River Thames Running event series is organised by RUNFEST limited (Company Reg No. 08521533) and is the amalgamation of four local running events: Hampton Court Half, Kingston Breakfest Run (8mile, 16mile & 20 mile), Kingston Half Marathon and River Thames Half.
We also offer free training plans and training tips including a list of Kingston and Surrey parkruns and running clubs.
Runfest, organised by husband-and-wife team Tom & Jade Bedford, also organise Richmond RUNFEST, Worthing RUNFEST, Kew The Run and Littlehampton 10K. In 12 years have raised over £4.5 million for our charity partners.
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History timeline
We welcomed Alzheimer's Research UK as our official charity of the year.
We welcomed Uber Boat by Thames Clippers as our title event partner. Also RUN-FEST & River Thames Running events helped charities raise over £800,000.
4899 runners finished all 4 events in 2024.
The creation of River Thames Running that will include a series of 4 events include the Hampton Court Half Marathon, Kingston Break-fest Run, Kingston Half Marathon & the River Thames Half.
We were celebrating 10 years of Richmond RUNFEST and expanded to include the following events:
Our team proudly put on the British Olympic Marathon trials inside Kew Gardens that saw Chris Thompson, Steph Davies and Ben Connor qualify for Tokyo. The event was put on during peak covid restrictions and also hosted the British Race Walking Olympic Trials. Check out the highlights here.
Despite dealing with all the covid-19 restraints RUN-FEST managed to put on the UK's largest mass participation socially distanced event inside Kew Gardens.
The Kingston Breakfast Run came back to life with a name change of Kingston Spring Race Day.
A record 4071 runners completed the Hampton Court Half Marathon.
The Kingston Half Marathon was established. 692 runners finished the inaugural run.
2014 saw the inaugural River Thames Half Marathon and Hampton Court Half Marathon events.
The Hampton Court Half Marathon was created by race director Peter Wedderburn and 2103 runners finished.
The River Thames Half Marathon was created by race director Roy Reeder and 932 people finished the race.
