Top Flight Races By RunThrough - Fastest Running Events

TOP FLIGHT RACES

FULHAM 10k

Sunday 16TH NOVEMBER 2025

The course is a flat and fast, closed road course winding past the outside of Stamford Bridge, home of Premier League football club Chelsea FC, and around the centre of Fulham and Parsons Green. 

RIBBLE VALLEY 10K

Sunday 28TH DECEMBER 2025

to conclude the series the finale event will take place in Clitheroe. This notoriously fast course provides the perfect opportunity to a personal best race over the 10k distance to end your 2025. Tie-break positions will be resolved at the finish line of Ribble Valley.

Newcastle 10k

SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2025

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.

BATTERSEA PARK 5k

SATURDAY 19th april 2025

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-line.

SURREY HALF MARATHON

SUNDAY 16th MARCH 2025

The Half Marathon boasts unparalleled PB potential and follows a professionally marked and measured single loop from central Woking into the surrounding countryside. The route follows a fast yet slightly undulating closed road circuit with long flat stretches to make for exciting racing before heading into the finish on a flat final run in.

BATTERSEA PARK 10K

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2025

This is an extremely fast, flat course in central London. It’s a 4-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-line.

shettleston 10K

Sunday 11th may 2025

This is an extremely fast course around Glasgow Green. It’s a 2-lap 10km loop circuit with a lot of straight line running and wide open paths for overtaking and group running. The course is protected from the elements on both sides by a tree-line.

BATTERSEA PARK chase the sun 5K

wednesday 25th june 2025

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-line.

AINTREE 5K

SUNDAY 20TH JULY 2025

This is an extremely fast, flat course around Aintree Racecourse. With the top flight race setting ahead of the mass events, you can enjoy a clear path of undistrupted racing to the finish in front of the main grandstand.

QUAYSIDE 5K

WEDNESDAY 6TH AUGUST 2025

Run on a 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.

CHESHIRE HALF MARATHON

SUNDAY 14th september 2025

The Half Marathon boasts unparalleled PB potential and follows a professionally marked and measured single loop from central Capesthorne Hall into the surrounding countryside. The route follows a fast yet slightly undulating closed road circuit with long flat stretches to make for exciting racing before heading into the finish on a flat final run in.

JARROW 10K

Sunday 10TH OCTOBER 2025

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.

FULHAM 10K

Sunday 16TH NOVEMBER 2025

The course is a flat and fast, closed road course winding past the outside of Stamford Bridge, home of Premier League football club Chelsea FC, and around the centre of Fulham and Parsons Green. 

 

RIBBLE VALLEY 10K

 

Sunday 28TH DECEMBER 2025

to conclude the series the finale event will take place in Clitheroe. This notoriously fast course provides the perfect opportunity to a personal best race over the 10k distance to end your 2025. Tie-break positions will be resolved at the finish line of Ribble Valley.

NEWCASTLE 10K

Calli Thackery GB Marathon runner at Quayside 5k

SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2025

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.

BATTERSEA PARK 5K

SATURDAY 19th april 2025

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-line.

 

AINTREE 5K


SUNDAY 20TH JULY 2025

This is an extremely fast, flat course around Aintree Racecourse. With the top flight race setting ahead of the mass events, you can enjoy a clear path of undistrupted racing to the finish in front of the main grandstand.

SURREY HALF MARATHON


SUNDAY 16th MARCH 2025

The Half Marathon boasts unparalleled PB potential and follows a professionally marked and measured single loop from central Woking into the surrounding countryside. The route follows a fast yet slightly undulating closed road circuit with long flat stretches to make for exciting racing before heading into the finish on a flat final run in.

 

Battersea PARK 10K

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2025

This is an extremely fast, flat course in central London. It’s a 4-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-line.

SHETTLESTON 10K

Sunday 11th may 2025

This is an extremely fast course around Glasgow Green. It’s a 2-lap 10km loop circuit with a lot of straight line running and wide open paths for overtaking and group running. The course is protected from the elements on both sides by a tree-line.

Battersea Park Chase The sun


Wednesday 25th June 2025

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-line

QUAYSIDE 5K


WEDNESDAY 6TH AUGUST 2025

Run on a 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.

 

CHESHIRE HALF MARATHON

SUNDAY 14th september 2025

The Half Marathon boasts unparalleled PB potential and follows a professionally marked and measured single loop from central Capesthorne Hall into the surrounding countryside. The route follows a fast yet slightly undulating closed road circuit with long flat stretches to make for exciting racing before heading into the finish on a flat final run in.

JARROW 10K


Sunday 10TH OCTOBER 2025

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.

 

Elite Racing Series

Top Flight by RunThrough is a 12-race series across the UK, designed to support elite-level athletics by offering high-quality competition opportunities and rewarding top performances. Each race features an elite prize structure, with additional rewards for the overall series standings.

Emile Cairess winning RunThrough Battersea Park 10k in a course record
Scott Beattie running in Quayside 5k and Newcastle 10k

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. 

Scott Beattie running in Quayside 5k and Newcastle 10k

HOW TO ENTER

The Top Flight Races series is open to elite runners of an eligible standard.