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Team England’s 2022 Commonwealth games relay squad featuring Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Bianca Williams, Daryll Neita, and Imani-Lara Lansiquot

Coming up in 2026 

We're looking forward to another exciting year in 2026! We'll have our top athletes competing for England at the Commonwealth Games. Leading up to that - come and watch the indoor champs action in Sheffield and other teams representing on the roads, mountains and cross country. We'll also be at the National Running Show and the Marathon Expo. Later this year we welcome the return of our Hall of Fame and Volunteer Awards.
Eamonn Martin as team manager in Belfast

Podcast #81: Glasgow 2026 - Commonwealth winner Eamonn Martin's bid to change the sport

December's England Athletics Podcast, featuring 1990 Commonwealth 10,000m champion Eamonn Martin, is the latest episode in a series building up to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Martin reminisces about that glorious moment in Auckland 35 years ago - along with his London Marathon victory in 1993 - before discussing his current roles as a cross country Team Manager for England Athletics and an organiser of the London Cross Challenge Meeting.
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October 2025: Performance round up

From U23 to masters teams and road running to the start of the cross country season, England teams have been putting in strong performances throughout October. Let’s look back on some of the highlights from the past month in our October performance round up.
Junior women's podium at Roeselare Cross Country

Team triumph at the Roeselare EnergyVision Cross Cup

Roeselare was the setting for the first round of the Belgium Cross Cup and the first trip for the England Cross Country team this winter
Senior women at Roeselare cross country 2024

Team announced for Roeselare CrossCup

With winter fast approaching, England open the cross country season by travelling to Belgium to compete in the Lotto Cross Cup in Roeselare on 26 October. Roeselare is the first meeting in this season’s England Cross Country programme. Traditionally England have taken teams away at the beginning of the cross country season to help athletes prepare for the European trials which once again take place in Liverpool’s Sefton Park in November.
U17 women's 60m final in the Age Group Indoor Champs

Top tips for athletes and parents to prepare for age group changes

From 1 April 2026, the age groups in which young athletes compete will change from U13, U15, U17 and U20, as is currently the case, to U12, U14, U16, U18 and U20. These changes are grounded in a desire to support athletes with their progression through the sport.
U17 boys race at the 2023 National Cross Country Relays

Age Group changes: spotlight on off-track

With time ticking down until the Age Group changes for young athletes will be applied across our sport, in our latest update on the implementation of the changes, Project Co-ordinator Dean Hardman looks at some of the ways they will apply to off-track competition in England.
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February 2025: Performance round up

February has been a busy month of athletics with the indoor and cross country seasons in full flow. There has been lots of action from England teams across Europe as well as English athletes competing on home soil at the Home Countries Cross Country International, British Indoor Championships and the England Age Group Championships.
Home Countries International 2025 junior men's team

Impressive performances from England athletes at the 2025 Home Countries International

A misty cold day met the athletes as they took to the start line at Temple Newsam, Leeds for the 2025 Home Countries International. The course ahead of them was a continual rolling set of hills that would be very demanding, although firm underfoot. All the England athletes took the challenge in their stride producing a series of impressive performances.
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January 2025: Performance round up

From cross country to indoor track and field, English athletes have kicked off 2025 with a flurry of great performances. With England teams in action across Europe and the England Athletics Senior Indoor Combined Events and Para Championships, there has been lots of athletics action throughout January.