The Hero's Journey 5K
About this race
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.
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Running
5K (21 and older)
5K Under 21
Virtual 5K
Kids Fun Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Aurora, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:52 AM and sets at 8:19 PM local time (MDT) in Aurora on July 25, 2026 — 14h 26m of daylight.
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2026 results — The Hero's Journey 5K
176 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K (21 and older)
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Rich | 16:09 | 5:12 /mi |
| 2 | Gareth Szabo | 19:30 | 6:16 /mi |
| 3 | Ryan Begerman | 20:25 | 6:34 /mi |
| 4 | Tyler Edwards | 20:35 | 6:38 /mi |
| 5 | Jennifer Cuypers | 21:33 | 6:56 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Aurora
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
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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, 23 Aurora events
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