holmfield entrance, Thornes Park
📅 Wednesday 14th August
⏰ 18:30
💰 FREE!!!

📣 Hey Fitties 📣 hope you’ve all had a fab weekend!

Are any of you around this bank holiday weekend? If you are, we have super exiting news!

has been given a very special VIP invitation to be involved in 🐉 event as part of Wakefield District’s OurYear2024 celebration 🥳 and we'd 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 you all to come with us 😍

There’s a link below if you haven’t heard about it yet

This is honestly absolutely massive! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing, we will 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 never see it happen in Wakefield again 💥

So, we haven’t all just been invited to go & watch. We’ve been 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 to take part 😳

Let us know if you can join us at any or all of the following opportunities;

⏰ Friday 23rd Aug 5-7pm
📍 Wakefield Bullring
❓ Either join the crowd (front row) or take part in a 5 min semi-static ‘cat & mouse game’, interacting with the newborn dragon (and us)

⏰ Saturday 24th Aug 11.30-1.30
📍 Westgate
❓Either join the crowd (front row) or take part in a very slow jog alongside the now teenage dragon - doing a kinda caterpillar thing where front goes to back & so on

⏰ Sunday 25th afternoon and/or evening
📍Pugneys
❓ No participation is required but we’ll be doing family activities by the play area all afternoon & the now adult dragon flies over the lake and off in the evening, which will be absolutely spectacular!

This is such a crazy thing but will be absolutely amazing to be a part of and - a massive compliment from Wakefield Council to invite us “in recognition of your contribution to local communities” 😍😭😍

Let us know in the comments if you'd love to join us. Speak to your Meet Lead or drop us a PM for more info! We can't wait 😁👏😁👏

Team RF 🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

Scroll down to watch the amazing video!

Our Year - The Hatchling The Hatchling is a ground-breaking outdoor theatrical performance that will unfold over a weekend of events in Wakefield 23 - 25 August 2024.

Great running tonight folks! Something for everyone with all the 3 routes (and the odd funky variations 🤪) being tackled and smashed 💥

I for one was most impressed by how upbeat and happy Andrew was when he finished 😉

Let’s see those maps folks!! 🗺️

Hey hey Fitties! Wednesday is nearly upon us, doesn’t it come round quick 😁

This week we have a 3K (yes I finally managed to map a round 3K!) a 5K and a 7.5K 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻. Routes and booking link all in comments for your perusal 👀

Temperatures are looking a little more manageable but please don’t forget to hydrate and bring a drink for after 💦

For anyone new and considering joining us, we would love to see you. We have routes and paces for everyone and nobody is ever left behind.

📍 Holmfield car park entrance, Thornes Park
📅 Wednesday 7th August
⏰ 18:30

Bit of a warm one this evening but still a great turnout and some distance personal records were achieved 🥇!!

Talking of personal records, I finally managed a session without a photo reminder 🥳

Love a bit of an out and back, as we all finish around the same time and get to cheer each other back in. It also has a sneaky way of distracting you from the distance you are running 🙄

Tonight this meant that our little 3K group all ran an impressive 5K 🙌 of which it was Victor’s first ever 🎉 🎉

Great running tonight folks! Let’s see those straight line maps 😂 for the distances not the routes obvs 🗺️

Hey Fitties,

Wednesday is nearly upon us and this one is looking like a warm one 🥵!!

Forecast as it is, please ensure you pop on the suncream, hydrate and bring water for after too 💦

We have one out and back route this week with the plan for everyone to do 20 or 25 mins then turn round and come back. That way, we all hopefully finish around the same time. The aim to have negative splits, so faster back than out 💨

Route in comments with the booking link 😁

Looking forward to seeing you all, remember, nobody ever left behind so come join us for a shuffle and a chit chat 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃🏻

📍Thornes Park, Holmfield entrance
📅 Wednesday 30th July
⏰ 18:30

What a lovely evening for a run, if not a little warm. All 3 routes tackled with style this week. Welcome to Tom who joined us for the first time and smashed the 8K.

