England Athletics/Inter-Counties 5000m Championship to be held at Stantonbury

Following discussions with England Athletics, we are proud to announce that the EA/CAU 5000m Championship will be held in conjunction with the MK5000 PB Special on Saturday 27 July, with the men’s and women’s elite races crowning a series of 5000m races for men and women who have run 5000m in 2018 or 2019 under 22 minutes on road, track or parkrun.

So far 41 elite athletes (Men under 14:30/women under 17:20 – see the poster above) have signed up with 152 others entering via the MK5000 entry portal. There are 350 places available  in total, with 193 already taken, leaving just 157 places to be filled. All places are likely to be filled by the end of April.