Humanrace

Who are Human Race?

Founded in 1990, Human Race is a professional event management agency specialising in staging multisport events, typically organising over 15 a year. These include triathlons, duathlons and aquathlons, as well as single sport races, especially in running. Human Race also organised the acclaimed Commonwealth Games Triathlon in Manchester in 2002 which has led to the development of the annual ITU World Cup Triathlon, on the BBC, over the same course in Salford.

The principal event in the company's annual portfolio is the Royal Windsor Triathlon which has grown to be the best race in Great Britain with no less than seven BTA "Event of the Year" awards in the last seven years, including scooping the double of BTA Event of the Year 2004 as well as the inaugural 220 Triathlon Magazine award for Race of the Year 2004. In 2006 and 2007 the event had TV coverage on Eurosport, Channel 5 and the BBC, in 2008 it was on Channel 4 for 1 hour.

Human Race have always encouraged a continual development of innovative events into their portfolio, the first ever TIMEX WomenOnly triathlon, the Eton Super sprints and the BananaMan triathlon to name just three. Some new events are coming onstream for 2010.

The Human Race Team comprises a core management team of:

  • John Lunt, Managing Director
  • Jasmine Flatters, Administration & Race Director
  • Alan Spelling, Operations and Logistics Director
  • Julia St John, Finance Director
  • Richard Codgbrook, Marketing Manager
  • Charlotte Mustard, Web Administrator
  • Waveney Thomson, PR, Marketing and Sponsorship
  • Sarah Russell, PR Support
  • Henry Budgett, IT Support
  • Steve Mustard, IT Support
  • Val Tanner, Admin Support
  • Jan Prince, Finance Support

and around 65 fantastic, regular crew who make the events work!

Human Race aims to provide a balanced programme of events catering for varying groups of multisport enthusiasts. As well as catering for the domestic athlete at all levels of ability, Human Race also aims to provide high profile events in the UK which will elevate the profile of triathlon at an international level. Human Race crew members are regular volunteers at ITU World Cup events, both in Europe and further afield.


Key Achievements:

  • Organised the acclaimed Commonwealth Games Triathlon at Manchester's Salford Quays venue in 2002.
  • Organise the annual Salford ITU World Cup race, currently the only international World ranking triathlon held in the UK. The event receives over one hour of TV coverage on BBC Grandstand.
  • Human Race have staged three Elite National Triathlon Championships, two age group Triathlon Championships, two National Duathlon Championships and two World Clydesdale Championships. In total we have hosted six BBC televised triathlons.

Human Race have also organised the televised Urban running series in three different UK locations: Glasgow, Manchester and London.

And, not forgetting The Fila Muti-Storey Madness - a running race in a car park at night!

Our corporate events have included the annual Unilever Triathlon, David Lloyd Leisure Triathlon, HSBC and Men's Fitness Magazine Triathlon and the bi-annual Tesco Triathlon--one of these was held in Portugal and has raised over £3,000,000 for charity.

In 2006, Human Race organised the Men's Fitness off road triathlon. This National magazine is promoting multisport fitness through the magazine and is using triathlon as the platform.

In 2008, Human Race managed the first triforlife triathlon aimed at fundriasing activities within the Jewish community. Over 500 people took part and over £70,000 was raised.

Human Race has a fantastic following of age group athletes- the weekend warriors. We have over 80,000 names on the database who continually enter and enjoy Human Race events.

Ever year we have a nominated charity. In 2008 the charity beneficiary was Leukaemia Research and Human Race athletes have raised a staggering £300,000.