大会概要
The FT Nikkei UK Ekiden Year 3 will take place along the Thames Path from Windsor to Reading and back, along the same route as Year 2. Additional race information for Year 3 will be revealed in early 2026.
コース
ウィンザー・ブロカス・フィールドからレディング:キングズ・メドウまでのテムス川沿いの往復路となります
Year 2 Race Information
2025年6月20日
Windsor (ウィンザー) から Reading (レディング) 往復路
In Year 2, 15 university teams and 15 corporate-sponsored teams competed along the picturesque Thames Path, running 114km from Brocas Field in Windsor to King’s Meadow in Reading and back.
The 114km course was broken up into 10 legs, each starting and finishing with a tasuki sash handover point. Each leg was 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.
The full map can be found above. The different leg distances of the route are as follows:
- Windsor (ウィンザー)からMaidenhead(メイデンヘッド):: 10.4km
- Maidenhead (メイデンヘッド) からBisham Abbey(ビシャムアビー): 14.2km
- Bisham Abbey (ビシャムアビー)から Henley-on-Thames (ヘンリー・オン・テムス): 14.1km
- Henley-on-Thames (ヘンリー・オン・テムス)から Sonning (ソニング): 12.8km
- Sonning(ソニング) からKings Meadow, Reading(キングスメドウ, レディング・折り返し): 5.4km
- King’s Meadow, Reading (キングスメドウ, レディング・折り返し)から Sonning (ソニング): 5.4km
- Sonning (ソニング)から Henley-on-Thames(ヘンリー・オン・テムス): 12.8km
- Henley-on-Thames(ヘンリー・オン・テムス)から Bisham Abbey(ビシャムアビー): 14.1km
- Bisham Abbey(ビシャムアビー)からMaidenhead (メイデンヘッド): 14.2km
- Maidenhead(メイデンヘッド)から Windsor(ウィンザー): 10.4km
The runners started the race at 08:00 sharp from ・フィールドから開始します。
Spectators were able to join us from 07:00 onwards to cheer on their teammates, family or friends.
The race finished on Brocas Field in Windsor.
- スタート: Brocas Field, Meadow Lane, Eton, Windsor, SL4 6SS
- 中継所1 Maidenhead Rowing Club, River Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0AT
- 中継所2 Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Bisham Village, Marlow Rd, Bisham, Marlow, SL7 1RR
- 中継所 3 Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BF
- 中継所4 The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TY
- 中継所 5 HALFWAY POINT Reading, Kings Meadow, Napier Road, Reading, RG1 8AB
- 中継所 6 The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TY
- 中継所7 Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BF
- 中継所8 Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Bisham Village, Marlow Rd, Bisham, Marlow SL7 1RR
- 中継所 9 Maidenhead Rowing Club, River Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0AT
- ゴール: Brocas Field, Meadow Lane, Eton, Windsor, SL4 6SS
駅伝の持つ意味
駅伝は、日本発祥の100年以上継承される伝統スポーツであり、参加者・観客・ファンなど、すべての人をつなぐ架け橋となります。本大会を通じ、さらなる日英交流が実現し、新たな形で英国に日本文化が紡がれていきます。
Set along some of the scenic Thames Path, the event showcases some of the brightest athletes against some of the most beautiful road and trail running the UK has to offer.