Dear #LoveLifeLove25Lap friends,

In nature there is a plant known as the Resurrection Lily. It doesn’t bloom every year. Some seasons it simply sits underground minding its own business, storing up energy, refusing to be rushed, and probably ignoring online motivational quotes. Then, when the moment is right, it bursts back into life as if nothing happened.

We’ve decided to take a leaf out of the Resurrection Lily’s book and made the decision that Night of
the 10,000m PBs will not take place in 2026.

This event has always been a slightly improbable miracle: elite athletes running around very fast
while thousands of people scream encouragement with an Afro Beat backing track, cowbells ringing
hard, and vociferous debate whether it’s acceptable to eat curried goat on the bridge over the home
straight. For over a decade it has grown from a bold idea into a community celebration of our sport.

Delivering Night of the 10,000m PBs at the standard everyone expects requires a small army of
people, a heroic number of volunteers, and organisational energy normally associated with
launching a space mission. Rather than put on a version that is anything less than the full, noisy,
chaotic, glorious experience, we feel it is better to pause again to regroup.

So 2026 will be another year of sensible shoes, early nights, and administrative recovery. To be clear:
this is not the end, it is not a goodbye and hopefully 2027 will see it flower once more.

Like the Resurrection Lily, Night of the 10,000m PBs aims to bloom again. And when it does, we fully
intend for it to be just as loud, just as ridiculous, and just as brilliant as ever. Thank you for your
understanding, your support, and for keeping the cowbells safely stored until further notice.

Happy running.
Ben Pochee and Highgate Harriers team.