Run for Resilience 2026

Event Details

• Date: Sunday, October 11, 2026
• Location: Springbank Park | London, Ontario
• Event URL: Run for Resilience

About the Event

• Purpose: Run for Resilience is a community walk/run created to bring people together in support of accessible mental health care for neurodivergent individuals.
• Inclusivity: Whether you’re running the 10K, jogging the 5K, walking with friends, or joining the 1K community walk, this event is designed to be welcoming, inclusive, and low-pressure.
• Host: Hosted by Embodied Resilience Wellness Clinic, this first annual race reflects our belief that movement, connection, and community care belong together.
• Route: All routes take place within Springbank Park.

Choose Your Distance

• 1K Community Walk: Accessible and family-friendly.
• 5K Walk: Supportive, non-timed option.
• 5K Run: Timed.
• 10K Run: Timed.

Who Can Participate

• Welcoming Participants: This event welcomes runners, walkers, families, neurodivergent participants, allies, and community supporters of all experience levels.
• Fundraising Opportunity: Participants have the option to fundraise in support of low-income neurodivergent individuals who face financial barriers to accessing therapy.
• Impact of Fundraising: By fundraising, you’re helping increase access to counselling services and making meaningful mental health support more available in our community.
• Ways to Get Involved: Register and participate, register and fundraise, donate to support a participant.

Why Run for Resilience?

• Accessibility: Because mental health care should not depend on income.
• Empowerment: Because movement can be empowering.
• Community: Because community matters.
• Event Philosophy: This race was created to offer a meaningful alternative to high-pressure competitive events — a space where people can show up as they are and move in ways that feel right for them.

Join Us

• Welcome: We’re so glad you’re here.
• Call to Action: Let’s move for something that matters.