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We are delighted to announce that our annual Miles of Miles event will be taking place at Chelmsford's Melbourne Stadium on Saturday June the 20th, making it the eighth outing of this great event.
Once again we will also be incorporating the Essex AA 1 Mile Championships and the Cornell Team Cup.
Clubs can win £1000, £500 or £250 for coming 1st, 2nd & 3rd, just by telling us they wish to contest the Cornell Cup (more details here)
There will be big money prizes for the first and second fastest Mens sub 4 and Women's sub 4:37, plus prize money in the form of Amazon vouchers for the fastest athlete in each gender age category.
Miles of Miles medals will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place finishers at the end of every race.
And for those who don't like running around in circles we will also be adding an open Long Jump competition and 4 x 100m Relays.
Entry prices:
Miles of Miles £10.50
Miles of Miles + souvenir t-shirt £18.50
4 x 100m Relay £18 per team
Long Jump £9.00 (min 4 attempts)
T-Shirts will be available to purchase on the day priced at £10.50 each
Miles of Miles is for age groups *U12, U14, U16, U18, U20, SEN, 40+ & 50+
* Please note the U12 age category will not be included in the Essex AA Championships.
The Essex Championships are open to U14, U16, U18, U20 SEN, 40+ & 50+
Check your eligibility here.
Medals & Prizes
A £50 Amazon voucher will be given to the fastest athlete in each age/gender group inc. U12's.
1st, 2nd & 3rd place Miles of Miles medals will be awarded at the end of every race, and there will be a separate podium ceremony for those coming 1st, 2nd & 3rd in the County Championships.
£1000 will be awarded to the winning Club of the Cornell Cup.
£500 will be awarded to the runner up Club in the Cornell Cup
£250 will be awarded to the 3rd place Club in the Cornell Cup.
£1000 will be awarded to the fastest sub 4 man.
£1000 will be awarded to the fastest sub 4.37 woman.
£500 will be awarded to the 2nd fastest sub 4 man.
£500 will be awarded to the 2nd fastest sub 4.37 woman.
If you have any questions email us here.
Entry Closes June 13th 2026.
Bill Cornell was born and bred in Chelmsford and remains to this day pound for pound the best Mile athlete the club has ever had. Bill emigrated to the U.S. in the 1960"s where he became a University Athlete/Coach, in which time he was voted MVC of the year eight times and was a three time NCAA Div 1 All-American himself in the half mile & mile events. He also mentored 11 Olympians and 49 All-Americans.
Your club can now keep the Cup that bears his name for 12 months plus £1000 in prize money.
The 2nd and 3rd placed clubs will scoop £500 & £250 respectively
All you need to do is send us a message by clicking here and telling us you're in.
How the scoring works:
Each club will need to field a minimum of one athlete in the U14, U16 & U18 (both Boys & Girls) races plus one U20 (can be either M or F) and one Senior (can be either M or F) so a full team would be eight athletes. You can still compete for the Cup if you don't have the full eight required athletes but each category not contested will result in +8 Points.
Only your A string athlete can score in each race, therefore if your clubs athletes finish in 1st, 2nd & 3rd you will score 1 point, if another clubs athlete finishes 4th they will score 2 points and so on.
If you have any questions regarding the scoring system click here.
Essex Eligibility:
As a Championship event - all entrants must be UKA registered and eligible to compete for Essex. This means that you must have been born in Essex, or have lived in Essex for at least 9 months prior to the event and have not competed at a County championships for a different County in the past year. Essex Athletic Association covers the county of Essex and Eastern London as far west as the River Lea. Under England Athletics rules - Essex school pupils who do not have UKA registration are also eligible to compete on the condition that they have not previously competed without a licence at the championships (e.g. in 2025 or prior to this) - please contact the organiser if you need to register this way. No other unregistered athletes will be accepted and the championships are unable to accomodate any guest athletes. The Essex Championships only allows competitors to compete in their own age group.