VA Winter Track Series

VA Winter Track Series 2026/27

Something to keep us racing, training and motivated through the winter!

The Vectis Academy Winter Track Series, timed by Wild Isle Events, is a series of five Tuesday evening track events at Sandown, spread across the winter.

The series mixes traditional track racing with a couple of slightly different challenges. Across the five rounds we'll have:

3 × 5K races
2 × 3K races
Metronome 1600 – four watchless laps where consistency is as important as outright speed
4 × 400m Speed Challenge – multiple attempts to put down your fastest 400m

A series for everyone

You don't need to be the fastest runner on the track to be competitive.

The series will use age-graded scoring, adjusting performances for age and sex so runners of different ages can compete against each other in the overall standings.

We'll still publish all the normal times and finishing positions too, so you've always got your own performances and PBs to chase.

How it works

Each round forms part of the overall Winter Track Series, with points contributing towards the final standings.

The events are professionally chip timed by Wild Isle Events, with online results and series standings throughout the winter.

The idea isn't to make Tuesday track super-serious — quite the opposite. It's about giving everyone some targets through the winter, adding a bit of friendly competition and giving all that cold, dark Tuesday-night training something to aim towards!

Entry

The series is for Vectis Academy members and takes place as part of our normal Tuesday track sessions.

There is no additional race entry fee — just turn up and pay your usual VA track session fee.

Five nights. Seven challenges. One winter series.

Race dates and the programme for each round will be published shortly.

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Online Results - Coming Soon

Some friendly faces you will see at track…..come say hi

Mark, Simon, Giorgio & Gabriela
Becky
A man running in a race outdoors on a foggy day, wearing a green and black athletic tank top, black shorts, and neon green running shoes, with tattoos on his arms and legs.
A man wearing athletic gear, including a green tank top, lime green shorts, black gloves, and a backwards cap, running outdoors on a path in a park, giving a thumbs-up with both hands, smiling, with a race bib numbered 58.
A male runner with a green vest and black shorts competing in a race on a paved pathway, with a female runner in a red shirt and black shorts behind him, both outdoors on a cloudy day.
Two male runners participating in a race on a cloudy day, wearing race bibs, with green grass and a fence in the background.
Older man running in a race, wearing a blue athletic shirt and shorts, waving his hand. Behind him, a young woman with a high bun, wearing a green and black athletic outfit with the number 369, giving a thumbs-up. Other runners are visible in the bac
Male runner in green tank top, black and gray shorts, wearing a race bib number 538, running along a riverfront pathway
A group of nine runners poses outdoors on a damp, paved surface near boats and parked cars on a cloudy day. They are dressed in athletic gear, some with medals, and stand close together, some with arms around each other.
Group of 15 runners in green and black athletic wear, posing outdoors on a paved surface with a marina and boats in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.