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Its Grim Up North Running

Oktoberfest

Rodley Cricket Club, Canal Bank Sports Ground, Moss Bridge Road, Rodley, Leeds, LS13 1RL

Its Grim Up North Running

Oktoberfest

Rodley Cricket Club, Canal Bank Sports Ground, Moss Bridge Road, Rodley, Leeds, LS13 1RL

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Overall Rating

4.7/ 5

48 reviews
Would you recommend it to others? Yes
How did you rate the scenery? 5/5
How did you rate the atmosphere? 5/5
How did you rate the organisation? 5/5
Do you think this was friendly to beginners? Yes

Archie Riley

Very Friendly atmosphere

Well organised, friendly route and great selection of post- race goodies

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
Robert Locker

Great event & lots of freebies

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
Laura Higton

Great little run!

This was the second event I’ve done with IGUN and it was just as fab as the first! Great organisation, lovely people running it, really good atmosphere overall

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
Tracy Atkinson

Well organised, great route, great post race food and drinks and love the bottle opener medal!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
Kathryn Ward

One of the nicest events I’ve ever done

Having come from Sheffield by myself, I would definitely book another event with Grim up north running. Everyone was lovely and so welcoming and the selection of food at the end was great and very generous

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
Steven Doyle

Great run as always, well organised, lots of food , and great medal.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
Andy Dobb

Excellent!!

Amazing event… really well organised, lovely run!!

And soooo many snacks at the end!!

Will be back!!

Thank you.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
Damian Mcintyre

A great run!

Always enjoy Grim runs, this one was no exception, loved the new medal which appropriately doubles as a bottle opener!

Already recommended it to my running club.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Sep 2026
David Darton

Friendly flat scenically good canal side run

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Paul Ritchie

Relaxed Event

I see some of my potential criticisms have already been mentioned. Great route, great medal, good venue with plenty of food and drink supplied post run. I felt a lack of fanfare when I finished my half, but I fully appreciate the Clapham Junction nature of having 5 concurrent events starting, passing and finishing on the same mat, can't be easy to follow. That's my only minor criticism because I love the Grimmers and the flexibility of these races.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you for your review, I agree with your comment with regards to having a somebody at the start/finish/crossing mat area. There will definately be an extra marshal at the next event.

Jenny Cooper

Lovely location

Pros- Location was lovely, great if you don’t want to take part in a big high profile event, ability to get together with friends after for drinks/snacks. Cons- Route Signs not great, turning points not officially marked, no medical staff on route and at times you can be all alone.No one greeted me with my medal I had to go looking for it and no distance lanyards for the medals, everyone gets the same.
My friends 10k results have not been published which is terrible.
Summary -I would run again for the locations but lots that can be improved based on the cost.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you for your feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed the location. Please bear in mind we're a very small company and our medal lanyards are generic, otherwise we'd be wasting lots of medals. All our staff are Sports First Aid trained that were on the course, I should perhaps make that clear at the briefing. Due to being a small company, the nature of our runs is that you'll spend time alone. I agree with some of your other comments and I will use your feedback to improve on next years event. Thank you and we hope to see you again :-)

Jason Berry

Nice flat scenic route

Very welcoming run, good facilities at start and finish. Turn around point poorly manned and not enough guidance for longer distance runners causing issues. No 10k times results posted, all other distances posted. Runners and spectators stood in groups on start / finish line making thing difficult. Double parking in car park so had to wait 30 minutes to get out after. Nice run, just needs a little more organisation

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Results can take up to 24 hours to be online. Thank you for your feedback. I'll take it on board and hopefully things will be improved for next year.

Samantha Slatter

Scenic route

Lovely route
Very well organised
Fab facility
Great medal

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you :-)

Jackie Bywater

This was a great event.

If anything to comment on I was unsure where the turnround point was to return to the start.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you for your feedback :-)

Peter Mooney

Enjoyed it

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you :-)

Johannes Rosenthal

Lovely people, well organised, great attention to detail -like the German food!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you :-)

Dan Newton

Friendly Running Company

A lovely scenic route along the Leeds to Liverpool canal

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thanks Dan :-)

Emily Rackham

Great event, dead friendly!! Thank you

Great event, but I ran too far because I wasn’t sure where the canal we were supposed to finish, maybe just a couple more coloured markers, but then that might confuse people as well. Overall awesome thank you

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thanks for your feedback. Turnaround signs ordered.

Nicola Cantle

Just awesome

Very friendly run

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you :-)

Claire Buckler

Enjoyable and atmospheric

Reviewed using Eventrac, Oct 2025
Organiser comment:

Thank you :-)

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