Yorkshire Marathon launch in pictures
Celebrities joined Mike Tomlinson in York today to launch the Yorkshire Marathon in memory of his late wife, Jane Tomlinson CBE.
Yorkshire marathon for Jane
Yorkshire is to get its own marathon in memory of late charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson CBE.
Thousands of walkers raise money for charity
Thousands of walkers take part in the Jane Tomlinson Walk for All in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Football star supports Run For All
Former England and Leeds United player Danny Mills is encouraging people to sign up for Run For All 10k events in Yorkshire.
The 10k events are part of the legacy of the late Jane Tomlinson CBE who raised almost £2m for charity by taking part in a series of incredible physical challenges, despite suffering from incurable cancer.
Danny said: “Jane Tomlinson was such an inspiration to so many people – me included. The 10Ks are part of her enduring legacy and I hope people are encouraged to take part in these fantastic events this Spring and summer.
"I’ve run the Leeds 10K a few times and I’m running again this year. The atmosphere is like nothing else and I’m really looking forward to it.”
Leeds 10k gets a make over
This year's Jane Tomlinson 10k run in Leeds has had a massive revamp- with a new route and carnival feel. The course promises to be flatter and faster and runners will be entertained to help spur them on as Lisa Walton reports.
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Brand new route for Leeds 10k
The new route for the Leeds 10k run, has been revealed today. Launched by the inspirational Jane Tomlinson in 2007, organisers say the race will be flatter and faster for 2013. It will start and finish in Leeds city centre and take in some of the city's most iconic landmarks.
It begins near the Grand Arcade in Vicar Lane and will go down through The Calls, past City Square and the famous Black Prince statue, along Wellington Street and onto Kirkstall Road
It then loops back on itself, bringing race goers back towards the Headrow for the grand finish outside Leeds Town Hall.
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Video: Ashley Jackson's tribute to Jane Tomlinson
Ashley Jackson has completed his tribute to Jane Tomlinson, a painting of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales, to be auctioned off for charity. He started the painting at the launch of the Jane Tomlinson Walk for All earlier this month.
RSPCA offer 25 more York marathon places
All places in the first ever York marathon may have sold out - but the RSPCA is offering 25 runners the chance to take part.
All 5,500 places in the event - organised by For All Events, the organisation set up by the family of charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson - sold out in three days.
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Yorkshire marathon sold out
The first ever Yorkshire marathon has sold out with 5,500 places being snapped up in three days. It is being held in October in memory of charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson.
Talks are now on going to see whether, in coming months, capacity can be increased a final time to 6,000, which would make a further 500 places available.
Thousands sign up for York marathon
Nearly all places for York’s first marathon have been filled in just two days.
The event, on October 20, is organised by a new company under the Jane Tomlinson’s For All Events umbrella. Entries have come from across the UK, France, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, the USA and even the Bahamas.
– A Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon spokesmanWe are absolutely thrilled with the response to the launch. We knew it would be popular, but even we could not anticipate entries flooding in quite as quickly as they have.
“The whole of Yorkshire and beyond has got behind the marathon – from runners, to the local authorities, the University of York right down to shopkeepers who have pledged to help support our athletes en route.”
Runners can raise funds for any cause of their choice or one of the event’s partner charities.
Over 3500 runners sign up for Yorkshire Marathon
More than 3500 thousand runners have already signed up for the first Yorkshire Marathon just 36 hours after it was launched.
Organiser Mike Tomlinson says he's never known one of the Jane Tomlinson For All events take off in this way and that the sign-up has already exceeded expectations. Runners from Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean have already bagged a place.
It takes place in York in October and is the biggest event in memory of Mike's wife Jane since she lost her battle with cancer in 2007.
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