- Thu 18 Sep 2025
5K
18:20
Age 11 & over
£25
- 5 km road running
Event overview
It's time to get competitive and challenge not only yourself but also your corporate competitors in a race for pride.
2025 Awards
This year's prestigious awards are:
- Fastest individuals (male and female)
- Fastest relay team
- Largest company entry
- Fastest company teams (male, female, mixed)
Highlights
- Lay the challenge down to your colleagues, business associates, competitors
- Improve corporate well-being
- Team building opportunity
- Brings people together across City and Wharf districts
- Race for your competitive and corporate pride
Start spreading the word across the City and Wharf now and let the battle commence.
This event is part of The City v Wharf Corporate Run Challenge.
Event photos
Event video
- All fitness levels
- Dogs allowed
- Event village
- Newcomers
- Teams
- Wheelchair users
How it works
Enter individually
Simply enter the 5K or 10K event as an individual.
Enter a team of 2 into the team 10K relay
Each participant runs 5K. Only one person registers the team. Teams can be made up of any gender.
Fastest teams
Company placings for fastest teams require minimum of 4 people from any one company in order to show in the team results.
Timetable
Dogs
Running with your dog.
Dogs are welcome to run with their owners! Please ensure your dog is on a short lead/harness and that you are careful on the course and respect other runners and park users.
Wheelchairs
This event is suitable for wheelchair users.
- Bag storage
- Cafe
- Park
- Toilets
Event HQ
Victoria Park
Grove Road
London
Greater London
E3 5TB
UK
Event hub
The event hub is located within Crown Gate West off Grove Road. Once in park via this access the event hub is on the right about 200m to the right. The team will be there to guide you.
Please take care when running around the course as this is public land and local residents will be out and about. Please always stay on the left unless otherwise guided. Enjoy this great run around Victoria Park.
By car
There is no carparking in Victoria Park so if driving please plan ahead where you will park.
By rail
Nearest underground station: Mile End. Plan your journey to Mile End Station.
Nearest rail stations: Cambridge Heath/Hackney Wick Station.
From Mile End Station, turn left and cross over Mile End Road. Turn right onto Grove Road – it’s about 10-15 minutes walk straight down. Alternatively, you can also walk most of the way through Mile End Park, which runs parallel to Grove Road. You will first arrive at the Crown Gates.
- 2 laps
- Flat
- Marshals
The run route is 2 laps of Victoria Park for the 5K. The first lap is the longer section around 3km and the second lap is the smaller section of 2km. The run route is on hard path and is a flat course.
- Chip timing
- Goody bag
- Medal
- Trophy
Included
- Unique city competition
- Glory and credibility
- Full race chip timing
- Awesome CityvWharf medal
- Full race day support and high fives
- Light refreshments post race
- Bottled water at start/finish line
- Age 11 & over
- 200 places
- Entries open
- Collect race pack
- Enter online
Entry fees
Entry fee
£25.00
Fun event - great team building opportunity. Well organised and would definitely enter again! Leanne L
Thought it was a really well planed event! Had lots of fun with the team for a good cause! Remedios L
A flat 5k in a nice London park, Easy course and well shaded under the tree's. Lots of water and clean toilets at head, MC was good and gave good info at the start. Medal is pretty cool. Luke S
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