About the Irvington Vampire Run
The course runs through the tree-lined streets of the Irvington neighborhood, passing genuinely old landmarks along the way, including a historic oak, a memorial center, and a circle park that anchors the surrounding blocks. The pavement is flat, the neighborhood is dense with old houses, and the whole thing wraps up near the same park where it started.
Packet pickup happens at a couple of points before race morning, with race-day pickup opening early at Irving Circle Park. Several nearby organizations sell parking spots in their lots, which helps since street parking fills up once the Halloween Street Fair gets going. The festival runs alongside the race, so the neighborhood is already busy and decorated by the time most runners finish.
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Finish-Time Stats
Going by the 2025 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K · 2025 results
700finishers
17:33winner
39:06median
1:08:33cutoff
Top 3: Tera Moody (17:33) · Elliot Gray (18:07) · Drew Spenner (18:38)
1 Miles · 2025 results
41finishers
7:56winner
18:15median
46:01cutoff
Top 3: Unknown Partic. 1525 (7:56) · Jonas Ridenour (7:57) · H. Ridenour (8:59)
The Irvington Vampire Run has been held every year since at least 2021. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K10/31/2026 09:30$35
5K10/31/2026 09:30$20
5K10/31/2026 09:30$35
Little Bat Dash10/31/2026 11:30Free
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