Grab your costumes & kids, or leave all that at home. Come out for the best Halloween themed event of the season and be fast, have a great time, or do both. We'll have plenty of Halloween goodies, and plenty of music and fun atmosphere at the start and finish line.
Both the 5K & 13K start at 8:30 am at Rock Creek Park in Dawsonville Ga. Chip timing & awesome long sleeve cotton shirts to all participants & awards in both races to the top 3 overall winners, the top 3 masters winners, and the top 3 in all the regular 5 year age groups.
Registration fees
13K Closed
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$35.00Sep 12 - Oct 22
5K Closed
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$30.00Sep 12 - Oct 22
Fundraising 13K Closed
Free entry when you raise $300 online through pledges.
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FreeSep 12 - Oct 22
Fundraising 5K Closed
Free entry when you raise $250 online through pledges.
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FreeSep 12 - Oct 22
Event Beneficiary
We're working with a few different organizations during the event. The primary beneficiary is the MS Center of Atlanta whose mission is to improve the health and hope of MS patients through advocacy, education, state of the art treatment and research leading to a more promising future.
Raise Money & Race for Free...Fundraising 5K
We've put together a way for you to race for free, and help MS Center of Atlanta even more! Register for the Fundraising 13K or 5K, which has a $0.00 entry fee. Then just raise a minimum of $300 or $250 respectively , and your entry fee is covered.
We'll give you all the tools you need to make it work. When you arrive on race day, you check in like normal, and if you've met your minimum, then you're all set. If you're under the minimum, then you'll either take care of the difference, or pay the entry fee ($30 or $35).
Choose your team
We're doing something completely new & different for this event. You get to choose to run as a Human or the Undead. It doesn't matter for your personal time or the awards you can win, but we're going to take the teams average time and come up with a winning team will get special prizes at the end.
Entry Fee & Registration
Registration is $30 for the 5K, and $35 for the 13K. All participants registered by 10/16 are guaranteed a long sleeve cotton shirt. Registrations afterwards will receive a shirt while supplies last. Race day registrations are also welcome for an additional $5.
Children 10 years & Under save $10 off the registration fee.
Timing & Awards
Both races will be chip timed, and awards will be given out to the overall male & female as well as the Top 3 in each 5 year age group starting at 10 & under and going through 65+. Awards for the 5K will start at approximately 9:30 am, and 10:30 am for the 13K.
Finisher Awards
All 13K participants will recieve a Running Scared Finisher Award.
Special awards
Planning on dressing up? We'll have a prize for the best dressed, so grab all your fancy duds, and put them on. We'll also have special take homes for all the members of the winning team (Human or Undead).
Groups & Teams
Grab your family, friends, and co-workers and participate as a team…you can score a great discount, and nothing will replace the additional fun.
5+...Save 10%
11+…Save 15%
21+…Save 20%
51+…Save 25%
100+…Save 30%
Aid Stations
We'll have plenty of water & aid on the course for everyone, with a stop approximately every 1.5 - 2 miles
Five Star Championships & Turkey Trot
All participants will automatically qualify for FREE entry into the Five Star Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. Top finishers will also have the opportunity to earn a spot in the championships to be held in Dec 11, 2016. The number of spots available is based on the total registration...see event website for details.
Event Courtesy Policy
Our events are designed to be fun and for the entire family. With that in mind any competitor, spectator, parent, volunteer, or sponsor, exhibiting unsportsmanlike conduct or interfering with the positive, competitive atmosphere of the event will be asked to leave the venue and course immediately with no refunds.
Event schedule
- Sun, October 16, 2016 11:59 PM - Deadline for guaranteen shirt in your size
- Fri, October 21, 2016 11:59 PM - Online Registration Closes
- Sun, October 23, 2016 7:30 AM - Race Day Regsitration & Check In Opens
- Sun, October 23, 2016 8:30 AM - Races Start
Contact information
- Event contact
- Five Star NTP
- lowell@fivestarntp.com
- Phone
- +1 770-633-5511
- Website
- Visit website