brainstrust fundraising events
You can browse our calendar of upcoming fundraising events and campaigns. For the latest information about races and challenges, please keep in contact with event organisers or email fundraising@brainstrust.org.uk
Crystal Palace 10k 2025
Join brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Crystal Palace 10k. Come and run a 10k o with us at Crystal Palace Park located in the South-East London suburb of Crystal Palace. The park is situated on the Norwood Ridge, offering views of Central London, Greenwich and the North Downs. This undulating […]
Shakespeare Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Shakespeare Marathon. This flat and fast route, follows 1 lap for the half marathon and 2 laps for the marathon. The majority of the route follows closed roads around the town, with the remainder on the Stratford Greenway footpath, a hard compact footpath, […]
Shakespeare Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Shakespeare Half Marathon 2025. This flat and fast route, follows 1 lap for the half marathon and 2 laps for the marathon. The majority of the route follows closed roads around the town, with the remainder on the Stratford Greenway footpath, a hard […]
Great Birmingham 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Great Birmingham 10k. The AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run is the Midlands’ biggest and best running event, with thousands of Brummie runners taking to the streets every year to challenge themselves and raise cash for charity. There’s everything you’d expect from a […]
Great Birmingham Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Great Birmingham Half Marathon. The AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run is the Midlands’ biggest and best running event, with thousands of Brummie runners taking to the streets every year to challenge themselves and raise cash for charity. There’s everything you’d expect from […]
Tough Mudder 5km / 15km Challenge 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the 2025 Tough Mudder in London. The ultimate obstacle course challenge now has 20+ obstacles over a 15 Kilometre run. With no competition and no timing, it’s just you, your teammates and muddy strangers working together to conquer the course and earn the world-famous orange […]
Nuclear Races 2025 – 1.5, 3,6 & 12k challenges
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Nuclear Races in Brentwood, Essex. Events are open to anyone aged 13 and over and includes challenges at 1.5, 3, 6 & 12km. Nuclear is well known for delivering UK’s most award winning events with big, high quality, achievable, natural & man-made […]
Leeds Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Rob Burrows Leeds Marathon. The Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon will see 7,777 participants take on a brand new route through Leeds that starts and finishes at Headingley Stadium. This is an event that truly is for everyone, so whether you are an experienced runner […]
Great Bristol Run 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Great Bristol Run 10k. Each year, thousands of runners push their perseverance and passion to the limit and take on the super-scenic 10k and half marathon routes at the AJ Bell Great Bristol Run. If stunning views, inspiring history and graffiti murals are […]
Leeds Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at Leeds Half Marathon, Yorkshire’s biggest and loudest event. With a fantastically vibrant atmosphere guaranteed, this run could be right up your street. The much-loved run raises hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity every year and often attracts more than 7,500 runners. The race starts […]
The Great Manchester Run Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Great Manchester Half Marathon. The AJ Bell Great Manchester Run is the city’s original and best-loved running event – over 99% of runners say they’d recommend it to a friend. And in true Mancunian style, it’s a party from start to finish, […]
Great Manchester Run 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Great Manchester Run 10k. The AJ Bell Great Manchester Run is the city’s original and best-loved running event – over 99% of runners say they’d recommend it to a friend. And in true Mancunian style, it’s a party from start to finish, […]
Tour of Pembrokeshire Cycle Event – 25/60/105 miles
Join brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Tour of Pembrokeshire Cycle Event. Choose either the 25, 60 or the 105 mile challenge. Commencing in the city of St David’s, this event will showcase some of the most remarkable aspects of Pembrokeshire, including its rugged coastline, serene country lanes, and the magnificent […]
Lark Rise Bike Ride 2025
Join Us for this years Lark Rise Bike Ride – A Fantastic Day for All! Get ready for another incredible Lark Rise Bike Ride! A fun, family-friendly event, this ride takes you through the stunning historic landscape that inspired Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise to Candleford. With three route options to choose from, there’s something for […]
Brighton 10 mile 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Brighton 10 mile this June. Flat and fast road close 10 mile Race. Starting and finishing at Brighton’s Black Rock events space. Taking in the city centre and seafront. Please note there is a 2 hour cut off on this race due to […]
