About the Run Scared
Run Scared takes place in Seward Park, a wooded peninsula on a lake in Seattle. The park has paved paths that loop through old-growth forest, so you get shade and tree cover most of the way. The race falls right around Halloween, and costumes are very much part of the morning, with a costume contest before the starting gun.
Packet pickup runs the evening before at West Seattle Runner, a local running shop, with race-morning pickup available as well. The start area has a kids dash and a treasure hunt before the main waves go off, so families tend to arrive early and make a full morning of it. Halloween treats are out at the finish.
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Run Scared 2025 Results
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 Results · 2025
370finishers
18:04winner
36:29median
1:11:33cutoff
Top 3: Toby Brewster (18:04) · Julia Budniak (18:57) · Tristan Baumann (19:56)
10K Results · 2025
111finishers
31:31winner
1:00:44median
1:26:49cutoff
Top 3: Rob McCulloch (31:31) · Nathan Morrisson (32:52) · Paige Emerson (33:03)
4K Results · 2025
52finishers
23:07winner
42:27median
58:58cutoff
Top 3: Joe Adleberg (23:07) · R. Mitchell (23:59) · Austen Mitchell (23:59)
The Run Scared has been held every year since at least 2018. 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 Oct 25, 2026.
