More than 1,000 on the run... and all are superheroes
More than 1,000 children and parents took part in the Jane Tomlinson's Arena Group Junior and Mini Run yesterday.
In the 2.5K junior run Dominic Owens, 12, and Katie Offord, 11, were the first boy and girl home.
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Hide AdThe 1.5K mini run was won by brother and sister Jacob and Dionne Ellis, both 8.
The secondary school team challenge was won by Cockburn High School and the primary school winner was St Paul's RC Primary.
Money raised for the Jane Tomlinson Appeal will help pay for the refurbishment of the children's waiting area in the paediatric x-ray and ultra sound department at LGI.
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Hide AdThree-year-old Zoe Arnold from Methley, Leeds, took part in the mini fun run with her parents Andrea and Jon. Zoe, who has Down's syndrome, was born with a hole in her heart and had surgery at three weeks old.
Zoe and her family were fundraising for both the paediatric X-ray and ultrasound department and the children's heart surgery ward at LGI.
Yesterday's children's run was staged in conjunction with the Leeds Half Marathon event.
The Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10k takes place on Sunday July 4. Details at www.runforall.com