Brighton 5k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Brighton 5km. This 5k race ROAD CLOSED course is extremely flat and fast taking in the city centre and sea front. The route heads out along Maderia Drive for a flat first mile before turning inland to loop around The Level. From here the […]
Brighton 5k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help those with a brain tumour at the Brighton 5k. This 5k race ROAD CLOSED course is extremely flat and fast taking in the city centre and sea front. The route heads out along Maderia Drive for a flat first mile before turning inland to loop around The Level. From […]
Leeds 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Leeds 10k. The Asda Foundation Leeds 10K was Jane Tomlinson’s vision. Jane founded the race using funds she raised by completing a series of astonishing endurance challenges, all whilst battling terminal cancer.Jane died in 2007 soon after launching the first 10K. Today, the […]
Great North Swim 2025 – 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile, 5k or 10k Challenge
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Great North Swim challenge. Choose your distance from 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 miles, 5k or 10k. The Great North Run is the UK’s biggest open water swimming event providing a fantastic opportunity for families, individuals, experienced and beginner swimmers to enjoy […]
brainstrust Bass Belle 10km
Back for a second time, this is a fast, chip-timed, ‘pancake’ flat and definitely PB potential race which takes in the picturesque South Cambridgeshire villages of Bassingbourn and Litlington. The race is open to social and club runners. Runners must be at least 15 years old to take part with no upper age limit. The […]
Northwich 10k 2025
Join brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Northwich 10k. Join us for brand new 10k, heading past Marbury Country Park and through Carey Park on an undulating, closed road route with beautiful scenery to help you on your way to a 10k pb! As always with RunThrough, you will each […]
Saucony London 10K
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Saucony London 10km, the most iconic capital city 10k race. Following a sell-out 2023 and 2024 event, don’t miss your chance to be a part of 2025! Enjoy an incredible closed-road route through central London, past some of the city’s most famous landmarks, […]
Ride Reigate Cycle Challenge – 25, 50 or 100km
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at Ride Reigate 2025. A cycle sportive event offering three scenic routes. With 100K, 50K and family friendly 25K route, our local sportive offers something for everyone from keen cyclists to leisure and family.
Birmingham Running Festival 5k/10/Half – 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at one of the events at the Birmingham Running Festival. Join us for a unique opportunity to run a 5k, 10k or Half Marathon around the beautiful Sutton Park, a 2,400 acre National Nature Reserve in Birmingham. You can take on either of the […]
Hillsborough Castle Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Hillsborough Castle Half Marathon. These ROAD CLOSED races will start and finish within the beautiful Grounds of Hillsborough Castle, before heading out onto the surrounding rural roads of Hillsborough and taking in historic attractions in the local area such as Hillsborough Fort […]
Hillsborough Castle 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Hillsborough Castle 10k. This ROAD CLOSED race will start and finish within the beautiful Grounds of Hillsborough Castle, before heading out onto the surrounding rural roads of Hillsborough and taking in historic attractions in the local area such as Hillsborough Fort and […]
York 10k
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at this fast, flat, PB potential 10k. Running since 2009, the York 10k has been described as one of the country’s most beautiful city runs and Yorkshire’s most popular 10k. 5000 runners took part in 2024, will you join them in 2025? Closing date for registrations […]
Scottish Half 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help those with a brain tumour at the Scottish Half 2025. Get ready for the ultimate running event, with the combination of flat roads and the most stunning views of the East Lothian Coast, what are you waiting for? The Scottish Half Marathon is seriously smooth & rapid – which is great […]
Scottish 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Scottish 10k. The Scottish 10K is the ultimate running experience combining fast, flat routes with a stunning view of East Lothian’s Golf Coast – come and be a part of it! The route is seriously flat & rapid – if you want to […]
Scottish Half Marathon
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at this seriously flat and rapid half marathon. Starting just outside Edinburgh, you will run along the magnificent East Lothian Golf Coast before finishing in the final furlong at Musselburgh Racecourse, Scotland’s oldest racecourse.
Scottish 10k
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at this seriously fast, flat and PB potential 10k. The race will start just outside Edinburgh and finishes at Musselburgh Racecourse, Scotland’s oldest racecourse.
