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, plenty of music, and a fun atmosphere at the start and finish line AND FINISHER MEDALS!!! The 5K & 13K start at 8:00 AM & 8:30 AM at Thomas B Mack Park in Lakeland, FL. We'll have an awesome shirts for participants & awards in both races to the top 3 Overall M/F winners, the top 3 M/F Masters winners, Top 3 Overall M/F Grand Master, Top 3 Overall M/F Top 3 Senior Master, and the top 3 in all the regular 5 year Age Groups.
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 18K
Type — Running
08:00
$57.50
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
08:00
$37.50
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
08:00
$32.50
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 18K
Type — Running
08:00
$37.00
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
08:00
$37.00
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 13K
Type — Running
08:30
$42.50
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 13K
Type — Running
08:30
$37.50
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 13K
Type — Running
08:30
$37.00
Learn more about the host city, Lakeland.
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Located along I-4 east of Tampa and southwest of Orlando, it is the most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 112,641. Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area and is often included as part of the Tampa Bay area.
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