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CEO Chris Jones at Cross country relays

CEO blog: Athletics and running at the forefront of supporting mental wellbeing

This week marks Mental Health Awareness Week as Chris Jones, outlines how his own mental health battles and how sport has supported him.
Hastings Runners Mental Health Champions including Sue Palmer

Mental Health Champions supporting fellow runners

We caught up with Mental Health Champions Sue Palmer, Hastings Runners, and Michael Beasley, Stone Master Marathoners, to find out more about how running has impacted their own mental health and how they have supported their running groups.
Halesowen club visit

Club Support Manager club visits: April round-up

Each month, our team is out and about, up and down the country, visiting clubs in-person as regularly as possible, alongside their ongoing digital communications with clubs. April's activity: visits to clubs including BeFit Today Track Academy, Ilford AC, Enfield and Haringey AC, Houghton Harriers, North Shields Polytechnic AC, Cirencester AC, Halesowen ACC and Doncaster AC. Our team – as always – were able to meet some of the many volunteers who help our clubs to function and thrive. Some of them gave us an explanation of their roles, and an update on their club’s activities.
Team England’s 2022 Commonwealth games relay squad featuring Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Bianca Williams, Daryll Neita, and Imani-Lara Lansiquot

Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Selection Policy announcement

England Athletics and Commonwealth Games England are pleased to announce the Athletics and Para Athletics Selection Policies for the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games provides an amazing opportunity for English athletes to compete at the highest level for their country and we are pleased to see the Games return to the UK, following the huge success of Birmingham 2022. Commonwealth Games England has officially informed us that our athlete allocation for the England track and field team at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games will be 58, in addition to our para-athletes, who will follow an invitation process for selection.
RIchard Whitehead at London 2012

Podcast #75: Richard Whitehead on mental health and 100 marathons

In the latest podcast, two-time Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead discusses the impact of the sport on his mental health and his challenge of completing 100 career marathons this year. He has set world records on the track and on the road, but many people remember Richard for his gold medals in the T42 200m at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
England team at Anglo-Celtic Plate 100k 2025

Anglo-Celtic Plate 100k successes for England team

It was another hugely successful Anglo-Celtic Plate 100k race for the England Athletics team with team gold for the women and team silver for the men. Additionally Shaun Dixon secured silver in the British Championships, whilst Kelsey Price led home the women’s team with a British Championship win and a completely English podium 1,2,3 with teammates Belinda Houghton and Katy Young completing the British Champs top three.
group of school children and Hannah Cockroft at Citroen partnership launch

Exciting new partnership between England Athletics, the Personal Best Foundation, and Citroën

England Athletics, as well as its official charity partner, the Personal Best Foundation, announces new partnership with Citroën as 73% of parents say their kids don’t get recommended levels of exercise.
Trofeo Opitergium 2025 team

England youth triumph at Trofeo Opitergium road race

A team of eight athletes and 2 team support staff travelled to the small city of Oderzo in northern Italy for the 7th Trofeo Opiterguim U20 European Road Race on Thursday 1 May. There was an individual bronze medal from Lucy Wilkinson with a new PB and the England women won the U20 silver team prize on cumulative times.
Cardiff 5k start

England U20 successes at Race for Victory 5k in Cardiff

England Athletics sent an U20 development team of 4 men and 5 women to this event.  The race took place in the Cardiff suburb of Whitchurch in almost perfect conditions. In terms of U20 performance, the England team did very well with individual wins for Herbie Johnson and Katie Pye respectively and team wins for both the men and women.
Sara Willhoit at Vertical Kilometre end

Mountain running team announced for Trofeo Nasego in Italy

We are pleased to announce the England Athletics team selected to compete in a Six Nations competition against Italy, France, Scotland, Wales and Ireland within the Torfeo Nasego mountain running event in italy. The Nasego World Cup involves two races which makes for a tough weekend, the first race is uphill only over 4.2km and 1000m of ascent, then the following day it’s an up and down race over 21km and 1300+m of ascent. The team will compete in both events.