Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee drops blazing 28-minute 10K in Spain
The British triathlon star finished 27th in a stacked field that saw the European record fall
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Olympic and world triathlon champion Alex Yee kicked off his 2025 season on Sunday, running the Valencia 10K in Spain. The 26-year-old Brit ran a stellar road 10K PB, clocking a 28:07 finish and earning 27th overall. The race is only the first running event of Yee’s season, as he has plans to race the London Marathon in April.
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A stacked race
The field in Valencia was incredibly strong, and the race saw Sweden’s Andreas Almgren smash the European 10K record by 14 seconds with a 26:53 showing. Yee may not be used to finishing so far back of the lead in triathlons, but considering the calibre of the start list (and the fact that he is a triathlete who was racing against pure runners), he is likely quite pleased with his result.
In Valencia on Sunday, Yee was the third Brit across the line, with his compatriots Roy Leonard and Charles Wheeler both running under multiple Olympic champion Mo Farah’s British 10K record (Leonard ran 27:38 and Wheeler ran 27:42). The year is still very young, but Yee currently sits in third behind those two men in the 10K ranks among Brits. Had Yee run his 28:07 in 2024, he would have had the fastest British 10K result of the year.
Looking toward London
Yee still has a few months to go in his build to his first marathon, but his 2025 campaign is off to a fantastic start. He has said that he will still be focusing on triathlon, but he has some goals he wants to chase in the running world, too. With the L.A. Olympics still years away, he figured 2025 was the perfect time to go after these goals.
“With running, I feel like I’ve never stopped scratching the itch,” he told The Guardian. “I want to give it a real go.” He continued, stating his hopes of running anywhere from 2:07 to 2:10 in London. Should he succeed in running somewhere in 2:07 range, Yee would join an elite list of British men to have gone sub-2:08 in the marathon (to date, only four have done so).
No matter what Yee does in his running journey this year, it will be fun to watch, and the eyes of the triathlon community will be on him as he works toward the London Marathon, which is set for April 27.