London Running Festival December 2026

Join us for the London Running Festival on Sunday 6th December 2026!

Celebrate the festive season with a road-closed race day at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the London Running Festival.

Choose from a FREE 5K, with around 500 places available, or take on the paid 10K or Half Marathon distances through one of London’s most iconic sporting venues.

For the first time, the event village will be based at Hopkins Meadow in North Park, creating a brilliant festive race-day hub for runners and supporters. The routes will take runners past some of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s standout landmarks, including the VeloPark, Copper Box Arena, Aquatics Centre, London Stadium, London Community Track, South Park and North Park.

With fully road-closed routes, a fantastic atmosphere and a festive feel throughout, this is the perfect way to round off your 2026 running calendar.

Secure your place today and join us at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this December!

Ticket Selling

Super Early Bird entry - Ends Sunday 4th October 2026

Early Bird entry - Ends Sunday 29th December 2026

Free RunThrough Foundation 5K Ballot

Entry to the free RunThrough Foundation 5K is by ballot due to expected high demand.

In 2025, over 50,000 people applied for 6,000 places in the Foundation 10K, so the ballot helps keep entry genuinely accessible rather than becoming a race to click first.

A proportion of places will be prioritised for first-time runners and people from lower income areas, in line with the RunThrough Foundation’s mission to break down barriers to entry.

There will be three ballot waves:

Ballot Wave 1
Closes: 30th August 2026
Announced: 3rd September 2026

Ballot Wave 2
Closes: 25th October 2026
Announced: 5th November 2026

Ballot Wave 3
Closes: 22nd November 2026
Announced: 26th November 2026

Entering the ballot does not automatically enter you into the event. After each ballot wave, we will contact applicants with the outcome. If you are successful, you will need to accept your place. Any places not accepted will be passed on to another applicant.

Only one application per email address will be accepted. Multiple entries under the same email address will not be processed.