The England Athletics Senior and U20 Championships - powered by Citroën - take place at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham from 25 to 27 August. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Scott Lincoln and Innes Fitzgerald headline a host of top names due to appear as we return to Birmingham for the first championships of the England Athletics summer series. Many of the senior athletes are honing their preparations for the British Athletics Championships at the same venue a week later. Meanwhile, the top juniors will have an eye on international selection as the event doubles as the trial for the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere on 7-10 August. Some of the successful British team from the European Athletics Under 23 Championships last week will be in action.

England Athletics is pleased to announce that four strong junior mountain running teams will compete against the Home Countries at the British and Irish Junior Mountain Championships.  Hosted in turn by each of the participating countries, this year’s event returns to Wales on 13 September. For the U20 athletes, the race is 6.9km with 303m ascent/descent, and the U17 athletes race over 6.4km with 265m ascent/descent.

This year's Snowdon International Mountain Race took place on 19 July and was held in surprisingly good conditions considering the recent heat wave and the weather warnings being issued. Either way it wouldn’t have stopped over 400 runners setting off from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon mountain - an ascent of nearly 1000m - on a 16km out and back route.

On behalf of everyone at England Athletics I would like to wish all those competing in this summer’s England Athletics outdoor track and field championship programme the very best of success and enjoyment. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our hard-working volunteer Technical Officials and Event Staff, without whom this event programme would not take place and to whom we are deeply grateful for their commitment, focus, and dedication. I would like to also thank our host venues, particularly Birmingham Alexander Stadium but also partners at the Manchester Athletics Arena.

The 14th Mountain Running Senior Home International 2025 will be incorporated into the British Athletics World Mountain and Trail Running Championships Trial. Since it is also a trial for the Great Britain team, it will include the very best mountain runners from the UK. So we’ve selected strong teams. England have been very successful in the past - having had 12 Individual winners, on top of that the women have won the team title 11 times and the men have won the team title 10 times.

Mohammed Riaz Sabir is a visually impaired athlete from Rotherham who has less than 5% of his sight. He trains with gym equipment at home, but got in touch with England Athletics because he wants to pursue his dream of running outside with the support of a guide runner, and perhaps one day running the London Marathon.

This year’s Masters International 10k was staged within the AJ Bell Great North event up in Newcastle with the famous Tyne Bridge as a backdrop. With the addition of both Northern Ireland and the UK Armed Forces, together with traditional rivals Wales, this was the most expansive masters international road race since the inception of the programme several years ago.

It was a weekend of firsts as Wales hosted the half marathon representative race as part of the Swansea Half, and the United Kingdom Armed Forces (UKAF) fielded a masters team against England and Wales.

The WPA Paris Grand Prix is a prestigious event on the calendar with some of the best athletes from across the world competing.  We were very excited to have a strong team of 7 athletes competing, some opening their season whilst others were continuing momentum of recent events.

Paul Moseley has been coaching and volunteering for over 30 years, predominantly specialising in disability and para athletics. This journey has provided him with invaluable experiences. He tells us about his coaching philosophy, techniques and tips.