2021 - HomeFront's HALLOWEEN 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk
2021 distances
Running
IN PERSON - 5K
This event will take place live and in person at 502 Carnegie Center, Princeton, and there will be awards for the top finishers. It will be a super fun (Halloween Themed), fast, flat, USTAF certified race course. Pre Race Day Packet Pick Up (bib, t-shirt) Strongly Recommended - Saturday, October 30 from 2-4PM at the race course: 502 Carnegie Center, Princeton. Separately, since race day is Halloween, we'd love you to come in costume to make the event really fun and memorable for everyone (although of course it's optional!) And bring your whole family! We will have lots of events for all ages: a Trunk-or-Treat with candy, a preschooler 100 yard Pumpkin Dash (register at this website for the Pumpkin Dash), crafts for kids, all-age costume contest, live music , and much more! All proceeds benefit HomeFront's 6-day per week Joy, Hopes & Dreams children's program for 400 kids per year locally who are homeless or in need. Thank you so much for your participation!
IN PERSON - 1 MILE Fun Run/Walk
This event will take place live and in person at 502 Carnegie Center, Princeton. It will be a super fun Halloween Themed course. T-shirts and bibs for the 1 Mile Run/Walk can be picked up at 8:30am the day of the race at the registration area: 502 Carnegie Center, Princeton. Separately, since this event is on Halloween, we'd love you to come in costume to make the event really fun and memorable for everyone (although of course it's optional!) Bring your whole family, we will have lots of events for all ages: a Trunk-or-Treat with candy, a preschooler 100 yard Pumpkin Dash (register at this website for the Pumpkin Dash), crafts for kids, all-age costume contest, live music , and much more! Please note - if someone in your family is registered for the In Person 5K event, they are strongly recommended to come to Pre Race Day Packet Pick Up for their bib and t-shirt: Saturday, Oct. 30 at the race course: 502 Carnegie Center, Princeton. All proceeds from the Halloween Run/Walk benefit HomeFront's 6-day per week Joy, Hopes & Dreams children's program for 400 kids per year locally who are homeless or in need. Thank you so much for your participation!
IN PERSON - "MARATHON" 5K FINISHER EVENT
Participants run or walk 23.1 miles PRIOR to the day of the HomeFront race over any period of time you choose; Track your accumulated miles from now until race day on our tracking sheet you can print off from RACE INFO section of this website (Under "Description", scroll down past the sponsor logos to find the tracking sheet). Or you can track your miles under RESULTS>Virtual Results at this website. Then, Run or walk your last 5K In Person at the event and receive a MARATHON medal! The In Person 5K event will be super fun (Halloween Themed), with a fast, flat, USTAF certified race course, and awards for top 5K finishers. Pre Race Day Packet Pick Up (bib, t-shirt) Is Strongly Recommended - Saturday, October 30 from 2-4PM at the race course. On the day of the event, wear a Halloween costume to make the event more memorable for everyone and bring your whole family! We will have lots of events for all ages: a Trunk-or-Treat with candy, a preschooler 100 yard Pumpkin Dash (register at this website for the Pumpkin Dash), crafts for kids, all-age costume contest, live music, and much more! All proceeds benefit HomeFront's 6-day per week Joy, Hopes & Dreams children's program for 400 kids per year locally who are homeless or in need. Thank you so much for your participation!
VIRTUAL 5K
Our Virtual Halloween Run/Walk will allow you to sign up as an individual or join any team and participate from home, or anywhere you'd like. It's as easy as: 1. Print Your Bib - We will send you a link to it so you can print & wear it when you do your virtual Run/Walk. That way, everyone you see while you're out walking or running will know you're out supporting local children who are homeless. 2. Before you go out to run/walk, watch our "event kick off" video from wherever you are, featuring HomeFront's adorable kids kicking off your Run/Walk or Dog Walk . We will send you the link a week before race day. Then head outside for your run, walk, dog walk or onto your treadmill. 3. Take a Photo - Don't forget to post a photo of yourself/family/dog to our Facebook event page (extra points for costumes!!!). Last year it was so much fun to see all the virtual participants photos! We will send you the link for the Facebook event page a week before race day. 4. Do The Monster Mash! Last year everyone LOVED seeing the videos our runners and walkers posted of themselves to our Facebook event page of them singing "We Are The Champions" when they finished their run/walk/dog walk. This year, we'd love you to take a video clip of yourself or family singing some of "The Monster Mash." You'll feel a little silly doing it, until you realize everyone who does it looks silly but so fun to watch when we compile all the video clips together!! 6. Optional: Post Your Results - Some people like to enter their times from their runs to RunSignUp or photos from their Strava App to have a record of what they did. If you would like to, post results under "Results" section of this registration website.
VIRTUAL 1 MILE Fun Run/Walk
Our Virtual Halloween Run/Walk will allow you to sign up as an individual or join any team and participate from home, or anywhere you'd like. It's as easy as: 1. Print Your Bib - We will send you a link to it so you can print & wear it when you do your virtual Run/Walk. That way, everyone you see while you're out walking or running will know you're out supporting local children who are homeless. 2. Before you go out to run/walk, watch our "event kick off" video from wherever you are, featuring HomeFront's adorable kids kicking off your Run/Walk or Dog Walk . We will send you the link a week before race day. Then head outside for your run, walk, dog walk or onto your treadmill. 3. Take a Photo - Don't forget to post a photo of yourself/family/dog to our Facebook event page (extra points for costumes!!!). Last year it was so much fun to see all the virtual participants' photos! We will send you the link for the Facebook event page a week before race day. 4. Do The Monster Mash! Last year everyone LOVED seeing the videos our runners and walkers posted of themselves to our Facebook event page of them singing "We Are The Champions" when they finished their run/walk/dog walk. This year, we'd love you to take a video clip of yourself or family singing some of "The Monster Mash." You'll feel a little silly doing it, until you realize everyone who does it looks silly but so fun to watch when we compile all the video clips together!! 6. Optional: Post Your Results - Some people like to enter their times from their runs to RunSignUp or photos from their Strava App to have a record of what they did. Post results under "Results" section of this registration website.
VIRTUAL "Marathon" Challenge
A marathon finisher event means you complete the distance of a traditional marathon over time (a little every day or week) prior to Oct 31. This website will allow you to track your miles online (under RESULTS>Virtual Results Section) and receive a medal when you've completed the challenge! To make the Virtual Halloween Marathon Challenge even more fun: 1. Print Your Bib - We will send you a link so you can print & wear it when you're out running or walking. That way, everyone you see while you're out will know you're supporting local children who are homeless. 2. Watch our adorable kids in the "thank you" video we will send you the last week of October. 3. Take a Photo - Don't forget to post a photo of yourself/familly toour Facebook event page (extra points for costumes!!!). Last year it was so much fun to see all the virtual participants' photos! We will send you the link for the Facebook event page a week before race day. 4. Do The Monster Mash! Last year everyone LOVED seeing the videos our runners and walkers posted of themselves to our Facebook event page of them singing "We Are The Champions" when they finished their run/walk. This year, we'd love you to take a video clip of yourself or family singing some of "The Monster Mash." You'll feel a little silly doing it, until you realize how fun it is to watch the video we compile with everyone's video clips spliced together.
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HomeFront's HALLOWEEN 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk takes place in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The local timezone is America/New_York.
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