Running Armley parkrun and Discovering Armley Steps! Can't wait to run Step Reps... What a Find!

[@terben7339]

Lovely to see Armley Park in your video. I'm surprised that back to back housing still exists. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Armley in 1948 and my family lived in a back to back in Hyde Park at the time. The last time I was in Leeds, the old neighborhood had been demolished and redeveloped.

[@NicolaRuns]

Oh wow, you've some memories of the area then! And I'm assuming you knew about the steps?! I lived in back-to-backs in Hyde Park while I was a student ☺️

[@terben7339]

@@NicolaRuns Only a few memories, really. I didn't know about the steps until your video, but I looked for the new parkrun layout on Strava segments and the steps show up there. There seem to be other, shorter, flights of steps in the same area.

[@NicolaRuns]

@@terben7339 yes I looked too and it looks like there's a great section of trails there... I'll definitely have to check it out! Good Strava research, pleased I'm not the only one 😃😃😃

[@helenpr5263]

I think we are going here on New Year's Day, so it's great to look up the video to see what's in store!

[@NicolaRuns]

Ooh I might be there NYD! It's here or Cross Flatts 😃

[@MrRennieFrumpkin]

Blimey, I used to play footie on those pitches about 20 years ago! Great to see it again 😊Thank you.

[@NicolaRuns]

No way! It's a small world 😃🌍 don't worry, I didn't run on the white lines 😜

[@barnabynorman157]

That looked like a lovely park with good mix of grass and path. Loved those steps - worth it just for them - so dreamy!! Thanks for sharing.

[@NicolaRuns]

Aren't they lovely! Can't believe I spent so many years not knowing they were there! 😳

[@helendennison3668]

I was in the video! lovely run, them steps are KILLER!

[@NicolaRuns]

Ooh this makes me look forward to trying them even more 😜😃💪

[@geoffclarke3796]

Great video, looks a nice course. Good luck with the race tomorrow Nicola. I'm heading off to my local parkrun this Saturday, my first in 3 years. Conditions should be pretty good as we've had very little rain in London over the past month.

[@NicolaRuns]

Ooh that's exciting! Hope you have a great run. This winter has been pretty dry hasn't it?! Can't believe you guys have had snow but we haven't! 🙃

[@samspade2399]

'Yorkshire flat' 🤣super vid as usual

[@NicolaRuns]

Yorkshire Flat is an actual saying, otherwise we wouldn't know what to say as everything is so hilly 😂😂😂

[@stevenlewis3100]

Brilliant video as always! I just love how much fun you have when you run, whether it's a parkrun or an ultra. Yours enthusiasm is just infectious & inspiring. Everytime I watch one of your vids, I just want to get out to run & explore 👍🏻xx

[@NicolaRuns]

Oh yay! Thank you, that's so lovely to hear! 😃😃😃

[@richsullivan1950]

Lovely video Nicola, amazing what you can find in previously familiar places. Those steps are incredible, but my legs were burning just watching 🔥

[@NicolaRuns]

It just blew my mind that I'd not seen them before and yes, you're right. It's a good reminder that adventures might be closer to home than we think! ☺️

[@Mookiethedog]

Yo Nicola....looked like a great day. All the best to you for bringing us these great videos

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks as always for your lovely positivity ☺️

[@audgester]

Gorgeous steps! Would be a nice perk of the agony of step runs😄 i haven't run for 3 days, hoping to go out tomorrow if I feel better, so your video (and IG photos) have lifted my spirits as usual! Running and sunsets and sunrises are such a great balm! Thanks again!

[@NicolaRuns]

Fingers crossed you get your running fix tomorrow 😃 I wasn't somewhere I could see the sunset tonight but could see it was spectacular so I got all panicky because I was missing it! I had to remind myself that I've just seen some stunners 😍😍😍

[@audgester]

Thank you! You really have seen some stunners recently. I know what it is like when you can tell there is an awesome rise or set and you just can't get to the right vantage point, or have time to see it, lol. It doesn't take long for it to change, either, so it is a real panic!😄

[@NicolaRuns]

@@audgester exactly that!!! Sometimes you have like 5 minutes and you have to watch the opportunity slip away! It's so hard! But just makes you more determined for the next one 😃

[@audgester]

