The Chocolate Challenge
About this race
Run or Walk The Chocolate Challenge
If you like a refreshing morning run followed by delicious chocolate treats, then this event is for you. The Chocolate Challenge is a charity race that supports Kelleigh's Cause, an organization created to raise funds for Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM) and rare disease research. This charity focuses on community involvement. Our goal is to hold a community wide event while raising critical funds for necessary medical research and public education.
All runners will receive a shirt, medal, and post race chocolate!
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Pick your distance
Walking
5K Walk
Walkers will receive a shirt, medal, and post race chocolate! You can walk at your own pace. This event is not timed. Enjoy the wonderful water views and nature along the way. Dogs on a leash are welcome.
Running
5K Run
Runners will receive a shirt, medal, and post race chocolate! This will be a timed event.
10K Run
Runners will receive a shirt, medal, and post race chocolate! This will be a timed event. Plenty of Chocolate at the finish line.
Virtual 5K Run/Walk
Runners will receive a shirt and finisher medal. You can run your own race, at your own pace, and time it yourself. There will be no specific course so you can do this on a sidewalk, a track, a treadmill, or a trail! You do not need to send in your time. You can run the challenge any day in July 2025
Virtual 10K
Runners will receive a shirt and finisher medal. You can run your own race, at your own pace, and time it yourself. There will be no specific course so you can do this on a sidewalk, a track, a treadmill, or a trail! You do not need to send in your time. You can complete the challenge any day in July 2025.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 11 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Liverpool, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:48 AM and sets at 8:34 PM local time (EDT) in Liverpool on July 25, 2026 — 14h 45m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — The Chocolate Challenge
430 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Purvis | 16:41 | 5:22 /mi |
| 2 | Vincenzo Abt | 17:31 | 5:38 /mi |
| 3 | Jules Bleskoski | 17:42 | 5:42 /mi |
| 4 | Julian Panebianco | 17:46 | 5:43 /mi |
| 5 | Scott Jones | 18:02 | 5:48 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Liverpool
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- Liverpool 5K Races 16 races
- Liverpool Running Calendar 2026 16 races
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, 17 Liverpool events
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