One day I’ll remember the photo without a reminder 🤣

Let’s see those routes folks 😄

Good evening Wakey folks! 💥

Looking forward to our tootle out tomorrow 😁

The weather looks dry and a little cooler 😎 than it’s been but it still looks like a warm one ☀️ so please ensure you hydrate before, get that sun cream on and bring along some water 💦 for after.

We have 3 routes for enjoyment, all a smidge longer than the standard to give you a little stretch 🏃‍♀️ 🏃🏼 🏃🏻‍♂️ , a 3.3K, 6K & an 8ish 😉

If you are considering joining us for the first time 🥇 or a returner, tomorrow is the perfect time 👌. We have a real mix of distances and paces, be it super speedy 💨 to a very steady run, walk 🏃🏻‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️. The most important thing, nobody is ever left behind 🤩

📍 Thornes Park - Holmfield entrance lower car park 🚗
📅 Wednesday
⏰ 18:30

Looking forward to seeing you all then 🫶🏻

Oh and routes and booking link in comments

What a fab evening, although a slightly (as they say in Yorkshire) muggy one ☀️🥵

Great turnout with a real mix of 3K newbies and returners and the longer 7K routes and I even remembered to take the photo 📷 . Let’s just not mention the roll call warm up 🙄. One day I’ll get it all done in the right order 🤭

BIG well done to everyone, especially those doing their first runs or first runs in a while 👏🏻👏🏻 let’s see those maps in comments! See you all next week!!

Hi everyone hi 👋 Just to confirm; there won’t be a Sunday morning Wakey meet for the time being but you are very welcome to join us bright and early (08.30) at Running Fit Ossett!

🌟🌟 Sunday Superstars with Gareth 🌟🌟

What if I told you that between the hours of 8am and 11am is the only dry period on Sunday before 5pm. As I expect most of you will be a few drinks in by then ⚽️ Superstars is an absolute must for you surely??

I've got 3km, 5km and 7km routes plotted out, but let me know in the comments if you want any further and we can meet up beforehand for a few KM.

If you have been stalking us for a while - come and see us, see what its about and test us on our promises.

You are not too slow
You wont be holding anyone up
You don't need to be an athlete
Need to walk and take a breather? - absolutely fine!

3km - https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1968823

5km - https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1968834

7km - https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1968849

Booking Link - https://groups.runtogether.co.uk/RunningFitWestYorkshire/BookClass/2e99c081-2cb1-4fa3-92b2-acef098a78ab

🌎 - Gawthorpe, near Sally Army building
📅 - Sunday
⏰ - 8:30am

Get your run done with plenty of time to enjoy the rest of your day with well earned smugness 😅

What a lovely turnout for my first run out with you all!

We had takers for all 3 routes and everyone did brilliantly. Big shout outs to Maddie and Victor who joined us for the first time and both did amazingly well 👊

Little bit of a change on our warm up, more to come on that one when we don’t have an international football match to shoot off to after 😉 ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

And thank you to Keira or we wouldn’t have a group photo 😂 Pop your routes in the comments folks and see you all next week!

Wakey Wakey Wednesday Running Folk🤩

Kirstan here, kicking off our run sessions following the amazing work Keira has done for the past 3 years ❤️ Big boots to fill for sure!!

A little about me, I started running with the Ossett group 5 years ago, being 2 stone heavier, new to the area and not really fit enough to run to the end of my street. Since then I’ve slowly but surely increased my fitness and distances, which I know 100% I wouldnt have done without the support of this group.

2 years ago became a run leader, mostly covering for our amazing leaders who have fixed days, mostly because of my crazy job and amount of travel. Thankfully that changed recently so here I am!

As I’m a bit of a social butterfly (not as much as the hubby, if you have met him you will know 😉) I’ve run with both groups and supported with a few Wakey cover runs too. Hopefully for most that means you will know my face 😁

I will precursor the routes explaining that they are not what you call new and exciting but not being local, I will need to head out and do a recce or two so I can put some more varied routes together.

