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Conquer a 5k, Marathon Relay, Half Marathon or Marathon for Toybox

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Toybox is thrilled to be a Gold Partner for the Milton Keynes Marathon Weekend in May 2025.

The Milton Keynes Marathon Weekend takes place during the Early May Bank Holiday weekend. You can conquer the Rocket 5k on Sunday 4th May, or the Marathon Relay, Half Marathon, or Marathon on Bank Holiday Monday (5th May).

Why run for Toybox

By running for Toybox, you will not only take on the challenge of a lifetime, you will also be helping to change the lives of street children across the world.

At Toybox, we have been working alongside street children, first in Latin America and now in Asia and Africa for over 30 years. Our core purpose today remains consistent with the reason Toybox was created, to help children marginalised and abused by those who should be protecting them.

As an MK-based charity that works around the world to support street children, we are really excited to be partnering with our hometown marathon.

Why run in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes marathon is consistently ranked in the top 10 UK marathon races, with BARR Gold accreditation for outstanding race management. A London and Boston marathon qualifying event as well as an Abbott World Marathon Majors Wanda Age Group World Championships qualifier.

Milton Keynes is blessed with a tremendous amount of natural beauty. The races taken advantage of those factors, show off the green city and giving runners a course that is scenic, interesting, inspiring, fun to run, fast, and excitingly different from other marathon.

What's more, there is lots of lots of support and entertainmnent on the course, quality medals and an amazing stadium finish with a festival of music, street food and bars!

How to apply

You can find out more about running the MK Marathon Weekend for Toybox and apply for a charity place on #TeamToybox for the Rocket 5K, Marathon Relay, Half Marathon or Marathon using the online form here