The Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Certified 5K Race and Family Fun Walk - Watchung Hills Regional Municipal Alliance
About this race
Please join us at our Watchung Hills Regional Municipal Alliance 2026 Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Certified 5K Run & 1 Mile Harvest Festival Fun Fitness Walk.
DATE: Saturday October 31st
Registration Opens: 8:00 am
5K Run Start: 9:00 am
1 Mile Walk Start: 9:00 am
LOCATION: WATCHUNG LAKE
Phillips Field / Mobus Field
Brookdale Road
Watchung, NJ
Proceeds from this race supports WHRMA, a volunteer organization concerned about the consequences of Substance Use in our communities of: Warren Township, Watchung Borough, Long Hill Township, & Green Brook Township.
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Running
The Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Certified 5K Race
Cost of this certified 5K Run includes a RFID tag which is a chip that automatically records your time at the finish line. This will assist us in providing quick race results.
Great Pumpkin VIRTUAL Walk or Run
Run, jog, or walk to see all the pumpkins out there. Keep track how far and how much time it took when you ran, jogged, or walked, Record your distance and time, each time you did it. Also take some pictures with a pumpkin and add that. Maybe even a picture with your Halloween custom on.
Walking
Adult Walk - The Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Family Fun Fitness Walk
Enjoy a nice walk for a cause. At the end of your walk, return to the registration table for your goody bag.
Kids 14 & under Walk - The Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Family Fun Fitness Walk
Everyone is a winner!
Festival Time Adult Walk - The Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Family Fun Fitness Walk #2
Please note: This is not an organized walk where everyone starts at the same time. Enjoy a nice leisurely walk, around part of the lake, for a cause at any time between 1:00p & 3p. A map will be available, if needed. At the end of your walk, return to the registration table for your goody bag.
Festival Time Kids 14 & under Walk - The Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Family Fun Fitness Walk #2
Everyone is a winner!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Watchung, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:27 AM and sets at 5:55 PM local time (EDT) in Watchung on October 31, 2026 — 10h 28m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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Results — The Jack Walsh Great Pumpkin Certified 5K Race and Family Fun Walk - Watchung Hills Regional Municipal Alliance
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 2 Watchung events
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