In summary, 10Ks are great, and we want to help you run your best one with training plans for all levels and plenty of tips. You also recover far more quickly from a 10K than a longer race, so you can do more of them without putting your body under undue strain. They’re often cheap to enter or if you get a place through a charity, the fundraising target will be much smaller than for a marathon place. There are 10K running events available to enter practically every weekend. And, of course, you also have to run a half marathon or a marathon, which is a long old way. It’s certainly a far more accessible distance than a half marathon or marathon, which require many months of training, plus a nutrition strategy for the day.

While it’s double the distance, if you already have the fitness to run 5K, it’s not as hard as you might imagine to push on to 10K. If you’ve started running and reached the first milestone of completing a 5K, then setting your sights on 10K is a great next step.

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