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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 MBE 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.
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.
England Athletics team at London Marathon Expo

An electric atmosphere at the London Marathon Running Show

Last week the atmosphere at the London Marathon Running Show was electric, and the England Athletics team were right in the thick of it. It was a fantastic opportunity to be involved in the excitement and connect with a phenomenal community of runners. We loved having so many people visit our stand and had the opportunity to talk to some truly inspiring individuals, from seasoned marathon veterans to those about to take on their first 26.2 mile adventure. The passion for running was truly infectious!
April 2025 performance round up graphic

April 2025: Performance round up

With tens of thousands of people taking to the streets of both London and Manchester at the weekend to complete the marathon distance to finish April’s athletics action strong, let’s look back at some highlights from April in our round up. From new British records to team camaraderie at the Road Relays, April has been full of excitement.
Manchester marathon signage and building

Manchester marathon sees 2025 England champions crowned

The racing was as hot as the weather on Sunday as 36,000 people pounded the streets of Manchester for the 2025 Manchester Marathon.  This year the race had a new route, finishing on Oxford Road in front of the spectacular University of Manchester. Crowds lined the streets as the runners set off from Old Trafford under a cloudless blue sky.  The race was also the setting for the England Athletics Marathon Championships