London track hosts royal family runoff between Prince Harry, William and Kate Middleton

Photo: Heads Together.

Photo: Heads Together.

The royal family has been putting their speed to the test.

Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a Royal Family runoff on Feb. 5 at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

The trio raced a 50m sprint in front of a London Marathon training crowd in support of Heads Together, an organization that promotes discussion in support of mental health.

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“The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry today joined a training day with runners taking part in the London Marathon for Heads Together,” reads Kensington Palace’s Instagram caption. “The training day was held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and around 150 runners attended, including current marathon world champion Paula Radcliffe and 400 metre sprinter Iwan Thomas. Their Royal Highnesses also took part in the relay at the community track before meeting participants.”

The event was held at the newly-built London Marathon Community Track, which will serve as a warmup area for the 2017 IAAF World Championships this August.

While @paulajradcliffe and @Iwanrunner also gave advice and encouragement to over 150 @Heads_Together runners on training and preparation. pic.twitter.com/Bi3AZZ3LiA

— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) February 5, 2017

As the Instagram caption notes, the women’s marathon world record holder was on site for the training day. Radcliffe, 43, has run 2:15:25 for the marathon and is one of the more popular figures on the global running scene.

 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry today took joined a training day with runners taking part in the London Marathon for Heads Together. The training day was held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and around 150 runners attended, including current marathon world champion Paula Radcliffe and 400 metres sprinter Iwan Thomas. Their Royal Highnesses also took part in the relay at the community track before meeting participants. #HeadsTogether

A photo posted by Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) on Feb 5, 2017 at 11:21am PST

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Harry was first followed by William and Kate. Rocking Asics and New Balance footwear, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge appeared to have the more runner-friendly shoes compared to Harry. The best-dressed, however, may have to go to Prince Harry as he can be seen sporting Canada’s own Arc’teryx, an outdoor clothing and technical outerwear based in Vancouver.

The Royal Family is expected to be heavily involved in promoting physical activity and sport ahead of the April 23 London Marathon, one of six races in the World Marathon Majors series. Heads Together is the ‘Charity of the Year’ for the 2017 London Marathon, which will feature Canadian Krista DuChene.

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And they’re off … Their Royal Highnesses are championing #HeadsTogether to try to encourage people with mental health problems to talk to others. “We want to normalise mental health, we want to get people talking about it, to make it more normal and to reduce the stigma,” The Duke of Cambridge said. “You are crucial to making this happen and we can’t do it without you.”

A video posted by Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) on Feb 5, 2017 at 11:29am PST

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry took part in a relay today at the @heads_together #LondonMarathon training day! pic.twitter.com/507lSPlVaL

— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) February 5, 2017

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Their Royal Highnesses joined training sessions on the new #LondonMarathon Community Track with more than 150 Team @Heads_Together runners. pic.twitter.com/xrAxW8zRbI

— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) February 5, 2017