best.athletics

🚀 TRACK TUESDAY 💙

Another brilliant morning & evening on the track with athletes of all abilities putting in the work and supporting each other 👏🏽

The session:
🔥 3-4 sets of:
1200m @ controlled 10K pace
60 second float recovery

⚡ 400m @ 5K pace
2 minutes recovery

As Battersea Track closes for the summer, the training doesn’t stop.

Over the next 12 weeks we’ll be taking our Tuesday interval sessions and Thursday tempo sessions into Battersea Park as part of the Best Athletics Summer PB Challenge.

🎯 Choose your goal:
• 5K
• 10K
• Half Marathon

💙 Want to see what Best Athletics is all about?

Join us for our Summer Open Night on Tuesday 30th June at 6:30 PM, meeting at the Battersea Park Bandstand.

The session is completely free and open to runners of all abilities. Come along, meet the community and experience a Best Athletics session for yourself.

🔗 Sign up in our bio.

We’ll be providing structured sessions every week, helping you stay consistent, train alongside the community and see what 12 weeks of focused training can do.

Whether you’re aiming for a PB, your first race, or simply looking for motivation to train, we’d love to have you involved.

💙 Consistency creates PBs!
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🏁 LIMIT 60 🏁

Race 3 of our 2026 Best Race Series x adidas is just around the corner 💙

No finish line.
No pacing lights.
No hiding.

Just 60 minutes to cover as much distance as possible.

📅 Wednesday 22nd July
📍 Tooting Bec Athletics Track
⏰ 7:00 PM Start

The challenge is simple:

⏱️ Run for 60 minutes
🏁 Stop at the final whistle
📏 Your result = total distance covered

With only two races remaining in the series, every metre counts.

Who’s in? 👇💙

Sign up over on Let’s Do This.
Link in our bio.
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💙 LOOK GOOD. RUN FAST. 💙

We’re giving you 30% OFF all Best Athletics merch until midnight on Thursday.

⚡️ Use code: BA30
⏰ Ends Thursday at midnight

Whether you’re joining us at Track Tuesday, chasing a summer PB, or simply want to represent the club, now’s your chance 💙🤍

Tag a teammate who needs an excuse to buy more running kit 🏃🏽‍♂️⚡️👏🏽🏃🏽‍♀️💥
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🥇 MEDAL MONDAY 🥇

What a weekend for Team BA 💙

From Swansea to Warsaw, Paris to Chicago, Nairobi to Dorney, our athletes were out racing, challenging themselves and flying the Best Athletics flag around the world 🌍🚀

A huge congratulations to everyone who made the start line this weekend, whether you were chasing a PB, making your triathlon debut, representing your country, tackling an ultra marathon or simply testing yourself over a new distance.

🏁 Results Round up

🇬🇧 Swansea Half Marathon
Christa Cain – 1:15:11
Nick Bester – 1:11:39
Will Parry – 1:28:36
Zoltán Molnár – 1:27:41
Anne Boden – 1:31:36
Owain Williams – 1:34:08

🇺🇸 Chicago Half Marathon
Jonah Noel – 1:31:00

🇫🇷 Paris 10K
Eli Bukovicova – 44:49
Somayeh Tosi – 51:22

🇵🇱 Ironman 70.3 Warsaw
Gagan Kumar – 5:18:23

🏊🚴🏃 Dorney Olympic Distance Triathlon
James Buhl – 2:33:52

⛰️ 58K Ultra Marathon
Miguel Reis – 5:50:00

A huge thank you to adidas for supporting our members with race entries this season 💙

Congratulations everyone. We are incredibly proud of you all 👏🏽
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🌍💙 Happy Global Running Day 🤍🌍

Today we’re celebrating the miles, friendships, adventures and memories that running brings with Best Athletics 💙

From Tuesday track sessions in Battersea Park, to races and training camps around the world, running has a unique way of bringing people together.

Thank you to everyone who makes Best Athletics what it is 💙

🎽 Supported by
⛽️ Fuelled by

Why do you run? Let us know below 👇
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☀️🏃🏽‍♂️BEST ATHLETICS SUMMER PB CHALLENGE 🏃🏽‍♀️☀️

How much can you improve in 12 weeks?

Starting on 30th June, we’re challenging our members to chase a new PB over:

⚡️ 5K
⚡️ 10K
⚡️ Half Marathon

Whether you’re aiming for your first benchmark or your fastest ever race, we’ll provide the sessions, support and accountability to help you get there.

🏆 Prizes up for grabs:

👟 Pro 4s
💙 Best Athletics Merch £100 voucher
⛽️ £50 voucher

👀 Not a member yet?

