Explore Birmingham and Wolverhampton
The major metropolitan base of the West Midlands, this huge city features a fantastic array of outdoors events and clubs. Discover runs, rides, swims, walks, triathlons, challenges and other outdoor activities in and around Birmingham here.
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- Sat 20 Sep
- £10-£65
Birminghams Rainbow Rush
Join Birmingham Hospice to take over Cofton Park for a day filled with a kaleidoscope of colour, music and laughter. 2.5km or 5km routes available!
- Fun run
- 5K run
- Tue 30 Sep
- £33.30-£39
Kingfisher Challenge
Mature woodland, waterways and open grassland - it’s simply trail running perfection! Run as many 5K laps as you wish in the time limit, then receive your well-deserved medal, flapjack and beer.
- 6 hrs trail running + 111 ft ascent
- Tue 30 Sep
- £14.40-£18
Petzl Night Trails 10K | Coombe Abbey
Coombe Abbey after work with the light fading - grab your head torch and get involved! You'll receive a fantastic medal and goodies too.
- 10 km trail running + 65 m ascent
- Sun 2 Nov
- £12-£35
Birmingham MoRun
MoRunning brings everyday people together with the focus being to inspire you, your family, your kids and your friends to have the best time running! Get ready, Birmingham!
- Fun run
- 5K run
- 10K run
- Half marathon
- Fri 23 Jan 2026
- £33.30-£39
Crocodile Challenge & Canicross
A great venue tucked away in the Warwickshire countryside. The ground is runnable all year and the views great too. Run as many 3.3-mile laps as you wish in the time limit, then receive your goodies!
- Fixed time runs
- CaniCross
- Sat 28 Mar 2026
- £15
Walk of Light Birmingham
As the sun sets, walk together and shine a light on blood cancer. Sign up today to walk 2.5km or 5km with your family and friends in Cannon Hill Park.
- Charity walk 2
- Sun 3 May 2026
- £31-£48
Great Birmingham Run
Take on a thrilling run at the Midlands' biggest and best running event! Thousands of Brummies pound the streets every year, from the heart of the city with an incredible atmosphere all the way.
- Half marathon
- 10K run
- Sun 21 Sep
- £15.50-£17.50
Waseley Wobbler
A stunning 8.5-ish mile race with hills, fields, stiles, maybe a bit of mud – and very friendly marshals!
- 8.5 miles multi terrain running
- Sat 27 Sep
- £10
GLOW Night Walk | Birmingham
GLOW up and join a 20km night walk through Birmingham with lights and glowsticks to mark World Mental Health Day, taking in the bright lights and iconic buildings for Mental Health UK.
- 20 km walking
- Sun 7 Dec
- £14
Black Country Triathletes Splash and Dash
Swim is 400m pool swim and the 5K run is an out and back along a disused railaway line. The entire event is traffic free.
- 400 m pool swimming
- 5 km road running
- Sun 22 Feb 2026
- £25-£35
The Birmingham 5K, 10K and Half Marathon Winter Warmer Run
A chance to lace up those shoes, get motivated, focus on training during winter and run this awesome 5k or 10k running event with us.
- 5K run
- 10K run
- Half marathon
- Sun 19 Apr 2026
- £32-£44
Coventry Half Marathon
Following a triumphant return to the events calendar the much-loved Coventry Half Marathon is back on historic city centre streets and out towards Shakespeare’s county of Warwickshire.
- 13.1 miles road running + 536 ft ascent
- Sun 28 Jun 2026
- £37.50-£47.50
RIDE Tommy Godwin
The RIDE Tommy Godwin Challenge was set up to honour the memory of 1948 Olympic cycling medallist Tommy Godwin.
- Sportive 2