@@NicolaRuns Yes, indeed! Always up for it!😊

[@Rubix78]

That Scott gets everywhere 😂😂

[@NicolaRuns]

Doesn't he just?! Thought about editing him out but I actually thought it was funny 🤣

[@Rubix78]

@@NicolaRuns If you did he would just moan about it on parkrun Laughs 🤣

[@NicolaRuns]

@@Rubix78 yeah... He's always on there moaning 🤣

[@jjsmummy3358]

I do those steps, hard work but really beneficial, also I think there is a free group that do them on a Sunday if that helps anyone. Great video

[@NicolaRuns]

Someone sent me the link to that group! It's so brilliant that it exists 😃 might see if I can join sometime 🪜

[@weskenny]

Another great video. You need to come over to Ireland for a parkrun!

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks 🤗 I'm working on it 😜

[@nolavout9094]

Good on u!!!!

[@NicolaRuns]

Thank you 🤗

[@Tonyr2]

I am on the look out for a parkrun to do in June somewhere in the North. I have a car meet at Sherburn in Elmlet on the Sunday but making a weekend of it with a parkrun first. Did one last year that you featured in one of your vlogs and really enjoyed it. It was Roberts parkrun btw.

[@NicolaRuns]

Oh I love the team there! 😃 Fountains Abbey is a must run or any of the coastal runs. There's so much choice 😍

[@markdevlin7551]

I've done Armley parkrun once and I didn't see the steps either. Great video Nicola, although it does seem strange seeing you parkrunning without Poppy at your side

[@NicolaRuns]

Hooray! Pleased it's not just me! 😃 My mum was visiting so Poppy was desperate to spend time with her. She's been travelling in Europe for months and so they had a lot to catch up on! 🤗

[@JasonCliftJones]

I'd had the same thought as the York group back in October; turned up in road shoes thinking it'd be a fairly quick course. Tbf, I did post my then-3rd quickest time overall, but I was wishing I had more grip by the third lap! Trust you've seen the photos from a few weeks ago (14th Jan) of the person who slipped over on the corner of the last football pitch?

[@NicolaRuns]

Awwww that's my friend Cat! Bless her heart. It's her local. She was such a good sport to approve the sharing of the photos. They were so funny! That's what made me think it'd be super wet!

[@bren70ssss94]

Well done madam 😁

[@NicolaRuns]

Why thank you ☺️

[@clareevans8516]

How did you not know about the steps?! I don't include them on my Armley park loops lol

[@NicolaRuns]

I literally have zero clue. It totally blew my mind!!!!! 😱🤯

[@RayPalombella]

Hi Would love you & poppy to come to Morpeth Northumberland Park run you both would been very welcome & meet are fantastic team 🏃‍♀️🥰

[@NicolaRuns]

Hopefully one day 😃

[@RayPalombella]

@@NicolaRuns Thank you 🙏

[@SteveA308]

Which has the most steps? Armley Steps or Chevin Steps?

[@NicolaRuns]

I've not counted Chevin steps but Chevin is like Armley steps on steroids! It's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more elevation gain. I'd guess 3 - 4 times more but it could be even more than that. There's not steps all the way at the Chevin though but I would guess there were more steps too 🪜

[@SteveA308]

@@NicolaRuns we did the Chevin Steps during lockdown as a segment challenge. I swear the last 100 yards were like the last stretch on the top of Everest :)))

[@NicolaRuns]

@@SteveA308 you're not wrong!!! 😂

[@nolavout9094]

Is Al ok, not uploaded for a while? Hope he s not I'll again!!!!

[@NicolaRuns]

No he's not ill, he's just busy with his new exciting project! 😃 Plus we had a few days away together. He thought about filming it but we fancied a break 🥰

[@nolavout9094]

No probs, wasn't being nosey, just a bit worried!!!! Thanx for answering, u didn't have to xxxx

[@NicolaRuns]

No probs at all ☺️

[@timeonfeet]

Great video Nicola. Those steps look decent for reps! A good challenge for sure 😀 I don't know if they're the same steps but I swear I saw them in a documentary about a couple of kickboxers who used them to run up as hard as they could!

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks 😃I can't wait to go and run up them! I clearly need it as I was tired after walking up them once 🤣