On July 9th Rhinos legend Barrie McDermott will run the Leeds 10k as part of the Run with the Rhinos team, which raises money for Leeds Rhinos Foundation, and this time he will be joined by his son, Billy, and the pair are ready for a friendly family battle!
On July 9th Rhinos legend Barrie McDermott will run the Leeds 10k as part of the Run with the Rhinos team, which raises money for Leeds Rhinos Foundation, and this time he will be joined by his son, Billy, and the pair are ready for a friendly family battle!
Barrie will be running in his eighth Leeds 10k, whilst Billy will be taking part for the first time, so it will be a case of experience vs youth as the pair challenge each other for the best time.
"There will be a bit of competition between us on the day,” said Barrie. "We've done a bit of training together and we've had a bet on who will finish first and the loser will have to make the cups of tea in our house for a month!”
Joining the McDermotts in the Run with the Rhinos team will be fans and staff from the club, along with Barrie's former teams mate Chev Walker and Leroy Rivett.
"It will be good to line up with Chev and Leroy again, I was never able to catch these lads in training, but hopefully they have let themselves go a bit since retirement and I can get the better of them this time,” joked Barrie.
"We are all running for the Leeds Rhinos Foundation, which is a charity I have worked very closely with. They have a fantastic group of staff who are all dedicated to making a positive difference in people's lives and the money raised will help them to continue to do this.”
After completing the Leeds 10k, all Run with the Rhinos are invited to join Barrie McDermott at Banyan Bar and Kitchen in Leeds city centre for an exclusive post-race party, where the runners will also be able to get a massage from L1 Performance.
If you would like to support Barrie and Billy in the Run with the Rhinos team visit the charity's Just Giving page https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/runwiththerhinos2017