Ah Halloween, the time of costumes, gloom, sugary treats and … physical fitness? For some reason (adults need more excuses to wear costumes?), Halloween is one of the busiest times of year for fun runs. Here are some great, family-oriented ones.
For more information on taking your family to a fun run, check out this article.
Saturday, October 27
West Seattle Monster Dash
Lincoln Park, near south parking lot
Fundraiser for: South Seattle College Cooperative Preschools
Time: 5K run 9:30 a.m.
Cost: $40-$45 adult registration, $25 elementary students, $10 kids dash participants
At 10:30 a.m. there’s a 100-yard dash for kids 6 and younger, followed at 10:40 a.m. by a quarter-mile kids’ dash for kids 10 and younger. Cost for the dashes is $10.
Strollers allowed? Yes
Magnuson Halloween Run
Magnuson Park
Time: 10 a.m. start for 5K, 10K and 15K.
Cost: $22 for the 5K, $27 for the 10K, $32 for the 15K.
Kids 400-yard dash at 9:45 a.m. Cost $3.
Strollers allowed? Yes
Bellevue Monster Dash 5K and Lil’ Frankenstein 1K
Shoes-n-Feet, 15015 Main St #102, Bellevue
Fundraiser for: Seattle Humane Society
Time: 8 a.m. race-number pickup, 8:45 a.m. kids 1K race start, 9:15 a.m. 5K race start.
Cost $30-$35, $10-$15 for kids’ dash
1K kids’ race, starting at 8:45 a.m.
Strollers allowed? Yes
Sunday, October 28
Run Scared
Seward Park
Fundraiser for: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Time: 7:30 a.m. registration opens, 9:15 a.m. costume contest, 9:45 a.m. 10K starts, 10 a.m. 5K and 4K Start.
Cost: 10 K $50-$55, $25 for 18 and under, 5K and 4K $40-$45, $15 for 18 and under.
Before the race, at 8 a.m., there is a Halloween treasure hunt, and then a free kids’ dash at 9 a.m.
Strollers allowed? Yes
Captain Jack’s Treasure Run
Redmond Municipal Campus
Time: 9:30 a.m. for 8K, 9:40 a.m. for 5K
Cost: $50 for 8K, $46 for 5K
Kids’ race 9:20 a.m., $10. Pirate costumes encouraged.
Strollers allowed? No
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