Hometown Heroes Honor Run

The Hometown Heroes Honor Run is a 5K and 10K fundraising event dedicated to generating funds to support law enforcement’s fallen and injured heroes. The inspiration behind establishing the RPOA Hometown Heroes Honor Run is Officer Andrew Tachias. Andrew and his partner were attacked in early 2013, the injuries he sustained will require long term care and he is still in the early stages of his recovery. While he has a long way to go, he will continue to fight to improve and get healthy. We as a community owe it to Officer Tachias and others like him to honor them and care for them in their time of need, especially when the situation they find themselves came during the course of serving their community.

The 10K will begin at 7am with staggered start times of:
7am promptly elite runners and runners with an estimated run time of sub 35 minutes.
7:03am all remaining runners.
7:06am all other participants and walkers.
Due to street closures all 10K participants must start the race by 7:10am.

The 5K will begin at 8am with staggered times of:
8am promptly elite runners and runners with an estimated run time of sub 21 minutes.
8:05am all remaining runners.
Due to street closures all 5K participants must start the race by 8:10am.

The Hometown Heroes Honor Run is part of the Run Riverside Challenge. Last year the Run Riverside Challenge committee decided to change the way you begin the challenge. You can now begin the challenge at any of the 3 participating events as long as they are finished consecutively. The Run Riverside Challenge consists of: The Hometown Heroes Honor Run, The Mission Inn Run and The Citrus Heritage Run. Competing any distance race at each event qualifies you for the series. Run Riverside Challengers will receive their commemorative medal after completing all three runs.