2628 June 2026 · Haywards Heath

Your community running and wellbeing festival

After a brilliant first year, Sussex RunFest is back. A weekend of running, inspiring talks, and practical workshops. And most of all, a good way to spend a weekend with great people.

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RunFest will be the perfect blend of movement, community, music, and fun.

What and when

Sussex RunFest is a grassroots running and wellbeing festival.

Move

Trail runs, road runs, strength and conditioning classes, run-focused yoga and mobility work.

Learn

Inspiring talks, practical workshops, injury and coaching clinics, nutrition advice, and a focus on running well and feeling good.

Connect

Social runs, games, challenges, music, and a brilliant weekend with the local running community.

26–28 June

Run by volunteers, Sussex RunFest is a grassroots event supporting the Whitemans Green Active Track project and Sport in Mind. Activities take place at venues in Haywards Heath.

Tom talks RunFest

Hear from Tom about the idea behind RunFest and what to expect at this year's event!

What to expect

RunFest isn't a race weekend. There's no results and no pressure to "do well". Instead, there's a full programme across the weekend — runs at different paces, talks, workshops — and you can choose what you feel like doing.

You can dip in and out, try new things, and shape it as you go. Some will come for the running. Some for the talks. Some will try a bit of everything. The weekend ticket, for just £40, covers it all.

Line-up highlights

Friday

  • Pre-race visualisation with Tamara Miller
  • The RunFest Rave Run with DJ Jonny and games with Marion Hemsworth

Saturday

  • 'In conversation with Sarah Webster', 24hr World Champion and world record holder
  • Group running with 10k, Clair parkrun, Strava art
  • Stories from a self-supported Ironman with Tamara Miller
  • Taking control: mindset for racing with Ben Short
  • Yoga for runners with Helen Davies-Pye
  • Race day nutrition with Claire Reyner
  • Foot strength lab with Tamara Miller
  • Building running strength with Stephen Luxton
  • DIY race fuels with Bruce Girvan
  • Tracing the root of injuries with Kit Liu
  • Running assessment clinics with Six Physio
  • Transitioning to triathlon with Kate Bradford
  • Flexibility and recovery with Laura Collins
  • Reformer pilates tasters at Rise Wellbeing Studio
  • The RunFest Games ft. mini-Hyrox and Fizzy Dash with Potential Personal Training

Sunday

  • Run Talk Run with founder Jess Robson
  • Outdoor yoga with The Movement
  • Simplifying women's fitness with Kate Bradford
  • Running and mental health with Jess Robson
  • Runner's foot MOT with Steph Parsons and Suzanne Grange
  • Intro to barefoot running with Bruce Girvan
  • The RunFest Race with Tom Bond

Full weekend just £40. Day tickets are also available.

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What people said in 2025

"Incredible weekend of rave runs, trail runs, Strava art runs, treasure hunt runs, yoga, circuits, Hop Rox, relay race, insightful talks and learnings, games, dancing, and an awful lot of sweating. Bring on 2026!"
"An epic festival of running, movement and education, but more than that it was full of fun, laughter and good vibes with memories that will last a long time!"
"I honestly had the best weekend I’ve had in such a long time!"

Sussex RunFest 2026 takes place on the last weekend of June. Tickets are available now — grab yours and start looking forward to a brilliant event.

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Get involved

Would you like help organise and run the event, lead a run or class, give a talk or be a marshal? Would you like to become a partner?

Get in touch! We'd love to talk about it.

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