2025

We are delighted to be able to invite you to apply for entries to the 2025 Barker Gotelee Ekiden at our host venue of Ipswich High School, Woolverstone.

Many thanks to Barker Gotelee Solicitors for being our new sponsor of the event.

The format is detailed below:

The Junior race will start at 09:30. Teams will be expected to complete the race within 45 minutes. Junior race limit – 70 teams – no limit on entries per club
The Senior race will take place after the Junior race has finished at 10.20 with an expected race limit of 250 teams. This should mean that we can accept all entries
Multi team entries – you can reserve your entries and finalise the details nearer to race date. Please email ekiden@ipswichjaffa.org.uk.
Harwich have kindly agreed to time the race. Their system works on the chip being located in a baton, with one baton per team.
We will again be providing trophies to 2nd and 3rd place teams in the larger categories
There will NOT be a live results feed, the final results will be provided at the end of the race with the prizes for the fastest leg times being posted to the winners.
Team registration – you will again be able to register your line ups through a web portal and make your own changes – https://portal.ipswichekiden.co.uk/.
Full race rules can be found here.

History

Ipswich JAFFA have been staging the only Ekiden held in the UK for over 20 years, and it is now a well established fixture in the local racing calendar. It attracts runners from all over East Anglia, with the 2017 event having a record entry of 200 teams. There is a Junior Ekiden for those aged under 16.

The 26.2 mile race will be run by teams of six as a relay. Legs: 1 x 7.2km, 3 x 5km and 2 x 10km

Club teams and social and business teams are all welcome .

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