In pictures: The TTP Cambridge Half Marathon 2025 was biggest yet and is set to raise £1m
It was the biggest Cambridge Half Marathon to date, with more than 13,500 runners finishing on Sunday (9 March).
And that means the fundraising target of £1million is in sight.
Adam Moffat, race director for the TTP Cambridge Half Marathon, said: “We were blessed with beautiful sunshine, which we haven’t had for a few years.
“We’ve been more used to the Beast from the East, so it was nice. And we had record numbers – it was our biggest Cambridge Half to date.
“We think it was the best-supported one as well. Ben, who was the lead bike on the day, said that all the roads pretty much everywhere – apart from a small section between the Barton Road roundabout into Grantchester – were packed, even in the villages. So that was great.
“We are really on track to hit the £1million mark. We came really close last year – around £950,000.”
The half marathon’s community impact was also felt immediately, as the team dropped off leftover food at Wintercomfort on Monday morning (10 March) and delivered clothing that people had donated to Emmaus.
Alzheimer’s Research UK was the headline charity partner for this year’s event, and other charity partners include Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support, Kidney Care UK, Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, RSPCA, and Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT).
ACT’s runners raised a staggering £150,000 for the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital – a multi-million pound campaign to see a new world-class facility built on Cambridge Biomedical Campus by 2029.
Donna Lee Willis, ACT’s head of community fundraising, described Sunday’s event as “amazing”, saying: “In 2022, we had four runners and they raised £1,267, so to go from that to 200 runners this year and raising a total of £150,000, you just can’t put into words how amazing that is.
“Last year, we had 150 runners, who raised £60,000 so we have more than doubled our income even though we haven’t doubled our runners.
“We have massively grown this event and we keep getting bigger and better all the time.
“As an event, the Cambridge Half Marathon is really special to us and something we are very passionate about as it’s on our doorstep.”
Anyone who would like to sign up to run for ACT next year can do so now by going to act4addenbrookes.org.uk/ events/ttp-cambridge-half-marathon-2026.
And if you still haven’t donated, it's not too late. To help push the total raised to more than £150,000, visit act4addenbrookes.org.uk/donate.
Meanwhile, Cheffins has raised in excess of £10,000 so far for Cambridge Community Foundation (CCF) and says that more donations are due to come in.
Its runners were Simon Gooderham, Richard Freshwater, Angie Ware, Jonathan Purkiss, Sam Harding, Steve Banham, Harry Simmonds, Jack French and Freddie Wooton – all of whom completed the course.
Runners from The Cambridge Building Society – Joe Stack, Hannah Stead and Holly Smith, alongside her partner Joseph Farrow – raised £1,441 in support of CCF, beating their £1,000 target.
The additional donations will be added to the building society’s community fund to aid local charities and initiatives.
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity had 95 runners involved and have raised £50,000, with donations still coming in.
Gina Thomas, events and challenges manager at the charity, said: “We are incredibly grateful to all our runners for their commitment and dedication, especially on such a hot March day!
“Their efforts not only raised crucial funds to support people in Cambridgeshire, but also helped to raise awareness of the important work we do.
“Seeing so many #TeamArthur supporters running, supporting each other and taking on this challenge in memory of loved ones, was very special.”
Visit arhc.enthuse.com/cf/ttp-cambridge-half-marathon25 to support the runners.
Local mental health charity, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind, also got in on the action, raising £58,377 - a total that continues to rise as more donations pour in.
CPSL Mind celebrated a record number of participants with more than 100 runners taking part.
Debbie Glonek, fundraising and events co-ordinator at CPSL Mind, said: “A massive thank you goes out to every single individual who made this event such a huge success.
“To the runners - whether they ran for personal achievement or to support the vital work of CPSL Mind - you are all champions in our eyes.
“Your dedication and determination are what made this event possible.”
First to finish the closed-road 13.1- mile course was Jonathan Escalante, with a time of 01:06:12. He was followed by Peter Molloy, in a time of 01:06:21, while Kurt Taylor was third, with a time of 01:06:40.
The top three female runners were Sarah Potter, with a time of 01:13:48. Holly Archer was in second place, in a time of 01:15:43, followed by Ella Fennelly in third with a time of 01:16:22.
