About the Pumpkin Festival 5k Run & Walk (and Kids Run)
This race runs through Barnesville during the town's pumpkin festival, so the surroundings lean into the season hard. The post-race spread is the main event after you cross the finish: pizzas, pepperoni rolls, subs, pasta salad, and home-baked cookies and muffins from a local baker. The kids race has its own charm, with a costumed superhero handing out pumpkin medallions and small pumpkins to every child who finishes.
Ceramic pumpkin trophies go to top finishers, and there are door prizes for the broader field. The atmosphere skews toward families and returning runners who know each other by name, the kind of gathering where the post-race food line is as long as the starting corral.
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Distances & Start Times
3.1 Miles9/26/2026 08:30$30
3.1 Miles9/26/2026 08:32$30
3.1 Miles9/26/2026 08:30$30
3.1 Miles9/26/2026 08:30$30
40 Yards9/26/2026 09:45Free
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