Race Information – Finsbury Park 5k, 10k & Half Marathon

Finsbury Park 5k, 10k & Half Marathon
Sunday 1st May 2022
Address: Finsbury Park, London, N4 1EE

See event village location here.

Start Times:

Half Marathon – 9.30am
10k & 5k – 10:00am

Race Packs

**ALL RACE PACKS ARE TO BE COLLECTED ON THE DAY**

All entries will be assigned a number. To collect your number you need to make your way down to the collection desks on Sunday morning. It will take around 15 minutes to collect your number. The earlier you get there, the more efficient we will be on the day. You will only need one number attached to the front of your shirt. If you have your own pins then that would be great but we will have supplies if needed.

Your timing chip will be attached to the bottom of your race bib. Please remove the strip and attach it to your shoe shiny side up as per the instructions on the back of the chip. Please make sure you keep your number on at all times during the race. At the finish, you can dispose of your chip (we do not need to collect them back).

Collection Tim​​​​es:
Half Marathon – 8:00 – 9:00am
10k & 5k – 8:30 – 9:30am​

IMPORTANT:

When you receive your race packs, please take a couple of minutes to fill out the brief runner information form which can be found printed on the back of your bib. This will help us greatly in case of an emergency!

Travel

Address: Finsbury Park, 350-354 Seven Sisters Rd, London N4 2PG

Nearest underground stations: Manor House and Finsbury Park
Nearest rail station: Finsbury Park

Use TFL to help plan your journey.

Getting Here on Foot

The park is easily accessible by both foot and cycle. Cycle parking is available in the park.

Toilets

The nearest toilets to the Start/Finish are located next to the Cafe inside the park as well as portable toilets located next to the event village.

Baggage

We will have an informal baggage drop for this event. We recommend you bring as little baggage as possible. Your baggage tag is attached to your race number, you simply tear it off and attach to your bag. To collect, show your number to the baggage tent staff and they will help you find your baggage.

During the race

There will be marshals all around the course as well as distance markers and arrows. There will be yellow number signs to mark each mile for the half marathon, and red signs for each KM for the 5k & 10k.

The course is 8 laps for the half marathon (with a mini-lap at the beginning), 4 laps for the 10k and 2 laps for the 5k on the roads/paths in the park. Please keep count of your laps during the race.

Please be aware that we have a lead bike on the front of each race. In the event that the course is a multi-lap course, be aware that the lead bike might catch up behind you, and will be communicating which side the bike will be passing.

In the interest of safety to yourself, other runners, pedestrians and our marshals, it is very important that instructions are listened to, and that if you are wearing headphones, your music is at a level that will allow you to hear instructions clearly.

If you need to overtake on the course please be sure to take a wide berth around the runner in front of you.

COURSE MAP HERE

Results

Results will be available on www.runthrough.co.uk after the race.

Pictures

We will have a photographer taking a few snaps of the race and they will be available to view here after the race so be sure to check it out and see if you can spot yourself.

Social Media

For updates leading up to the race, please check out our on Twitter @runthroughuk use the hashtag #Runthroughuk in the build-up to the race.

If you want to talk all things running before and after the event join our RunThrough Chat group on Facebook.

If you #RunThroughUK on Instagram with your race day collages, the best ones will feature on our page!

Spectators

You are free to wander around the park so you can see where the competitors will be running. It is lapped so you will see them on numerous occasions.

Refreshments

There is a water station at the end of every lap. When discarding water bottles or gel packets on the course, please try to leave them near to the signs around the course.

COVID-19 NHS APP

We recommend downloading the NHS COVID-19 App onto your phone if you haven’t already before the race. Find out more HERE.

After the race

Do NOT stop within the finish area. Please continue through the finish until you pass the medals and are in an open space.

There will be sealed ACTIPH water bottles at the finish for each runner to collect along with your medal, Bounce and Love Corn which will be laid out on tables for you to help yourself.

RunThrough Kit

Powered by RunThrough, RT Kit provides the level of quality and style in its running clothing that you’d expect from a brand that has become synonymous with running over the last decade.

If you have purchased an item of RT Kit with your race entry, please head to the RT Kit stall on the day of your race, with your email order confirmation and we will have your item ready for collection!