Battersea 5k

Saturday 13th 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.

Race INFO

Battersea 5k – Saturday 13th April 2024

Address: Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ

Event Time – 9.00am

Top Flight Series & Battersea 5k Prize Structure

The winner of Battersea 5k receives 25 points, the second-place finisher 18 points, with 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 points for 3-10th towards their Top Flight Races series points total.

Time-based CASH prizes for Men and Women’s races (Gun Time Only) are as follows:

Race Winner

£200 (Any time)

 All performances under qualifying time of Sub 14m15 (Men) 15m45 (Women) 1st £250*, 2nd £200, 3rd £175, 4th £150, 5th £125, 6th £100, 7th £75, 8th £50 *in addition to race win = £450 total

Course Record Bonus* 

*Performance must be better than the times stated for new events Men Sub 14m00  Women – Sub 15m30 £200

UK Leading Time (At time of event 9:00am 13/04/2024)

Rory Leonard 13m31 (Monaco 10th Feb) / Abbie Donnelley 15m18 (Leicester 16th Mar) £200

RunThrough Record* 5k 

13m46 Scott Beattie (Quayside 5k 2023) / 15m59 Stephanie Davies (Battersea) £500*

*Performance must be faster than 15m15

Free Top Flight Races Entry

Men: Sub 16:00 (5k) 33:30 (10k) 72:00 (HM)

Women: Sub 17:30 (5k) 36:45 (10k) 77:30 (HM)