Event Details

Best Athletics is an Athletic Club + community with members worldwide and all over the UK. Our club is based in South West London (Battersea Park), Manchester, with the vision to expand our club to more areas of the UK and internationally.  

Our club is hosting our ‘Best Race Series’ for next year (2025)

Some of the races will be held in Battersea Park.

The race event will include a 5km, 10km and Half Marathon distance race.

Dates of the event:

• Race 1: Sunday 30th March (5k, 10k and HM)

• Race 2: Sunday 6th April (5k, 10k and HM)

• More dates to be confirmed.

Timings:

The set up of the race event will commence at 7:30am. The race event will be open to athletes and spectators at 8:15am and pack down will be scheduled to finish by 12:00pm. Vehicle traffic will be very light and marshals will be at any car entry points to direct traffic and ensure runners are clear. 

• Race start for Half Marathon

  • 9:30am

• Race start for 5km

  • 9:45am

• Race start for 10km

  • 10:15am

Attendance:

The race series will be open to all abilities of runners with a cap off time for the 5km at 50 minutes, 1 hour 50 for the 10km and 2 hours 50 for the Half Marathon. The race sign up platform will be on our website and Let’s do this. We are looking to have around 250 participants in each race.

Age range:

• The minimum age for the 5km will be 11 years old

• The minimum age for the 10km will be 15 years old

• The minimum age for the Half Marathon is 17 years old.

According to the UKA License Standards.

Race venue and route.

Battersea park is a totally flat and fast course making it a hot spot for personal bests! The race will start and finish at the bandstand. The course will be easy to follow and will be an exciting race to watch runners fly around the park. There will be KM signs for every KM of the course and marshals will be on the course to ensure the race runs smoothly and provide encouragement to the runners.

The Battersea race loop is 2.4km. This has been signed off by England Athletics and is an official certified route following the guidance laid out by Runbritain. Cones will be laid out around the whole park with cones 20 m apart in non-busy areas and cones 2 m apart in busier spots (start, finish, park entrances, corners).

• 5km: 2 loops

• 10km: 4 loops

• Half Marathon: 8 ½ loops