Join us at our Open Night on Tuesday 30th June to experience a Best Athletics session, meet the community and learn more about becoming a member.

🔗 Register your interest via the link in our bio.

Let’s see what 12 weeks of consistent training can do 💙🔥 Who’s ready for a summer of PBs?
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Thinking about joining Best Athletics? 👀💙

Come along to our Open Night on Tuesday 30 June and see what Best Athletics is all about.

We’ll be kicking off our summer series with a coached group run session with Nick () around Battersea Park, followed by post run Lucky Saints & SiS nutrition ☀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️

💙 Free to join
🙌🏽 Open to all abilities
😎 Meet the community
📍 Battersea Park Bandstand
⏱️ 6:30PM start

Whether you’re training for a goal race, looking for a running community, or simply want to meet new people we’d love to have you there 🙌🏽

Sign up via the link in bio 🔗
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🥇MEDAL MONDAY
Another huge weekend for the team 💙🔥

From ultra trails to international halves, PBs, podiums and strong finishes across the globe 🌍

And as always… racing is better together 👏💙

⚡️ Hackney Half
Nick Bester – 1:11:44
Chris Watt – 1:20:54
Charlie Young – 1:22:44
Mike Souter – 1:25:40
Charlie Byrne – 1:36:05
Zach Asher – 1:36:19
Lana Premadasa – 1:44:49
Sam Barratt – 1:46:25
Adam Hargreaves – 1:46:26
Jess – 1:47:44
Sally Stewart – 1:50:03
Petra Cairns – 1:51:32
Shane Dolan – 1:53:45
Leigh-Ann Ross – 1:59:45
Reuben Mulligan – 2:16:18

🏔️ North Downs 50 Miler
Ali 👏

⛰️ UTS 50K
Sydney Clement 🔥

❤️‍🔥 Colchester 10K
George Balmer – 35:49 (4th overall)

⚡️ Binfield 10K
Max Griggs – 38:29

🇺🇸 Brooklyn Half
Glenn Omanio – 1:47:16
Roy Bacot – 1:55:49

🇺🇸 La Jolla Half Marathon
Harry Lourimore – 1:49:19

🌲 Green Race 15K Trail Run
George – 1:28:46

🌊 Coronado Bay 4 Miler
Brandi Crown – 28:47

Unreal racing from everyone this weekend 👏💙
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🥇🏃‍♂️💙MEDAL MONDAY🤍 🏃‍♀️🥇

After the incredible performances at the England Masters 10K yesterday, the club kept the momentum rolling with a huge weekend of racing across the UK and Europe 🌍🔥

👏🏽 Huge congratulations to everyone who represented the club this weekend:

🔹 EMGP Silverstone 10K
Andrew Murphy – 34:15
Matt Naisbit – 35:09

CPH Marathon 🇩🇰
Alex Revell – 2:44:03
Chris Watt – 2:51:21
Adam Moore – 2:59:31
Claire Gabriel – 3:28:54
Daisy Gilfedder – 3:15
Beth Rainbow – 3:13:02
Jess Deely – 3:13:47

🔹 Bracknell Half Marathon
Max Griggs – 1:25:45

🔹 Leeds Half
Amy McKenny – 2:19:38
Jess – 1:47:41

🔹 Gatwick Half Marathon
Stuart Souter – 1:29:10

🔹 Great Wheelbarrow Race 🚜
Jordan

🔹 Vítaca Stage Race
Eli Bukovicova

🔹 Grand Prix Berne 16K & Geneva Half Marathon 🇨🇭
Théo Bonny – 1:48:27

🔹 Phoenix Half
Petra Cairns – 2:27:02

🔹 Great Bristol Half Marathon
Lindsey – 1:39:35

🔹 Alderley Edge 10K
Jon Lambert – 36:04

What a weekend for the club! Proud of every single Best Athletics member giving it everything 💙🤍
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Best Athletics x England Masters Race at the Bideford 10K 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💫💙🤍

A brilliant day of racing with three members of Best Athletics, Nick Bester, Christa Cain and Anne Boden representing England at the 10K Masters Final and the club making its mark across every part of the field 💙

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Bester - 31:45 | 2nd Male 🥈
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Christa Cain - 35:07 (COURSE RECORD❤️‍🔥) | 1st Female 🥇
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anne Boden - 40:54 | outstanding run just weeks after a marathon
💙 Amie Walker - 38:08 | 1st Senior Lady after a dramatic start, getting back up and fighting through to the finish
🤍 Alan Wilcox — superb pacing work leading the sub 50 group

We are extremely proud of our athletes racing today down in North Devon, a huge achievement 🔵⚪️🔥

Onwards & Upwards 🚀
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