The Friday 5 is a popular series of 5 mile races held on Friday evenings between May and July, across Suffolk and Essex. The races are always family friendly and are a great way to spend a summers evening. All Friday Five races are open to affiliated and non-affiliated runners, providing they meet the minimum age requirement of 15 years. Prizes are awarded to individuals and teams at each race, and also for the series as a whole (based on a points system). All the Friday Five events also have two junior races and they have their own Junior race Series.
Series Rules
All the race dates can be found on our Race Diary
More information about the series and all the rules for both the senior and junior races can be found on the Friday Five Race Series website (https://friday5series.com/).
Age Categories
- Women: U20F, Open, FM35, FM40, FM45, FM50, FM55, FM60, FM65+
- Men: U20M, Open, MM40, MM45, MM50, MM55, MM60, MM65, MM70+
Series medals and trophies will be presented at the Ipswich Jaffa Ekiden Relay which follows a few weeks after the last race. Runners and teams are responsible for collecting their medals or making arrangements for them to be collected on their behalf.