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JA 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 114km from Brocas Field in Windsor to King’s Meadow in Reading and back.
The 114km 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
You will be able to see how each team is doing, and what place they are in, live on the day.
You can find the links to both live tracking and the live leaderboard below:
The full map can be found below. 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 will start the race at 08:00 sharp from Brocas Field, Windsor, on June 20th, 2025.
Join us from 07:00 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
We are looking for volunteers who can join us on the 20th June, either for a few hours or a full day.
Volunteering roles vary depending on what you are interested in doing and where you are based, and what support we need.
Roles include standing at vital handover points and road crossings to help direct runners, communicating with the operations teams, and cheering on the runners.
Please fill in this form to register your interest, or email info@ukekiden.com
Join us at the following points and be part of the action!
- Start line at Brocas Field the event village opens at 07:00. The runners will start at 08:00 sharp.
- Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames: The runners are estimated to run through here between 10:00 and 12:00 noon, and then between 12:00 noon and 15:30 on their way back. The cut-off at Henley will be 15:45.
- King’s Meadow, Reading: The runners are estimated to arrive here between 11:00 and 13:45.
- Finish line at Brocas Field, Windsor: The first team runner is expected to arrive around 14:30, and the last runner is expected at 19:30.
The route
Brocas Field, Windsor to King’s Meadow, Reading, and back along the Thames Path.
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 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 energy of a sport where every leg of the race counts and the finish line is a culmination of strategy, endurance, and pure grit.
