The countdown is on – it’s just one week until #the40thrace, London Marathon’s 40th anniversary event. Over 45,000 will become history makers in what will be the race’s very first virtual event.
With many virtual events offering a poor alternative to their real world events, often not much more than doing your own 5k training run and that’s all folks. The Rightmove MK Marathon Reimagined team took the idea and made it a little more real world.
The Virtual Great North Run will see runners all over the world complete 13.1 miles on 13 September, the day the 40th staging of the iconic half marathon was scheduled to take place.
Defending champions Daniel Romanchuk and Manuela Schär lead the wheelchair fields for the historic elite-only races at the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 4 October.
Well it has been a long wait for the news and we probably could guess the outcome. However, it looks like a viable solution has been decided on and we get a race, a sensible offer to the runners and we keep safe.
It is with great sadness that today we have to announce the postponement of the 2020 Snowdonia Trail Marathon to 2021.
Rennie Grove Hospice Care are looking for supporters to do the Herts 10k and Half Marathon for them. Virtually of course!
Organisers of the Manchester Marathon and Tommy’s Manchester Half have made the decision to cancel this year’s combined events due to take place on Sunday 11th October following months of careful consideration due to Covid-19.
You can experience all the excitement and joy of running their event, but in a safe and sensible way that will observe the need for government imposed social distancing. Their Reimagined event is not a virtual race.
Hackney Moves launches a brand-new solo running challenge – Hackney Moves For Heroes.
Wings for Life, a global spinal cord research foundation, is calling on runners across the United Kingdom to run for those who can’t on Sunday 3rd May, as part of a unique 2020 edition of the Wings for Life App Run.
ASICS London 10K and Weetabix Protein are inviting families to virtually take part in an exciting nationwide running initiative, the “Weetabix Protein Youth Challenge”, to encourage children across the country to get moving!
London runner Jeric Yeun aka @coderunnerguy is using social fitness app Strava & the TENZING Clean Air Tracker to draw cute and creative Clean Air Strava Art and raise money for charity!
Organiser of the Reading Half Marathon, Goldline Events, has today announced 250 free NHS race entries for this year’s event, taking place on Sunday 1st November.
Runners of Reading – your favourite half marathon is back with a bang this November! Entries for the rescheduled Reading Half Marathon have reopened.