Philippa Bowden

Athlete IDATH-019538

Sports:RunningAthletics

Biography

Phily Bowden, also recorded in athletics results as Philippa Bowden, is a British international distance runner, coach and content creator. She shares marathon preparation, race experiences and the everyday work behind competitive running through her films and social accounts.

Philippa Bowden's published record includes performances from 2013 to 2026 in 1500, Marathon, 1mi, 2000 Metres Steeplechase, 3000 Metres Steeplechase, 800. Selected recorded events include Milton Keynes BMC (2013; source checked); TCS New York City Marathon (2026; source checked); London (GBR) (2014; source checked).

Source-checked results include 2nd in the gender classification over 3000 Metres at BMC Eltham Grand Prix — Women's 3000m A race (2018-07-07).

Source-checked results include 2nd in the gender classification over 5000 Metres at BMC Loughborough Grand Prix — Women's 5000m A race (2018-06-23).

Achievements & next milestones

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Achieved

76 finishes completed
Based on 76 distinct completed events in your linked record.
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6 marathons completed
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3 5K finishes completed
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6 10K finishes completed
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6 half marathons completed
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8 countries raced
One completed event in each different country; UK home nations count together.
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2 marathon majors completed
Different qualifying major marathons. Repeated finishes of one major count once here.
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3 sports completed
At least one completed result in each sport; track and field count as Athletics, while road running and parkrun count as Running.
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Raced in 14 calendar years
At least one recorded finish in each year; this does not imply an uninterrupted streak.
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2026
Each year counts once. A tick means at least one result from that year is verified.
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PB improved
A faster result after an earlier performance in the same sport, distance, surface and timing category.
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Race wins by sport and distance

Overall, gender and age-category wins are listed separately. Ticks show checked results.

Athletics · Overall race
5000m · 1 win
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Athletics · Gender classification
5000m · 1 win
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Running · Gender classification
5K · 2 wins
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Running · Category · FS
5K · 1 win
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Running · Category · W U/50
5K · 1 win
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Running · Gender classification
10 miles · 1 win
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Running · Category · FS
10 miles · 1 win
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Running · Gender classification
Half marathon · 2 wins
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Next milestones

100 finishes
24 more finishes needed
76 of 100 recorded
5 5K finishes
2 more 5K finishes needed
3 of 5 recorded
10 10K finishes
4 more 10K finishes needed
6 of 10 recorded
10 half marathons
4 more half marathons needed
6 of 10 recorded
10 marathons
4 more marathons needed
6 of 10 recorded
10 different countries
2 more different countries needed
8 of 10 recorded
15 calendar years with a finish
1 more calendar year with a finish needed
14 of 15 recorded

Personal bests (PBs) & best performances

Philippa Bowden’s road 5K best recorded on AthRecs is 15:44 (verified), at Saucony X Podium 5K (B race) on 2022-07-02.

Athletics · 1500m · Track

4:21.81

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Woodside Stadium, Watford (GBR) · 2022-07-13

Athletics · 3000m · Track

9:10.58

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British Milers Club Grand Prix · 2024-06-22

Athletics · 5000m · Track

15:22.84

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UK Athletics Championships · 2024-06-29

Athletics · 10000m · Track

32:26.25

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Night of the 10,000m PBs · 2024-05-18

Running · 5K · Road

15:44

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Saucony X Podium 5K (B race) · 2022-07-02

Running · 10K · Road

32:32

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Trafford 10K · 2024-03-03

Running · 10mi · Road

56:52

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Myerscough 10 Mile Road Race · 2023-12-03

Running · Half · Road

1:12:15

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Berlin Half Marathon · 2024-04-07

Running · Marathon · Road

2:25:47

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Berlin Marathon · 2024-09-29

Career highlights

Philippa Bowden's published record includes performances from 2013 to 2026 in 1500, Marathon, 1mi, 2000 Metres Steeplechase, 3000 Metres Steeplechase, 800.

Selected events from this athlete’s recorded career. Verification is shown for each record.

Milton Keynes BMC
2013 · 1500
Performance: 4:56.40
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TCS New York City Marathon
2026 · Marathon
Performance: 2:30:45
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London (GBR)
2014 · 1mi
Performance: 5:06.0h
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Milton Keynes (GBR)
2014 · 2000 Metres Steeplechase
Performance: 6:56.81
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UK Championships
2014 · 3000 Metres Steeplechase
Performance: 10:53.22
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Eastbourne (GBR)
2014 · 800
Performance: 2:19.8h
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Earlier results

Showing 51–55 of 79 recorded performances.

Athlete results history
Race date	Race name	Sport	Distance / discipline	Location	Performance	Place	Category
Sat, 13 Oct 2018	Completed event · Finisher · Wisconsin Pre Nationals (women’s Cardinal race)	Running	Cross Country 6KCross Country	Zimmer Championship Course, Madison	20:39.5VerifiedTiming unknown	—Gender: 17	—
Fri, 21 Sept 2018	Completed event · Finisher · Oregon Bill Dellinger Invitational	Running	Cross Country 6KCross Country	Springfield Golf Course, Oregon	20:16.2VerifiedTiming unknown	—Gender: 6	—
Sat, 7 Jul 2018	Completed event · Finisher · BMC Eltham Grand Prix — Women's 3000m A race	Athletics	3000mTrack	Eltham, London	9:13.24VerifiedTiming unknown	—Completed event · Silver · 2nd · Gender classification · Gender · 2ndGender: 2	SEN
Sat, 23 Jun 2018	Completed event · Finisher · BMC Loughborough Grand Prix — Women's 5000m A race	Athletics	5000mTrack	Loughborough	15:52.36VerifiedTiming unknown	—Completed event · Silver · 2nd · Gender classification · Gender · 2ndGender: 2	—Bib 390
Sat, 19 May 2018	Completed event · Finisher · Night of the 10,000m PBs / European 10,000m Cup — Women's A race	Athletics	10000mTrack	Highgate, London	32:33.10VerifiedTiming unknown	—Gender: 5	—

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