An event to get people involved in running is happening at Central Park in Chelmsford.

Keen runners, and even newbies, are encouraged to participate in a 5km race where they can win a goodie bag and a medal.

UK Event Manager at Decathlon, Lydia Rubianes-Mendez, said: "The Decathlon Running Series has been created in order to encourage more people to become active and practice sports together.

"The atmosphere on those events is always unforgettable. We have participants from all age groups and levels, running along each other, which is incredible.

"We are extremely happy that the main objective of the running series, to be inspirational, help people discover the great joy of running together as a community, has been achieved.

"We would like to create this kind of experience in more and more cities around the UK and make them even more successful in the future."

The run is taking place on Sunday September 17 and begins at 10am.