2026 Club Championship

To qualify for this year’s club championship you must return at least five results in any of the nominated races.  There is no need to register with the club for any of the events.  There are road and multi-terrain races to choose from:

Month Date Name Distance Terrain
February Sun 22nd Wokingham Half Marathon HM Road
March Sun 8th Goring 10k 10 km Road
April Mon 6th Beaconsfield 5 Trail Run 5 miles Trail
May Sun 17th Hook 10 Mile 10 miles Road
May Sat 30th Greenham Common, Newbury parkrun 5 km Trail
June Thu 18th Dinton Pastures Summer Series 5 km Trail
July Fri 3rd Palmer Park Race Night 1 mile Track
July Sat 25th Reading parkrun 5 km Trail
August Sun 23rd Headington 5 5 miles Road
September Sun 13th Farnham Pilgrim Half Marathon HM Trail
September Sun 27th The One on the Trail Marlow 10K 10 km Trail
October Sun 18th Cabbage Patch 10 (Twickenham) 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 5 races, it’s a good tactic to enter the other races 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.

Age categories

The championship 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.

Latest Champs Results

The latest Road & Multi-terrain Championship scores are on the Champs Results page.

Awards

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

The rules are:

  • To qualify you need to record a result in at least five races
  • If you run more than five races, only your best five result count towards your Championship score
  • You’re competing against members in your own age-gender category
  • 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