Multiple global track champion returns to action on the roads of London in May following his disappointing 2021 season

Almost a year since failing to make the British Olympic team over 10,000m, Mo Farah returns to racing on Monday May 2 over 10km on the roads.

Despite turning 39 in March he has no intention to retire just yet and he will run the Vitality London 10,000 – a race he will be trying to win for the eighth time.

Farah said: “I’m really looking forward to getting out there and racing again at an event that I really love. I’ve been working hard to get back into shape following my injury last summer and I’ve got a few more months of hard training ahead of me, so it’s good to have a target like the Vitality London 10,000 to work towards.

“I have great memories of the event. I have won it seven times and racing in central London is something you can never get bored of. The atmosphere among the thousands of participants is always fantastic and I can’t wait to be part of it again.”

Farah’s wins at the Vitality London 10,000 came in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019. He set the British 10km record of 27:44 in the 2010 race, a time equalled by Emile Cairess in Valencia earlier this year.

Due to the pandemic the Vitality London 10,000 returns to its central London in 2022 for the first time since 2019. The course of this year’s event starts on The Mall before heading out through Westminster into the City of London. It takes in some of the capital’s most iconic landmarks, including Admiralty Arch, St Paul’s Cathedral, Mansion House, the Bank of England, the Old Bailey, Somerset House, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, before finishing by Buckingham Palace.

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