PHOENIX - 500th Event - Night Phoenix
PR
From Phoenix Running
Saturday 25th May 2024
Past event
15:00
Sunbury on Thames
£22.00–£40.00 · 6 races
5km, 10km, Half Marathon, Marathon, Ultra
Event summary
Get ready for an unforgettable running experience at the PHOENIX - 500th Event - Night Phoenix, hosted by Phoenix Running on Saturday, May 25, 2024, in Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex! This exciting evening event marks a significant milestone as it celebrates the 500th occasion of Phoenix Running, and promises to be an epic night filled with energy and camaraderie. Participants can choose from a variety of race distances ranging from 5km to ultra-marathon, completing laps of a scenic 5.3km course along the picturesque river Thames. Whether you're a seasoned runner or just starting out, this event welcomes all abilities, with a unique 'rock up and run' start time allowing for a relaxed and enjoyable experience.
As the sun sets, runners can look forward to glowing medals and the thrill of racing into the dusk. The Night Phoenix is the first in a series of themed events, and it coincides with the whimsical 'We're All Mad Here' run, giving you the chance to earn two fabulous Phoenix medals on the same day! With a flexible entry option that allows for participation without a medal, Phoenix Running aims to make this event accessible to everyone while maintaining the high standards of support and excitement. Don’t
As the sun sets, runners can look forward to glowing medals and the thrill of racing into the dusk. The Night Phoenix is the first in a series of themed events, and it coincides with the whimsical 'We're All Mad Here' run, giving you the chance to earn two fabulous Phoenix medals on the same day! With a flexible entry option that allows for participation without a medal, Phoenix Running aims to make this event accessible to everyone while maintaining the high standards of support and excitement. Don’t
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Races
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Phoenix - 5k
Entries closed£27.00
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Phoenix - 10k
Entries closed£29.00
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Phoenix - Half Marathon
Entries closed£37.00
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Phoenix - Marathon
Entries closed£37.00
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Phoenix - Ultra Marathon / 7-Hour Timed Event
Entries closed£40.00
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Phoenix - 7-Hour Timed Event (No Medal)
Entries closed£22.00
Event information
Phoenix Running offer two different courses from the Weir in Walton. The 'Blue Bridge' route takes you west along the Thames, passing over the small 'Blue Bridge' before passing under Walton Bridge before returning. The 'Hampton Court' route takes you east along the times in the direction of 'Hampton Court', passing Sunbury Locke on the way before returning. Both courses are along scenic towpaths and have no elevation gain / loss making them both fast and flat routes. The course will be confirmed one week prior to the event and dependent on factors such as planned local events and the weather.
Phoenix Running operate welcoming and inclusive events for those for all ability levels.
Free parking is available a short 5 minute walk from the start line. Details are provided in the final event information which is emailed a week prior to the event.
The event will start in the small field just before The Weir Pub on Waterside Drive or on the patio of the Weir Pub depending on the weather. Just look for the Phoenix Running marquee, you can't miss it!
The race is around 6 miles from the closest M25 junction.
Walton Station is around a 2.5 mile walk away.
Walton Station is around a 2.5 mile walk away.
Cut-offs
Here at Phoenix Running, all of our cut-offs are linear and stated in the final event information emails so you do not need to push harder in the first instance, keep to a steady pace & you will finish.
Toilets and changing facilities
Where possible we have separate female & male toilets at all our venues and access to suitable facilities to change your clothes / running kit.
Event UPDATES
Please join our Facebook chat groups. We recommend all entrants to our events join these groups.
For any specific event changes we will always EMAIL all entrants as the primary communication channel.
However, please do join our Facebook chat groups as we post news / interim updates / weather updates and much more.
Here at Phoenix Running, all of our cut-offs are linear and stated in the final event information emails so you do not need to push harder in the first instance, keep to a steady pace & you will finish.
Toilets and changing facilities
Where possible we have separate female & male toilets at all our venues and access to suitable facilities to change your clothes / running kit.