We do have a 3.3K, 5ish K and a 7.5K though so something for everyone!

So, if you are a regular, been watching the page a while or just wanting to get back out there, then we would love to see you. You will always be supported and nobody is ever left behind!

Holmfield Arms entrance car park at Thornes Park 18:30 tomorrow (Wednesday). 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻 routes and booking link in comments.

Hi everyone, Paula here 👋

Wakey Wednesday is taking a week off so there’s no meet tomorrow (3rd July) but we’ll be back from the 10th with the awesome Kirstan 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼

If you can’t wait that long to get your RF fix - head over to Running Fit Ossett where we have meets to suit absolutely everyone on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings as well as Sunday mornings 🌞

Check the full schedule in the App, follow the link in the comments below ⬇️ or just give the Page a good stalk 👀 😁

Have a fab week and we’ll see you all again soon!

Hi guys, just to let you know I’ve decided to cancel LRS this week as very few people booked on with most running Sheffield the day before or Barnsley 10k.

HOWEVER you can still get your RF fix with Running Fit Ossett meeting at Gawthorpe Academy at 0830 for Sunday Superstars with Gareth.

Enjoy my terrible RF selfie skills one last time with this pic of the first ever LRS 😁

So that’s me, over and out. It’s been a blast and I’ll see you all around - Keira xx 😘

Cor! That was a warm one ☀️🕶️

Definitely regretted plotting those hills but I can’t really moan as I know the 7.5k-ers had it harder 😅

Congrats to Holly Rae on your 100th Running Fit run. I’ve loved being alongside you for so many of your century! 💛

Well done to everyone who came out and joined me for my last time leading Wakey Wednesday. Let’s see those maps in the comments.

I know we’ll be very thin on the ground again on Sunday as so many are doing Round Sheffield the day before, plus it’s Barnsley 10k, but I’ll be here for my last RF Long Run Sunday. If you fancy joining me, it’s 9.30am in the usual spot and I’ll plot us a lovely route 😊

Hi everyone, Keira here 👋

It’s actually my last time leading Wakey Wednesday tomorrow before I hand you over to Kirstan.

So here’s a pic from our first ever Wakey Wednesday on 18 January 2022! Who can you spot?

There are two great routes in the comments along with the booking link. It’s set to be a warm one so make sure you dress lightly, bring a drink and take it nice and slowly.

See you tomorrow at 6.30 in the usual place.

We started off so clean & fresh 🤩

Together with Teamies from Fighting Fit & Running Fit Ossett we went on to combat 25 challenges over 12km;

From hills in the first mile to fire, lots of mud, icy muddy water, warm muddy water, hangy electricy, climbing, more climbing, running on grass, scrambling over mud & rocks under barbed wire, enclosed spaces with mud obvs & much more besides 😅

The best bit? As is the RF way - starting together, supporting each other & waiting for each other at the end 💕

Massive well done everyone & huge thanks to our Sam, Kris, Lorraine, Stuart & Vicki & co for the pics 💗

We did this today in support of an amazing local charity that feeds & clothes people who are homeless and in extreme need - Cap Care Wakefield 🙌🏼

If you are able to donate just a £1 or 2 🙏🏼 that would be greatly appreciated by them

👉🏼 https://gofund.me/4fb0518c

Thank you

Paula x

It was a somewhat pared back crew for this week’s Long Run Sunday, with so many people taking part in Total Warrior and Leeds 10k.

But the bonus was that we all ran together, with the boys slowing their pace and Pebbles and I significantly upping ours (🥵) to stick together as a group.

It was a hot but enjoyable one with a bit of town, countryside and a bit of trail. Let’s see those maps - including those of you who did your LRS somewhere else!

I don’t think there will be many of us for this week’s Long Run Sunday, but I’ve plotted a cracker of a route for us anyway.

A really nice little 10k awaits. Meeting in the usual spot at 09:30. Route and booking links are in the comments.

Best of luck to all the crazy people doing Total Warrior tomorrow, and those taking on the Leeds 10k - will look forward to seeing your pics and maps!