A TOTALLY FREE & AFFILIATED RUNNING CLUB IN HERTFORDSHIRE
The Stevenage Phoenix 5
11th May 2025
Another scorcher but another great success. We would just like to thank each and every one of you that entered and attended Sunday, we hope you had as much fun as what we did, from the fantastic photos it certainly looks that way.
A few thank you’s to make, starting with our amazing club members at Stevenage Phoenix Running Club for volunteering and being your marshals & support at Race HQ and out on the course. Our generous sponsors Love Stevenage and Under The Water Media, our supporters Stevenage Borough Council for ensuring the course was kept safe and clean, HashtagDigital for the publicity and Jordans Cereals for their yummy finish line goodies. Massage by Moran provided those last minute and post race massages and advice. Barnwell School and Football Academy Stevenage for the much appreciated use of their car parks, to Black Cat Productions for the great music and keeping you all up to date on race info. To RACE RESULT for all their support and guidance with entries from day 1 to race day. To Denise Ricot for getting you ready with her pre race warm up, our great team of first aiders Joe Hursey and The Hearn Training Company Limited, stationing themselves around the course and keeping you safe. To Boro Bear for bringing many smiles to our mini milers faces, as well as many adult fans, and to our Mayor, Jim Brown for starting the mini miler racers off. To Jo’s Ices Ltd for keeping you chilled with their iced goodies and our team of bakers supplying you with so much delicious cake. To our trio of photographers, Keith Fenwick, Emma Hills & Simon Leadbetter. To Stevenage Striders and Stevenage parkrun's James Salmon and Amy Heap for the loan of extra signage to ensure the route was well signposted and clear to others out and about. To Kustom Clothing for the brilliant T-shirts and Running Imp for working alongside our designer to create our lovely medals.
We hope you had a wonderful time and please hit us up with your feedback and any other photos you might have got on the day. We hope to see you again but for now Happy Running
Phil Gover & Emma Mead
Phoenix 5 Race Directors
We are proud to confirm that proceeds from the 2025 race will be shared between our nominated good causes, Herts and Essex air ambulance, Feed Up Warm Up, Garden House Hospice and Knebworth Food bank.
The route
The route starts in the north corner of Shephalbury Park near the sports academy and bowling green. Runners follow the cycleway towards the football ground, initially with the road on their left they pass through the underpass network at the Valley Way/Broadwater Crescent junction. The road will now be on their right as they pass along St Margaret’s and then the football ground. They follow the cycleway into the underpasses near Roaring Meg, turning right into Fairlands Showground. Follow the path across the Showground to Six Hills Way, passing the newly planted wood containing 4,000 trees. As the runners leave the park, turn right downhill and then left through the underpass. Left again and follow the 5k parkrun route to the children’s play area. Shortly after that runners will be directed downhill to the right where they cross the bridge and turn right to pass the cycle hub, climbing tower and the parkrun start area. The route follows the edge of the large lake where it passes through the small wood and on to the cycleway where runners will then retrace their steps back to Shephalbury Park.
The race is run with a certificate of course accuracy number 23/401 and an ARC race permit ARC 25/0012
