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5K runs in East of England in October 2025

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Open to all the family from serious athletes wanting a shorter race to complete beginners wanting to have fun, get fit and raise money for Anna's Hope, or a different charity cause.
  • Sun 12 Oct
  • £18.90
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Anna's Hope 5K Fun Run

Open to all the family from serious athletes wanting a shorter race to complete beginners wanting to have fun, get fit and raise money for Anna's Hope, or a different charity cause.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • Age 4 & over
  • 5 km road running
Love Luton is delighted to host the 12th running event for the town. The races will start and finish in Luton town centre and head through award-winning parks on traffic-free, closed roads.
  • Sun 12 Oct
  • £17-£19
Luton, Bedfordshire, UK

Love Luton Runfest 5K

Love Luton is delighted to host the 12th running event for the town. The races will start and finish in Luton town centre and head through award-winning parks on traffic-free, closed roads.

  • Enter online
  • Hilly
  • Traffic free
  • Age 11 & over
  • 5 km road running + 173 ft ascent
The beast roars back! In celebration of 25 years, an iconic running event returns. An out-and-back 5K across the beautiful, but sometimes brutal and bleak, Cambridgeshire Fens.
  • Sun 19 Oct
  • £13-£15
ELY, Cambridgeshire, UK

Run 10 in the Fen | 5K

The beast roars back! In celebration of 25 years, an iconic running event returns. An out-and-back 5K across the beautiful, but sometimes brutal and bleak, Cambridgeshire Fens.

  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Age 11 & over
  • 5 km road running
This Halloween, run as far as you can during the 4-hour event through Ferry Meadows on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.
  • Sun 26 Oct
  • £31-£36
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Pumpkin Plod | 4 Hour

This Halloween, run as far as you can during the 4-hour event through Ferry Meadows on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 4 hrs multi terrain running + 299 ft ascent
  • Sat 4 Oct
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK

First Saturday of the Month 5K

  • 5 km road running
  • Sun 5 Oct
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, UK

Abbots Langley Tough 10 | Tough 5K

  • 5 km road running
  • Sun 5 Oct
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Abington Festival of Running | 5K

  • 5 km road running
  • Sun 12 Oct
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK

Willow 10K | 5K

  • 5 km road running

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