The Ware Festival Of Running

17/06/2026

Reminder: Kids’ Race entries close at midnight on 28 June.

If you haven’t signed up your young runners yet, now’s the time to secure a place before entries close!

https://www.ware10s.co.uk/kids-races

11/06/2026

🏃‍♂️✨ WE NEED YOU – BECOME A MARSHAL AT THE WARE FESTIVAL OF RUNNING! ✨🏃‍♀️

Our amazing event only happens because of incredible volunteers like YOU! We're looking for enthusiastic marshals to help make this year's Ware Festival of Running a brilliant day for every runner.

No experience needed – just a big smile, and a love for cheering people on! 📣

🎉 AS A THANK YOU... our wonderful friends at French & Day Delicatessen are treating all volunteers to 50% off a hot drink! Because every great marshal deserves great coffee ☕

And if you're running the race? Make sure you swing by French & Day after crossing that finish line – they're the perfect spot to treat yourself to something delicious and well-earned. 🍰 A fab local business who truly go above and beyond to support our community event!

📩 To sign up as a marshal or find out more, drop us a message at [email protected] or comment below!

Let's make this year's festival one to remember – together! 💛

01/06/2026

The Ware 10k may be full but there are still spots with our friends at the The Welwyn 10k in a few weeks time.

🏃‍♀️🌳 Welwyn 10K – Sunday 21st June 2026 🌳🏃‍♂️

Only 3 weeks to go until race day!

Join us at Panshanger Park for the Welwyn 10K, one of Hertfordshire’s favourite local running events, and help support local charities while enjoying a fantastic community atmosphere.

📅 Sunday 21st June 2026
📍 Panshanger Park, Panshanger Lane, Hertford, SG14 2NJ
🗺️ What3Words (Car Park): ///cult.term.bake
🅿️ Free parking until 12pm on race day

⏰ 2km Fun Run: 9:15am
⏰ 10K Race: 10:00am

💷 Entry Fees
🏃 10K: £22 affiliated / £24 unaffiliated
🏃‍♀️ 2km Fun Run: £5

Register here: www.welwyn10k.org.uk/

The event features a 10K race and a 2km Fun Run, making it the perfect day out for runners of all ages and abilities.

🎉 Organised by Garden City Runners
🎉 Part of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Welwyn Festival
🎉 All proceeds support local charities and community causes
🎉 Beautiful local route through the Hertfordshire countryside
🎉 Friendly atmosphere for experienced runners, beginners, families and supporters

Whether you’re chasing a PB, taking on your first 10K, or joining the Fun Run with family and friends, we’d love to see you there.

Spaces are limited so sign up today and be part of this special anniversary celebration!

26/05/2026

🏃 **Ware 10s Update – Kids' Races Still Open!**

We've had a few questions following our "Races Full" post — just to clarify, the 10k and 10 Mile are indeed full, but **children's fun races are still open for entry!** 🎉

Get your little runners signed up at 👇
🔗 www.ware10s.co.uk/kids-races

See you at the Ware Festival of Running! 🏅

Ware 10s Kids' Races

20/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who has entered. We look forward to seeing you in July!

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20/05/2026

🏃‍♂️ Last chance to join us!

Only 10 places remaining at the Ware Festival of Running! Don't miss your chance to be part of an amazing day - secure your spot before they're gone! 🎉

📩 Register now and we'll see you at the start line!

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19/05/2026

⏳ Last chance to race at the Ware Festival of Running!

We're down to fewer than 30 entries — don't miss out. The 10 mile is now full, but grab a 10k spot and you can swap to the longer distance on the day if you're feeling brave.

Once they're gone, they're gone. Secure your place now.

15/05/2026

☕ We're absolutely buzzing to welcome Herts Coffee LAB as a sponsor of the Ware Festival of Running this July! ☕🏃

If you're a Ware Jogger, you'll already know just how good they are - the Sunday run starts outside their door, and let's be honest, the promise of their speciality coffee and incredible cake at the end is at least half of the motivation to get round! 😄

Herts Coffee Lab are all about "great coffee, great community, great day" - and that feels like a pretty perfect fit for the Ware Festival of Running.

We're so grateful to have a local business that's already part of our running community stepping up to support the event. Welcome to the team! 🙌

🗓️ Ware Festival of Running — 5thJuly 2025
🔗 Find out more about Herts Coffee Lab at coffeelab.co.uk

07/05/2026

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Think your colleagues can outrun the competition?

We're thrilled to introduce the Ware Workplace Challenge - a brand new team competition at this year's Ware Festival of Running! 🎉

Get 3 or more of your workmates together, lace up, and go head to head against other local businesses over the 10k or 10 mile course. Your team's average finish time is what counts - so even if the boss is slow, a speedy junior could save the day! 😄

🏆 A prize awaits the fastest local business team in each distance!

Whether you're a seasoned runner or just doing it for the team biscuits, this is your chance to put your business on the map - and leave your rivals in the dust.

How to enter: See below for details 👇

Tag a colleague you'd like to see suffer beautifully through 10 miles! 👟

29/04/2026

💛 Investing in Our Community 🏃

Joining our sponsor family this July is Saffron Building Society. Saffron is a mutual building society that has been proudly serving the local community since 1849, with a branch right on our High Street in Ware. As a mutual organisation, they exist solely for the benefit of their members - so it's no surprise that investing in the communities they serve is at the very heart of what they do.

Their support of the Ware Festival of Running is a fantastic example of that community commitment in action, and we couldn't be more grateful to have them on board for 2026. Please join us in giving Saffron Building Society a very warm welcome to the team! 🎉

👉 Find out more about Saffron at www.saffronbs.co.uk