Welcome to the first monthly media recap of all things RunThrough intended to give you a birds eye view of all of the highlights from the previous month, draw attention to any major moments or announcements that you might have missed as well as take a look forward to the major upcoming events.
Recent Event Highlights
Tittesworth Water 10k, Half Marathon & 50k
On Sunday 16th July 700 runners bravely took to the winding and undulating trails of the picturesque RunThrough Trails Tittesworth Water 10k, Half Marathon and 50k Ultra Marathon. Read a full review of the incredible day here.
Thorpe Park Triathlon
Sunday 2nd July marked the inaugural Thorpe Park Sprint Triathlon offering participants the unique opportunity to race a triathlon within the thrilling amusement park. The Thorpe Park Sprint Triathlon is the first multisport event delivered solely by the RunThrough team as part of the newly launched ‘Swim, Bike, RunThrough’ brand.
Battersea Park Half Marathon
On Saturday 29th July, Kenyan runner Paul Selian broke the course record at the RunThrough Battersea Park Half Marathon in a blistering time of 1:05:18, taking nearly 3 minutes off the previous course record of 1:08:11 set by Nick Bester in January of this year. Find out more about Paul’s fantastic run here.
Hillsborough Castle Running Festival
On Sunday 30th July, we returned to the historic venue of Hillsborough Castle for the Hillsborough Castle & Gardens Running Festival where 2500 runners took to the beautiful grounds of Hillsborough Castle taking part in the 5k, 10k, Half Marathon and Junior Races. Hillsborough Castle & Gardens Running Festival is RunThrough’s first event in Northern Ireland within the wider portfolio of 215 events.
Runner Retreats – Morzine
From 2nd – 8th July Runner Retreats whisked 28 runners, of all ages and abilities, away for an incredible trip to Morzine.
Runner Retreats, delivered in partnership with New Levels Coaching, have the vision of providing athletes with unforgettable experiences in the most inspirational locations. The retreats, workshops and experiences have been specifically designed by runners – for runners and aim to educate, inspire and re-energise runners encouraging them to create healthy and life changing habits, which will transform their life and allow them to find their running potential.
Runners on the Morzine trip included a 70 year old masters 100m sprinter, two female friends who met while running a 24hr ultra and a whole range of club runners and joggers all there to be inspired, learn and relax. There are some bullet points below that summarise some of the trip highlights and our co-founder Matt Wood also captured some content from the event that can be viewed here. The week’s activities included:
- Morning stretching overlooking the lake, led by Gemma.
- Physiological testing session around the lake with lactate testing and then a workshop about lactate, performance and training techniques based around each individual’s test results.
- Coach led trail runs and hikes exploring the surrounding trails.
- Coached gym session teaching technique, skills and drills that can be replicated at home.
- Inspirational talk from ultra runner Edwina Sutton, who came 3rd in the UK Spine race.
- Day trip to Lausanne to visit the Olympic Museum.
- Group paddle boarding and open water swimming sessions.
- Fully catered meals in the hotel that had been booked out for the retreat, giving the runners lots of free space to chill out, and interact with each other.
Early bird spots for next year’s Morzine Runner Retreats trip are available to book now as well as other multi day and single day retreats.
Warrington Running Festival Final Ballot Wave
On 31st July the final wave of runners received places to take part in The Warrington Running Festival, which will be the world’s first free to enter, closed road and chip timed running festival.
The Warrington Running Festival, taking place on 24th September 2023, is funded by the RunThrough Foundation, a community interest company with the aim of providing unprecedented opportunities to those from disadvantaged communities and placing running, health and fitness at the heart of communities. In line with this, as well as The Warrington Running Festival being the world’s first free to enter running festival for all successful ballot applicants, a minimum of 20% of places will be allocated to individuals from low income areas of Warrington.
RunThrough Runner Feature – Raja Aslam
This month in our RunThrough Runner Feature we would like to introduce you to Raja Aslam. Raja started running in 2019 and since then has completed 6 marathons (all of which have been for charity) along with numerous half marathons, 10ks and 5ks.
This year, Raja completed his biggest challenge yet of completing a marathon while fasting during the month of Ramadan. This was to raise money for the Abu Faisal Trust and his donation page remains open here.
Raja’s next challenge is something rather shorter and speed focused in nature and is aiming to run a Half Marathon PB at The Warrington Running Festival on 24th September. Read more here.
Partnerships News
Earlier this month we were thrilled to announce High Performance, the renowned brand that has grown from the award-winning High Performance Podcast co-hosted by Jake Humhprey and Professor Damian Hughes, as the title sponsor for the 2024 London Half & 10k at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Find out more here.
RunThrough Kit Feature
For this month’s kit feature we wanted to highlight our bamboo t-shirts, part of the sustainable range. More info here for the men’s t-shirt and here for the men’s t-shirt.
If you have any upcoming articles where you will be reviewing kit and would like to include anything from the RT Kit range please let me know and I’ll be able to get the items sent out to you.
Upcoming Event Highlights
- Quayside 5k – 9th August
–> £1000 prize purse and livestream details - Solihull 10k & Half Marathon – 13th August
–> Pre event press release - Henley 10k & Half Marathon – 3rd September
- Cheshire Half Marathon – 10th September
- Altrincham 10k – 17th September
- Run Thorpe Park 5k & 10k – 24th September
- Warrington Running Festival – 24th September
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For more information or to request media entry for any RunThrough running or multisport events please contact Jamie Dellimore (PR & Comms Manager) via the following email address: jamie.dellimore@runthrough.co.uk