London City Race 2024
The 15th London City Race takes place on Saturday 14th September 2024. The event centre is in the Barbican and the race will mainly be in the “Square Mile” of the City of London.
This CGP Grey video explains the difference “between the City of London and the city named London”.
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The event will feature a full range of classic distance urban courses. The map scale is 1:4,000 and the mapping is to ISSprOM 2019-2.
The race is in the City Race Euro Tour series.
Classes and Courses
The 2023 courses were as the table below.
| Course | Classes | Optimal Distance (km) | Target Winning Time (mins) | Technical/ Descriptions |
| 1 | Men Elite, Men Under 21 (M20-) | 12.5 | 50 | 3/ IOF |
| 2 | Women Elite, Women Under 21 (W20-) | 10.7 | 50 | 3/ IOF |
| 3 | Men’s Veteran (M40+) | 11.2 | 50 | 3/ IOF |
| 4 | Women’s Veteran (W40+) | 8.3 | 45 | 3/ IOF |
| 5 | Men’s Super Vets (M55+) | 8.7 | 45 | 3/ IOF |
| 6 | Women’s Super Vets (W55+) | 7.5 | 45 | 3/ IOF |
| 7 | Men’s Ultra Vets (M65+) Men’s Open | 7.5 | 45 40 | 3/ IOF |
| 8 | Women’s Ultra Vets (W65+) Women’s Open | 6.2 | 40 35 | 3/ IOF |
| 9 | Men’s Hyper Vets (M75+) | 5.7 | 40 | 3/ IOF |
| 10 | Women’s Hyper Vets (W75+) | 3.7 | 35 | 3/ IOF |
| 11 | Juniors (W16-) Juniors (M16-) | 5.0 | 30 | 3/ IOF |
| 12 | Children (W12-) Children (M12-) | 2.5 | 20 | 2 /IOF + English Text |
| 13 | Adventurer | 5.0 | 40 | 2 /English |
| 14 | Accessible | 2.0 | 45 | 2 /English |
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Ultrasprint – Sunday 15th September
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Competitors will run three heats on courses of approximately 1km with a high density of controls, including sections in a specially constructed maze. There will then be a set of finals involving all competitors. This high intensity orienteering will provide a challenge to all competitors and is a great spectacle to watch. Click here for a short video taster from the 2015 event (opens new window).