Event UPDATES
Please join our Facebook chat groups. We recommend all entrants to our events join these groups.
For any specific event changes we will always EMAIL all entrants as the primary communication channel.
However, please do join our Facebook chat groups as we post news / interim updates / weather updates and much more.
On entering Phoenix Running Ltd events you are entitled to the following;
FREE DEFERALS - You can transfer or defer any race entry (once) to a future event up to 1 week (7 days) prior to the original event date (subject to availability). This is our ‘no questions asked’ commitment to our runners. There are no deferral fees, no online forms to fill out and there is no onus on you to find another runner to take your place (unless, of course, you want to). You can defer an event once, just email us and we’ll do the rest. Simple, easy and fair.
FREE TRANSFERS - You can, if you prefer, transfer your entry to another runner up to 1 week (7 days) prior to the event date (subject to availability). Simply email us the new runner’s full contact details prior to the transfer deadline and include any club affiliation and medical conditions.
PREGNANT DEFERALS – We allow pregnant & postpartum mums to defer their event for up to three years. This also applies to adopting parents.
1 WEEK (7 DAY) DEADLINE - Race numbers are not transferable to another event or another runner within 1 week (7 days) of the race date.
DEADLINE EXCEPTIONS – There are no exceptions to shortening the 7 day deadline. From time to time Phoenix Running hold special events or events with a larger than usual capacity. We reserve the right to extend the 1 week deadline for transfers and deferrals for such events. This will be made clear in the specific terms and conditions for those events.
REFUNDS - The entry fee is non-refundable.
FREE DEFERALS - You can transfer or defer any race entry (once) to a future event up to 1 week (7 days) prior to the original event date (subject to availability). This is our ‘no questions asked’ commitment to our runners. There are no deferral fees, no online forms to fill out and there is no onus on you to find another runner to take your place (unless, of course, you want to). You can defer an event once, just email us and we’ll do the rest. Simple, easy and fair.
FREE TRANSFERS - You can, if you prefer, transfer your entry to another runner up to 1 week (7 days) prior to the event date (subject to availability). Simply email us the new runner’s full contact details prior to the transfer deadline and include any club affiliation and medical conditions.
PREGNANT DEFERALS – We allow pregnant & postpartum mums to defer their event for up to three years. This also applies to adopting parents.
1 WEEK (7 DAY) DEADLINE - Race numbers are not transferable to another event or another runner within 1 week (7 days) of the race date.
DEADLINE EXCEPTIONS – There are no exceptions to shortening the 7 day deadline. From time to time Phoenix Running hold special events or events with a larger than usual capacity. We reserve the right to extend the 1 week deadline for transfers and deferrals for such events. This will be made clear in the specific terms and conditions for those events.
REFUNDS - The entry fee is non-refundable.
Organiser's description
Our evening series of runs are returning in 2024 and the first one will be very special indeed as it's also our 500th Phoenix event!.
We're welcoming back the Night Phoenix, the Dark Phoenix and the Black Phoenix in 2024, and, as if that wasn't exciting enough we'll have an awesome event medal for the Night Phoenix that you simply won't want to miss so we hope you'll join us for the Night Phoenix 500.
The 'Night Phoenix' is the first in our evening series of 7 hour themed events (last seen in 2018). This event will be held on the same day as our 'We're All Mad Here' run, so there is the opportunity to run in two themed events on the same day and get your hands on not one but two awesome Phoenix medals.
This is one of our timed events where you choose - from 5km to 10k, half to marathon to ultra, you can complete as many, or as few, laps as you like of a 5.3km, 3.28 mile, out and back, course along the beautiful river Thames. We welcome all abilities of runner - complete one lap and you're both a finisher and a winner in our eyes, or keep going and see how far you can get in the full 7 hour time limit and everyone gets the fabulous bespoke finishers' medal.
Running will start between 3.00pm and 3.30pm and there is the potential to finish at dusk or in the dark depending on how quickly and how far you run.
There will, of course, be the awesome glow in the dark bling!
