Club Road Championships

The Serpentine Club Championships are a series of races with trophies for the male, female and age-graded winners of each race. The 1k and 5k races are part of the "grand-prix" (which also includes the 1-mile and 3000m track races) and are organised by the club. The 2024 races are now included here - we will advise on how to enter the grand-prix races closer to time. The other races are open races and you must enter them yourself.

Start of 2018 5k club champs in Battersea ParkTo count for club championship competitions you must:

  1. Be a first claim member of Serpentine Running Club
  2. Have entered under your own name
  3. Compete wearing club colours

The Serpentine Age-Graded Championship uses performance factors to calibrate Club Championship race times, to put everyone (male and female, younger and older) on a level playing field. The overall championship will be awarded to the first claim member with the highest average percentage from any 5 of the championship races (road and track).

The results of the club championships are published in the results database.

Any marathon run this year will count towards the Club Championships. When inputting marathon times in the results database the official time should be used, and for championship contenders this will be checked at the end of the year against published results.

Since 2017, the Serpentine Club Championships have been split into separate championships for athletics (track & field) and road running. The shorter track races will no longer be included in the overall age-graded championship (except 1 mile and 3000m as part of the grand prix).

The dates of the club championships are listed below. They are also included in the Serpentine Planner where they are highlighted in yellow.

2024 Age Graded Championship Races

Road

Distance Race Date
Marathon Any race During 2024
10 miles Cabbage Patch 10 (Twickenham) Sunday, 20 October 
1 km*
Hyde Park - Rotten Row Saturday, 27 July
5 km* Battersea Park (Sri Chinmoy 5k) Tuesday, 9 July
Half Marathon Ranelagh (Richmond) Sunday, 12 May
10 km Vitality 10k (Central London) Sunday, 22 September

* Grand-prix races

Track

 Distance Race Date
1 mile* Paddington Track Tuesday, 30 July
3000m* Paddington Track Tuesday, 23 July

* Grand-prix races

Please see the Athletics section for the Track & Field Championship races and field events (not part of the age-graded championship)