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Southampton Running Festival

Name: Southampton Running Festival
Start: 2025-08-31
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom • 31 Aug 2025

The Southampton Running Festival, held on August 31, 2025, takes place at Southampton Common, a scenic green space in the city center known for its woodland, grassland, ponds, wetlands, and lakes. The event offers multiple race distances including a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and a junior race, with courses consisting of laps around the common—6 laps for the half marathon, 3 for the 10K, and 2 smaller laps for the 5K. Participants enjoy a friendly atmosphere with marshals, chip-timed results, unique themed medals, free race photos, and a lively event village featuring food, drinks, and post-race goodies. The festival supports the No Limits charity and emphasizes sustainability. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United Kingdom South East (England) Southampton

Race information

Registration

21 km

Half Marathon

10 km

10k

5 km

Junior Race

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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5 km

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The Big Pilgrimage

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26 mi

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26 mi

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4 km

12 km

21 km

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13 mi

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