About Us

Returning for its tenth year, the Attwells Colchester Half Marathon has become established as one of the biggest and best races in the region. Organised by a group of volunteers from Colchester Colne Round Table and Running Colchester, alongside other dedicated individuals from the Colchester community, the team that brings you the race work throughout the year to ensure you have a great race day experience.

We think our race is special. The Colchester Half Marathon was conceived eleven years ago with a few simple objectives.

To bring an amazing mass-participation race to the streets of Colchester that engages local runners, local businesses and the local community
To provide a fun race for runners and spectators whilst also a having a great town and country course that’s got real PB potential (we’ve had the odd GB Olympian athlete run over the years).
To raise lots of money for Colchester-based charities; we all give our time freely and are entirely not-for-profit. All race proceeds are donated to local charities.

To date, the race has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for local charities. These have included MS-UK, Headway Essex, The Robin Cancer Trust and the Tom Bowdridge Foundation. In 2019 we were able to present MS-UK and Headway Essex with a cheque for £65,000.

For 2022 our charity partner will be The Robin Cancer Trust and we are aiming to break our fundraising record once again.

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