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The Hero's Journey 5K

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calendar_today 25 Jul, 2026

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sell $10.00 – $35.00

About the Event

The 7/20 Foundation is proud to present the 5th annual Hero’s Journey 5k Run/Walk. This race makes its way through Aurora's City Center and the High Line canal trail with a start and finish in the 7/20 Memorial Reflection Garden. For those over 21, this race includes admission into the 7/20 Foundation's annual beer festival.   

 

The Hero's Journey represents any person who faces a challenge, encounters struggles to overcome it, and returns home a Hero. We hope this 5k is a transformative experience as you run/walk together; whether you are a veteran runner or this is your first 5k. We chose to start the run across from the theater and end in the 7/20 Memorial Reflection Garden as your return home/finish line to honor the journey from tragedy to hope. It is the perfect place for each of us to honor and celebrate our collective accomplishment as well as our heroes from the July 20, 2012 tragedy.

 

Proceeds raised through the event will go toward the Zack Golditch Opportunity Scholarship. 

Races Offered

Virtual 5K

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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00:00

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$15.00

5K (21 and older)

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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08:00

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$35.00

5K Under 21

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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08:00

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$30.00

Kids Fun Run

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 1K

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Type — Running

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08:45

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$10.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Aurora.

Temp (°C)
Feels Like (°C)
thermostat 16.9° / 31.5°
wb_sunny 14.5° / 28.4°
Wind (km/h)
Humidity (%)
air 11.3 /
water_drop 41.4%

About Aurora

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Aurora is a city of about 400,000 of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies immediately east of Denver in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties. In 2008 it was named the "All American City."

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