Vitality London 10,000

26 September 2027 London, United Kingdom

The Mall. Photograph by aurélien., CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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At a glance

Race day: Sun 26 Sept; The 2027 race
Race: Other; 10K, from the race name, not from a published programme
Time limit: 2 h 10 min

The course

The organiser calls the London 10,000 course mostly flat with a few gentle rises, and its pacer's rundown puts the last real uphill at 6K by St Paul's Cathedral.

Mostly flat, a fast finish down WhitehallMostly flat; last real uphill at 6K, then Whitehall at 9K is downhill.
A busy first two kilometres on The MallBe patient on The Mall; check your 5K split before the fast sections.
Two hours ten to finish, water at 5KCut-off 2:10; toilets at 3K, 5K, 7K; water at 5K and refills at 4K.

Course notes 3 short reads on the course

Whole courseGradientMostly flat, a fast finish down WhitehallMostly flat; last real uphill at 6K, then Whitehall at 9K is downhill.

The organiser describes the course as mostly flat with just a few gentle rises. Its pacer, Roger Vilardell, says the first 2K are slightly uphill along The Mall, that 6K by St Paul’s Cathedral is the last meaningful uphill, and that Aldwych brings a short rise of 250 to 300 metres near 7K. Whitehall at 9K is all downhill, and he calls it a very fast finish.

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Whole courseTacticsA busy first two kilometres on The MallBe patient on The Mall; check your 5K split before the fast sections.

The organiser says the start is quite busy with a large field and The Mall is wide, so runners should avoid swerving or surging and wait for gaps to open. From 3K to 5K there are a few turns and some fast sections, and the 5K split is the moment to see whether a target time is still on.

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Whole courseConditionsTwo hours ten to finish, water at 5KCut-off 2:10; toilets at 3K, 5K, 7K; water at 5K and refills at 4K.

The organiser gives a cut-off of 2 hours 10 minutes. Toilets stand in the start and finish areas and at 3K, 5K and 7K. Bottled water is handed out at the drinks station at 5K, with refill points for bottle belts and hydration packs at the start, the finish and 4K.

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Entry

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Race fuel

Energy gel

Race fuel for London

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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