CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS WHO TOOK TO THE STREETS OF WESTMINSTER ON 21 JULY AT THE ASICS LONDON 10K 2019.
Did you know that the thousands of you who ran for charity, fundraised an estimated £2.2million* for over 300 charitable causes? Thank you and well done to our incredible runners for making their 10K count towards something great in the community.
MEET OUR WINNERS
Time for a round of applause! The 2019 ASICS London 10K was won by Josh Griffiths (male winner) and Rebecca Murray (female winner) with times of 29:47 and 33:46 respectively. Our Fancy Dress winner was Johnny Minkley who ran all 10KM in a Pac-Man box costume. Results are live! Find your official race time here.
“We’re thrilled to bring ASICS London 10K to central London, in partnership with ASICS. It’s a privilege for Virgin Sport to present a true summer celebration of running with music and entertainment on course at every 450 metres. Thank you to the thousands of runners who took part, and a huge congratulations to our winners!”
Jessica Frey, CEO, Virgin Sport
YOUR ICONIC 10K ROUTE
Did you spot all 21 of our music and entertainment points along the 10K course? Spectators cheered for friends and family at Michelob ULTRA Fan Hubs and the ‘Zipcar-Wash’ mist shower kept runners cool. ASICS provided high five cheer zones and kept the energy alive with 2 metre high RUN UNITED letters on Westminster Bridge.
Did you see your motivational message on screen at KM 4? Thanks to KIND for powering our runners’ journeys, and PowerBar, Nuun, and JUST Water for energising ASICS London 10K all the way to the finish line!
On the North Terrace, Trafalgar Square, there were a host of activities to keep our runners and supporters entertained.
On King Charles Island, at the top of Whitehall, DJs provided live music all day at the Michelob ULTRA Fan Hub. FOREO dished out free facials using their award-winning LUNA range products. Did you freshen up at the FOREO mist wall?
SUSTAINABILITY
Recently, we announced a partnership with JUST Goods for the ASICS London 10K to further our Virgin Sport mission of making all our running events plastic bottle free in 2019, eliminating half a million single-use plastic bottles.
The ASICS London 10K was also the first race where we eliminated plastic kit bags; replacing them with long-life natural cotton tote bags.
The exclusive ASICS finisher t-shirt was also made using recycled PET bottles. Part of ASICS’ project that collects used gear and partners with organisations such as Worn Again to support technical development and scale up the recycling of used textiles into new textiles.
Inspired to run in next year? Pre-register for the 2020 ASICS London 10K here.
Ran the ASICS London 10K or British 10K previously? We’ve recently launched the ASICS London 10K loyalty scheme, find out more here.
*Estimation based on average fundraised in 2018 per runner (including Gift Aid), and total charity runners taking part in ASICS London 10K 2019.