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Hero Run- St Helena Hospice, COLCHESTER

Sunday 29 March 2026
Location : Colchester Northern Gateway Sports Park: Cuckoo Farm Way, COLCHESTER, Essex, CO4 5YX, United Kingdom
Sunday 29th March at Colchester Sports Park is a fun-filled day for the whole family! Dress up as your hero and take on our 2km family fun run, or if you're a runner, challenge yourself with a 5km or 10km run all while supporting St Helena Hospice.

Event village and registration opens at 9:00am, with races starting from 10am.

As well as a series of fun runs, there will be an event village - think stalls, food and drinks, and some super cool comic book heroes appearing as if by magic.

Fun runs take place over several distances, with something for all abilities - from have-a-go-heroes to sprint superstars

We're holding out for a hero...
Whether you love Batman, Supergirl, Leo Messi or Taylor Swift, all heroes are invited. So don your capes, your kits, or Eras outfit and pay homage to your hero as you run!

Event website: https://sthelena.org.uk/how-you-can-help-us/events-and-challenges/herorun2026

This event supports St Helena Hospice

The UK Garrison costumers will be at the event between 09:15 and 13:15.
Star Wars Imperial costumers requested.
Star Wars Rebel costumers requested.
Reel Icons (Movie) costumers requested.

More information for UKG Members: https://www.ukgarrison.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=930633

Events disclaimer

Event times

The times given are the times we will be on site at the event but unfortunately this doesn't necessarily mean we will be available to meet you throughout the whole of this period. Our plan for the day is usually confirmed with the event organisers closer to the event or even on the day. We will also require refreshment breaks. You may be able to get more specific details from the event organisers themselves if you contact them for when we are scheduled to meet with the public.

Star Wars & Reel Icons costumers

This has been added to the event details to let you know what kind of costumers this event has requested i.e. Star Wars only, Reel Icons only or a mixture of costumers. With all our events, we cannot guarantee what costumers will be available to attend as we are all volunteers who do this in our spare time so it is always on a 'best endeavours' basis.

Cancellations

Unfortunately, sometimes our attendance at an event is cancelled. This is infrequent but can happen for a variety of reasons including the event itself being cancelled or rescheduled by the organiser, inclement weather, costumers that are within the locale of that event being unavailable or ill. We recommend that you check back regularly with this calendar to ensure our attendance at a particular event is still scheduled.

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