The Hero Run 5K and 1 Mile fun run celebrates the hero in all of us while raising awareness of life-saving organ, eye, and tissue transplants here in North Carolina. Get your capes ready and assemble your superhero teams for this fun and inspirational run/walk offered by Donate Life NC and ECU Transplant Center. All ages and abilities welcome!
Registration Fee:
Shirt size guaranteed when registered by March 28th!
Awards:
Apr 10, 2027
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
08:00
$35.00
Apr 10, 2027
Distance — 1.6K
Type — Running
08:15
$30.00
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Greenville, one of the fastest growing cities in North Carolina, is the county seat of Pitt County, and is the principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area. Greenville is known as the cultural, economical, and educational hub of North Carolina's Inner Banks, the geographical area east of Raleigh and west of the North Carolina coast.
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