One month from today, 20,000 people will take part in the 2024 Vitality London 10,000 to celebrate the friendships and relationships they have made through running.
With entries selling fast, now is the last chance to join the running community at the event on Sunday 22 September on an incredible fast and flat course that takes in some of the capital’s most iconic landmarks.This year’s event is a celebration of our running communities – whether they are clubs, informal groups, friends or families. A survey of those people signed up for this year’s event shows that most respondents enjoy running with others because they offer encouragement and make running more fun (53%). Additionally, while the majority of respondents say they found friends or their best friend in their running community (92%), others found their partner in the same group.
Other respondents said running with others helped to motivate them, supported their mental health and wellbeing, and it allowed them to spend meaningful time together as a family.
Among those taking part in the 2024 edition of the Vitality London 10,000 are five-time Olympian Jo Pavey, taking part with Running at 40 Plus, radio DJ Adele Roberts, who will be celebrating the community of people who supported her during her recovery from bowel cancer, and Scott Mitchell and Tanya Franks, whose friendship developed into a relationship through running following lives impacted by Alzheimer’s disease.
Festivities begin the day before the Vitality London 10,000 with the Vitality Westminster Mile on Saturday 21 September, with the fun one-mile route around St James’s Park inclusive to all, where participants can run, jog, walk or be pushed around the circuit.
On both event days the free Vitality Wellness Festival returns to Green Park, with participants, their families and friends and members of the public able to enjoy the variety of activities throughout the weekend. These include activities from the NBA, the British Triathlon, Bloomsbury Football and Vitality.
The Vitality Wellness Festival will be open between 8:30 to 16:00 on Saturday 21 September and 8:00 to 14:00 on Sunday 22 September. Grab your spot for the Vitality London 10,000 here.