Leeds Running Festival – 10k / Half 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Leeds Running Festival. Join us for a unique opportunity to run a 10k or Half Marathon around Roundhay Park in Leeds, one of the biggest city parks in Europe. Each Mile will be accurately marked out and we have plenty of helpers to keep […]
Scottish Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Scottish Half Marathon. Get ready for the ultimate running event, with the combination of flat roads and the most stunning views of the East Lothian Coast, what are you waiting for? The Scottish Half Marathon is seriously smooth & rapid – which is great […]
Scottish 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help those with a brain tumour at the Scottish 10k. The Scottish 10K is the ultimate running experience combining fast, flat routes with a stunning view of East Lothian’s Golf Coast – come and be a part of it! The route is seriously flat & rapid – if you want to […]
Southampton Running Festival – 5k/10k/Half 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Southampton Running Festival. Choose between the 5k, 10k or Half Marathon distance. Join us for the first Southampton Running Festival beginning and ending in the picturesque Southampton Common. It’s the perfect route for a PB featuring woodland, grassland, ponds, wetlands, lakes and parkland […]
The Big Half 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a bran tumour at The Big Half in London this September. With only 3 charity places available, early booking is advised! Organised by London Marathon Events, The Big Half is a vibrant, inclusive half marathon with a fun, festival atmosphere. The 13.1 mile course weaves through London from Tower Bridge […]
The Great North Run
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the world’s biggest and best half marathon, with 60,000 runners taking on the route from Newcastle to South Shields each year. It’s famous for its inclusive atmosphere, unbeatable on-route entertainment, and warm Geordie welcome, not to mention the millions raised each year for worthy […]
Run Thorpe Park 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Run Thorpe Park 10k. Run a 10k around the rides and rollercoasters inside the fantastic THORPE PARK Resort and be first in line to enjoy everything the Resort has to offer. Following the race, you will be able to make full use […]
Run Thorpe Park 5km 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the ‘fun for all the family’ Run Thorpe Park 5km challenge around the rides and rollercoasters inside the fantastic THORPE PARK Resort and be first in line to enjoy everything the Resort has to offer. Following the race, you will be able to make […]
Sheffield 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help all those with a brain tumour at the Sheffield 10k. Staged in partnership with Sheffield City Council, the Asda Foundation Sheffield 10K is set right in the heart of South Yorkshire’s famous Steel City. A fantastic atmosphere is always generated by the enthusiastic local support. Thousands took part last yearand it’s […]
Robin Hood Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at this well established half marathon event which is being held for the 45th time in 2025. This one loop half marathon course now attracts over 9,000 runners. The Robin Hood Half Marathon is one of the longest established and most popular city centre road events […]
Cardiff Half Marathon
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at this well established Half Marathon which is now into its 22nd year and part of the super half series that includes Prague, Berlin, Lisbon, Valencia. The Cardiff Half Marathon has grown into one of the largest and most exciting road races in Europe. It is […]
MBNA Chester Marathon 2025
Join brainstrust’s mission to help people with brain tumours at the MBNA Chester Marathon. Get involved in the award-winning marathon set in the historic Roman Medieval destination, the great city of Chester. The event organisers pride themselves on being runners themselves and have designed a route that spans the largely flat stunning city as well as […]
Bournemouth Half Marathon
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at Bournemouth Half Marathon. Breathtaking views of the sea, cool coastal routes and the highlights of Poole and Bournemouth will be on show at this fantastic Half Marathon event. The kind folk of the south coast will be proud to welcome you to their beautiful part […]
Oxford Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Oxford Half Marathon. This awesome course is fast and flat, it proudly guides runners through the pristine and winding streets of Oxford in all its historic delight. The Oxford Half Marathon begins in the centre of the city and winds past Old Marston […]
Bournemouth Supersonic 10k 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Bournemouth Supersonic 10k. Running in the supersonic 10k will provide you with a glimpse of running the way it should be, along coastlines with the backdrop of the stunning sea. The Bournemouth Marathon Festival hosts the supersonic 10k and also brings many other distances […]
Manchester Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the sell out Manchester Half Marathon. This inaugural half marathon sees runners take on generous, closed roads across the towns of Old Trafford, Stretford & Brooklands, with the promise of great support and an abundance of entertainment en route. The Manchester Half Marathon hosts […]
Royal Parks Half Marathon 2025
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the most spectacular half marathon that central London has to offer. Charity runners will glide through four of London’s stunning Royal Parks, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, St James’s Park and The Green Park. The 13.1m extraordinary route brushes past London’s most famous landmarks, including The […]
Amsterdam Half Marathon
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at one of Europe’s most scenic and beautiful Half Marathons. The flat and fast course is packed with scenery as you run through Vondelpark & Rijksmuseum, following the Amsel River, you will be sure to see many canals and windmills but whatever you do, do not […]
Amsterdam Marathon 2025 – AREA B
Join team brainstrust’s mission to help people with a brain tumour at the Amsterdam Marathon. Join over 47 000 runners from over 140 countries for this unique city marathon! The event begins and finishes in the Olympic Stadium and provides a scenic course that is flat and fast-paced. Runners will follow the route along the Amsel River […]