Don't forget - you must use a head torch if running after 9.00pm. We highly advise that all runners bring a head torch, even if you expect to be finished before this time.
There is a 7 hour cut off, so ideally all runners will be finished by 10.30pm.
We also operate our uniquely flexible 'rock up and run' start times within a half hour start window, so no waiting around if you arrive early and no added pressure if you're running a bit late. If you have any special start time requirements then just get in touch because depending on the distance you are planning to run we can pretty much accommodate all start time requests.
Whilst Phoenix Running is very much about the bling and our medals are second to none, we're also acutely conscious that events can be expensive to enter and times are tough right now. We're now in our 9th year of fixed prices for our standard themed events, but to try and do our bit we're trailing a 'no medal' entry option at a flat £22. We cover our base costs, you get a run with all the usual Phoenix support, epic aid station, same day results published, athletes profiles, Phoenix World, digital BIBs, digital finishers certificates, etc, etc but without a medal we can keep the price low for this entry option.
Not sure? Well the beauty of this format is that you don't even need to decide in advance - simply come and run a lap and see how you feel on the day and keep on going if it feels right.
Places will be strictly limited so don't leave it too late to enter. There is NO 'on the day entry'.
Minimum distance is 3.28 miles or as far as you can go in 7 hours. Off road trail, the terrain is riverside towpath. The overall course has no elevation gain / loss making this a flat and fast route.
We're welcoming back the Night Phoenix, the Dark Phoenix and the Black Phoenix in 2024, and, as if that wasn't exciting enough we'll have an awesome event medal for the Night Phoenix that you simply won't want to miss so we hope you'll join us for the Night Phoenix 500.
The 'Night Phoenix' is the first in our evening series of 7 hour themed events (last seen in 2018). This event will be held on the same day as our 'We're All Mad Here' run, so there is the opportunity to run in two themed events on the same day and get your hands on not one but two awesome Phoenix medals.
This is one of our timed events where you choose - from 5km to 10k, half to marathon to ultra, you can complete as many, or as few, laps as you like of a 5.3km, 3.28 mile, out and back, course along the beautiful river Thames. We welcome all abilities of runner - complete one lap and you're both a finisher and a winner in our eyes, or keep going and see how far you can get in the full 7 hour time limit and everyone gets the fabulous bespoke finishers' medal.
Running will start between 3.00pm and 3.30pm and there is the potential to finish at dusk or in the dark depending on how quickly and how far you run.
There will, of course, be the awesome glow in the dark bling!
Don't forget - you must use a head torch if running after 9.00pm. We highly advise that all runners bring a head torch, even if you expect to be finished before this time.
There is a 7 hour cut off, so ideally all runners will be finished by 10.30pm.
We also operate our uniquely flexible 'rock up and run' start times within a half hour start window, so no waiting around if you arrive early and no added pressure if you're running a bit late. If you have any special start time requirements then just get in touch because depending on the distance you are planning to run we can pretty much accommodate all start time requests.
Whilst Phoenix Running is very much about the bling and our medals are second to none, we're also acutely conscious that events can be expensive to enter and times are tough right now. We're now in our 9th year of fixed prices for our standard themed events, but to try and do our bit we're trailing a 'no medal' entry option at a flat £22. We cover our base costs, you get a run with all the usual Phoenix support, epic aid station, same day results published, athletes profiles, Phoenix World, digital BIBs, digital finishers certificates, etc, etc but without a medal we can keep the price low for this entry option.
Not sure? Well the beauty of this format is that you don't even need to decide in advance - simply come and run a lap and see how you feel on the day and keep on going if it feels right.
Places will be strictly limited so don't leave it too late to enter. There is NO 'on the day entry'.
Minimum distance is 3.28 miles or as far as you can go in 7 hours. Off road trail, the terrain is riverside towpath. The overall course has no elevation gain / loss making this a flat and fast route.
Location
KT12 2JB Towpath, Sunbury on Thames, United Kingdom
PHOENIX - 500th Event - Night Phoenix
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Phoenix Running
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