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EN_GB Race Information, Year 2
Overview
20th June 2025
Windsor to Reading, and back
This year, 15 university teams and 15 corporate-sponsored teams will compete along the picturesque Thames Path, running 115km from Brocas Field in Windsor to King’s Meadow in Reading and back.
The 115km course is broken up into 10 legs, each starting and finishing with a tasuki sash handover point. Each leg is between 5km and 15km, giving teams the strategic challenge of deploying their best middle and long-distance specialists on legs that best suit their team’s unique composition.
Discover more about the race day and how you can get involved in the details section.
The details
Live tracking will be available on the day on our website. The link will be shared in our newsletter closer to the race, and published on our website on the day.
The full map can be found below. The different leg distances of the route are as follows:
- Windsor to Maidenhead: 10.6km
- Maidenhead to Bisham Abbey: 14.5km
- Bisham Abbey to Henley-on-Thames: 14.1km
- Henley-on-Thames to Sonning: 12.8km
- Sonning to Kings Meadow, Reading (halfway point): 5.4km
- King’s Meadow, Reading (halfway point) to Sonning: 5.4km
- Sonning to Henley-on-Thames: 12.8km
- Henley-on-Thames to Bisham Abbey: 14.1km
- Bisham Abbey to Maidenhead: 14.5km
- Maidenhead to Windsor: 10.6km
The runners will start the race at 8:00 AM sharp from Brocas Field, Windsor, on June 20th, 2025.
Join us from 7:00 AM onwards to cheer on your teammates, family or friends!
The race will finish on Brocas Field in Windsor.
We estimate that the first team will pass the finish line around 14:30, and the last team will finish around 19:30.
- Start: Brocas Field, Meadow Lane, Eton, Windsor, SL4 6SS
- Handover point 1 Maidenhead Rowing Club, River Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0AT
- Handover point 2 Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Bisham Village, Marlow Rd, Bisham, Marlow, SL7 1RR
- Handover point 3 Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BF
- Handover point 4 The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TY
- Handover point 5 HALFWAY POINT Reading, Kings Meadow, Napier Road, Reading, RG1 8AB
- Handover point 6 The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TY
- Handover point 7 Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BF
- Handover point 8 Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Bisham Village, Marlow Rd, Bisham, Marlow SL7 1RR
- Handover point 9 Maidenhead Rowing Club, River Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0AT
- Finish: Brocas Field, Meadow Lane, Eton, Windsor, SL4 6SS
If you are interested in volunteering at the FT Nikkei UK Ekiden on June 20th, please email us with your availability and location at info@ukekiden.com.
We invite sports fans, university alumni and the UK running community to experience the unique energy of a sport where every leg of the race counts and the finish line is a culmination of strategy, endurance, and pure grit.
Join us at the following points and be part of the action!
- Start line at Brocas Field the event village opens at 7 AM. The runners will start at 8 AM sharp.
- Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames: The runners are estimated to run through here between 10:05 and 11:56, and then between 12:08 and 15:34 on their way back.
- King’s Meadow, Reading: The runners are estimated to arrive here between 11:03 and 13:45.
- Finish line at Brocas Field, Windsor: The first team runner is expected to arrive around 14:34, and the last runner is expected at 19:30.
- The ‘Racers’ prize giving will take place at 16:30 in the event village.
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Brocas Field, Windsor to King’s Meadow, Reading, and back along the Thames Path.
More than just a race
The ekiden is more than a race—it’s a bridge between cultures, offering participants, spectators and running fans a chance to engage with a beloved Japanese tradition.
Set along some of the scenic Thames Path, the event will showcase some of the brightest athletes against some of the most beautiful road and trail running the UK has to offer.
Join us and experience the unique energy of a sport where every leg of the race counts and the finish line is a culmination of strategy, endurance, and pure grit.
