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JA Race Information
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.
The route
Brocas Field, Windsor to King’s Meadow, Reading, and back along the Thames Path.
Year 2 Race Information
20th June 2025
Windsor to Reading, and back
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 to Maidenhead: 10.4km
- Maidenhead to Bisham Abbey: 14.2km
- 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: 14.2km
- Maidenhead to Windsor: 10.4km
The runners started the race at 08:00 sharp from Brocas Field, Windsor, on June 20th, 2025.
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.
- 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
More than one race on one day
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 showcases some of the brightest athletes against some of the most beautiful road and trail running the UK has to offer.
