Be a Hero!
About this race
🏅 Super Hero Dash & Kids Fun Run! 🏅
Dust off your capes, lace up your sneakers, and get ready for a day of pure fun!
This isn’t your average, high-stress race. There are no timers, no pressure, and no intense leaderboard. Whether you run like Flash, jog, walk, or push a stroller, this day is all about celebrating the everyday hero in all of us. Bring the whole family out for a morning of movement, laughter, and a touch of magic!
📅 Event Schedule
• 8:30 AM – Check-in opens & Face Painting begins! 🎨
• 9:15 AM – The Mighty Kids Dash (Ages 10 & under) ⚡
• 9:45 AM – The 5K Fun Run/Walk Start 🚀
🎈 Event Highlights
🎨 Superhero Transformation Station
Arrive early to get fully into character! We’ll have a free face painting station set up before the race starts. Get some lightning bolts on your cheeks, a hero mask over your eyes, or your favorite emblem painted on so you can fly through the course in style.
⚡ The Mighty Kids Dash
Before the main event, our littlest heroes get their chance to shine! This is a short, super-fun dash perfect for the kids to show off their lightning-fast speed. Every single child who participates takes home a special finisher prize to celebrate their heroic effort!
🏃♂️ The "All Heroes" 5K (Not Timed!)
Our 5K course is fully open to your own pace. Want to power-walk and chat? Perfect. Want to jog while wearing a cape? Awesome. Because this event is completely untimed, you can just focus on having fun, enjoying the music along the course, and making it to the finish line smiles-first.
🌟 What to Wear?
Costumes are highly encouraged but totally optional! Come dressed as your favorite comic book superhero, a real-life hero (like a nurse, firefighter, or teacher), or just sport your brightest, most colorful activewear.
Pick your distance
Running
5k
Each participant will receive a beautiful medal made for heroes !
Kids Dash
Each participant will receive a beautiful medal made for heroes !
5k virtual
Each participant will receive a beautiful medal made for heroes ! Shipped out the following Wednesday
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Saint Louis, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:28 AM and sets at 7:34 PM local time (CDT) in Saint Louis on August 30, 2026 — 13h 05m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 113 Saint Louis events
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