Ready Set Leeds is a run club for taking it easy, finding your crew and enjoying every mile.
Based in Kirkstall, this proudly inclusive Leeds running community is built around three beautifully simple principles: slow paces, easy efforts, and no one left behind.
That means running at a pace you’re happy with, can chat along to and fully enjoy yourself. Walk breaks are welcome. Beginners greeted with open arms.
Their mantra says it all: running is for every body.
Ready Set Leeds was founded by Jas, whose own experience of running helped shape exactly what the club would become.
The aim? Jas wanted to create a community where slower-paced runners weren’t simply accommodated – it was the whole point.
And so Ready Set Leeds was born.
The club welcomes runners of different abilities, bodies and backgrounds, with a particular soft spot for beginners and anyone discovering the joy of running at their own pace. Ready Set Leeds is also LGBTQ+ owned, with a proudly warm welcome to trans and non-binary runners.
Come as you are and run as you are.
Ready Set Leeds’ runs are usually 3-5km with the crew exploring Kirkstall and the wider Leeds area via road, trails and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
Sometimes it’s a simple out-and-back along the towpath. Other weeks bring circular routes and adventures elsewhere around the city.
Whatever the week’s route, the same ethos travels with them.
Speed isn’t everything. By slowing down there’s time to talk and take in your surroundings. Time to walk when you fancy it. And the group makes sure everyone gets around together.
The community spills beyond the regular run outs too.
Ready Set Leeds often teams up with local independents and community events, while Pride is their platform for celebration.
There’s also a group chat for arranging runs outside the organised sessions – handy for when the mood strikes.
It’s a lovely extension of the club’s central idea. Running doesn’t need to be complicated.
What Puts the Joy Into Their Runs?
For Ready Set Leeds, joy comes from moving without pressure and doing it together.
For their members it’s as simple as finishing a run feeling better and more connected than when you started it.
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