This year's Run for the 97 fun run will be the 10th staging of the poignant event with 700 runners already signed to take part at Liverpool's Stanley Park Saturday 18 May. The event features distances of 5K and 1 Mile which participants can walk, jog, or run.

Stanley Park is located between the home football stadiums of the city’s two Premier League clubs, Liverpool Football Club at Anfield Stadium and Everton Football Club at Goodison Park. The 5K route takes runners through Stanley Park, along Walton Lane, Priory Road, Arkles Lane, back into the park before passing the Eternal Flame on 97 Avenue at Anfield Stadium, where many runners pause to take a moment to pay their respects at the Hillsborough Memorial.

Run For The 97 was first staged in 2015 as a positive inclusive event to celebrate and honour the lives of the 97 Liverpool Football Club fans who lost their lives at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the disaster.

Run For The 97 provides a platform for participants to fundraise or to make a one-off charity donation. Since it was first staged in 2015, the event has helped to raise almost £45,000 for good causes in the city. The official charity partners of Run For The 97 2024 are Jamie Carragher’s 23 Foundation, Liverpool Football Club’s official club charity the LFC Foundation, and Stanley Park junior parkrun. The official Just Giving online donation page can be found here.

BTR Liverpool Race Director Alan Rothwell commented: “Run For The 97 is always a very special date in the BTR calendar. When we first staged the community legacy event in 2015, we adopted the wording Run To Remember The 97 and Always Remember. As we reach the 35th anniversary of Hillsborough this still rings equally as true – we must never forget.

“The poignant event celebrates the lives of The 97 in an uplifting but respectful way, but we also take time to remember the families they left behind and the survivors. They all remain in our hearts and minds.”

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