2024 Club Championship

In 2024 we will run a single Club Championship for up to 5 distances (including the marathon): the Road & Multi-terrain Championship (“Club Championship”). You don’t need to register that you’re taking part.

We will run the Road & Multi-terrain Championship (“Club Championship”) . You don’t need to register that you’re taking part in the Championships.


2023 Marathon Championship Table
Final Results of 2023

2023  Championship Table
Results as of Race 13


2024 Club Championship

To qualify as a championship contender, you must return a result in four of the five distance categories, 5 mile, 10K, 10 mile, Half Marathon and Marathon, in any of the nominated races. There are road and multi-terrain races to choose from:

Month Date Name Link to Website Distance Terrain
Feb 25th Wokingham Half Marathon https://wokinghamhalfmarathon.com/ HM Road
Mar 17th Goring 10k https://www.goring10k.com/ 10km Road
Mar 29th Maidenhead Easter 10 https://www.maidenheadac.org/easter-10/ 10 miles Road
April 7th Southampton Marathon https://www.southamptonmarathon.co.uk/ Marathon Road
April 7th White Horse Half Marathon https://whitehorseharriers.uk/halfmarathon/ HM Road
April 14th Manchester Marathon https://www.manchestermarathon.co.uk/home/ Marathon Road
May 4th Hurstbourne 5 https://www.runbritain.com/ 5 miles Trail
May 12th Marlow 5 https://www.runbritain.com/ 5 miles Road
May 26th Edinburgh Marathon https://www.edinburghmarathon.com/ Marathon Road
June 2nd Green Park 10k https://www.greenparkreading10k.co.uk/ 10km Road
June 16th Wargrave 10k https://www.barnesfitness.co.uk/sports-events/ 10km Road
July 3rd Yateley 10k https://www.yateley10kseries.info/ 10km Road
August Harting 10 https://www.liss-runners.org.uk/races/harting-multi-terrain-10-race/ 10 miles Trail
September 3rd Overton 5 https://overtonharriers.org.uk/overton-5 5 miles Road
September 8th Farnham Pilgrim Marathon https://www.farnhampilgrim.org.uk/ Marathon Trail
October 6th Basingstoke Half Marathon https://www.destinationbasingstoke.co.uk/half-marathon/ HM Road
October 6th Clarendon Marathon https://www.clarendon-marathon.co.uk/ Marathon Trail
October 20th Abington Marathon https://abingdonmarathon.org.uk/ Marathon Road
October 27th New Forest 10 https://www.newforestrunners.com/nf10 10 miles Road

 

You’ll be ranked in each race according to your finishing position relative to other club members in your age-gender category. The first member home scores 50 points, the second member 49 points, etc. Even if you’ve scored a good result at a distance, it’s a good tactic to enter the other races in the same distance to prevent other members scoring equally well.
Note that your age category is set for the whole championship on 1st January. So, for example, a man reaching his 60th birthday sometime after 1 January competes in the MV50 category throughout the championship.

Marathon Championship

For 2024, the Marathon distance will be combined with the other distances in the Club Championships.

Age categories

For both Championships the age categories are as follows:

Men Senior MV40 MV50 MV60 MV70 MV80
Women Senior FV40 FV50 FV60 FV70 FV80

Please read the rules below and if anything is unclear, please seek clarification at champs@readingroadrunners.org.

Awards

Trophies will be awarded in each age-gender category in each championship, to be presented at the Club award night.

 

The rules are straightforward:

  • To qualify you need to record a result in at least one race in 4 of the 5 distances
  • If you run more than one race at the same distance, only your best result counts towards your Championship score
  • You’re competing against members in your own age-gender category, as stated above:
  • Your Championship age category is determined by your age on 1 January
  • Within each age-gender category, the fastest club finisher scores 50 points, the next fastest 49 points, and so on
  • There’s one additional category that groups all members together and awards points based on age grade
  • For your race result to qualify for the Championship you must run in Club colours and have registered your entry as affiliated to Reading Roadrunners
  • Times will be based on individual chip times rather than gun times, where provided

 

Bob Thomas
Championship organiser
January 2024


Previous Results

2022 Marathon Championship Table
Final Results
2022  Championship Table
Final Results


2019 Marathon Championship Table
Final Results
2019 Championship Table
Final Results


2018 Marathon Championship Table
Final Results
2018 Championship Table
Final Results


2017 Marathon Championship Table
Final Results
2017  Championship Table
Final Results