On 24th May 2025
Events on the day
Throws Pentathlon Events: Hammer, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Weight
Championship Track Events: 10000m, 10000m walk, 1 mile, 1 mile walk
Open Events: 100m, 200m, 400m, long jump, triple jump
Draft timetable can be foundHERE.
To enter Championshipevents, clickHERE
To enter open events, clickHERE
Why is Sarah Roberts Taking Part?
Read about her worldly ambitions in her own words:
I’ve entered the BMAF 10,000m and One-Mile Championships on 24th May because I love discovering what’s still possible. I only laced up my first pair of running shoes at age 67, shuffling round parkrun with a walk-run strategy. After a couple of years I joined Dacorum Athletic Club and plucked up the courage to enter an 800m race (the first time I had ever set foot on a track). My opposition was a group of talented teenagers who disappeared into the distance, but my time was reasonable for my age and it gave me a taste for track running. Unfortunately COVID came along and ruined any running progression for a while. When running resumed I was told about Masters events and 3 years ago I joined Southern Counties Veterans Athletics Club and represented them and 2 years ago I entered British Masters events. This has led to a gradual improvement so that in the last year I have run personal bests at every distance I have raced, and to world indoor records for W75 at 800m, 1500m, and 3000m. I have also obtained world bests for W75 in 5k road, 5 mile road, and 10k road and also for W70 in 5k road. This is surprising, even to me, and hopefully I can go further.
The next goal is to translate those indoor track records to outdoors – and to find out what I can do over the mile and 10,000m. The camaraderie of my Dacorum Club and weekly interval training together with parkruns remain the backbone of my training; (each Saturday reminds me that improving your own PB is open to anyone, at any age). If my story persuades even one person to pin on a number for the first time, it will be every bit as satisfying as another medal or record. See you in Oxford”.
