WHO WILL BE CROWNED INAUGURAL TOP FLIGHT CHAMPIONS?
TOP FLIGHT RACES
Newcastle 10k
SATURDAY 20TH JANUARY 2024
This is an extremely fast, flat course that boasts real PB potential. The race will be split into 2 waves with the Elite Race starting at 9:00am. It’s a 2-lap 5km out-back circuit with a lot of straight line running and a sweeping turn at half way. The course is protected from the elements on both sides by a tree-line and buildings
The Wigley Group Warwick Half Marathon
SUNDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2024
Join 3000 runners racing on closed roads through Warwick City Centre and the Warwickshire countryside. Starting and finishing at Warwick Racecouse this course is undulating with the advantage of a predominantly downhill second half.
Nantwich 10k
SUNDAY 17th March 2024
Fast PB potential course with a Town Centre start & finish. The course is a single loop on closed roads with a slight rise in the first mile, flat section and downhill finish giving the potential for some quick times.
BATTERSEA PARK 5K
SATURDAY13TH APRIL 2024
This is an extremely fast, flat course in central London. It’s a 2-lap 2.5km loop circuit with a lot of straight line running and a sweeping bends. The course is protected from the elements on both sides by a tree-lines and buildings.
Run Aintree 5k
SATURDAY 25TH MAY 2024
The race is a single very flat lap around on closed roads and the former motor racing circuit at the world famous Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
JUBILEE BRIDGE 10K
SUNDAY 2ND JUNE 2024
Battersea CTS 5k
WEDNESDAY 24TH JULY 2024
This is an extremely fast, flat course in central London. It’s a 2-lap 2.5km loop circuit with a lot of straight line running and a sweeping bends. The course is protected from the elements on both sides by a tree-lines and buildings.
Quayside 5k
WEDNESDAY 7TH AUGUST
Super fast, out-back course, with raucous atmosphere, scorches along the Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside. This course is firmly established as the fastest 5k race in the North and course produced the 2nd fastest winning time in the UK in 2023.
Warrington 10k
SUNDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER
A huge field of 6000 runners ran at the world first free to enter chip timed Warrington Running Festival in 2023. The 10k course in Warrington Town Centre starts and finishes at the Town Hall’s iconic Golden Gates, with a fast route and great opportunity for a PB.
JARROW 10k
SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER
The course is a 2-laps of super flat and fast, long straight closed roads, starting and finishing at Monkton Athletics Track. The Elite Race wave will be on their 2nd lap when the Mass wave starts giving a complete free hit on the course.
Battersea HM
Saturday 9TH NOVEMBER
This is an extremely fast, flat course in central London. It’s a 8.5-lap 2.5km circuit with a lot of straight line running and a sweeping bends. The course is protected from the elements on both sides by a tree-lines and buildings. The course has the potential to produce super fast HM times.
RIBBLE VALLEY 10K
DECEMBER 2024
Elite Racing Series
12 Race Series across the UK with Elite Prize Structure per race and for
an overall series to support top flight athletics in the UK, provide a new high level competition platform and to reward excellent performances.
THE PRIZE STRUCTURE
The winner of each series race receives 25 points, the second-place finisher 18 points, with 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 points for 3-10th.
Best of 3 scores count to overall series total and in the event of a tie; the head-to-head outcome at series finale (Ribble Valley 10k) decides each position.