About the 2026 Spooktacular 5K & Monster Mile
The race runs through downtown Huntsville on Halloween weekend, starting on Church Street near the city's Museum of Art. The costume contest is a real part of the morning, with judges on-site before the shorter distance begins, and categories run from scariest to most original to outright ugliest. It is a morning where a lot of people are wearing something ridiculous.
Packet pickup is the evening before at Fleet Feet Huntsville, with race-morning pickup available as well. A parking garage nearby opens early, accessible from Clinton and Church, and port-a-johns are set up right beside it. Awards and costume winners are announced shortly after the final runners finish.
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Spooktacular 5K & Monster Mile 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
990finishers
16:53winner
36:12median
1:08:49cutoff
Top 3: Erick Kigen (16:53) · Jacob Wierenga (16:56) · Khalil Dock (17:12)
1 Miles Results · 2025
159finishers
6:21winner
13:15median
35:39cutoff
Top 3: Trigg Groundwater (6:21) · Marcus Allison (6:35) · M. Allison (7:27)
The 2026 Spooktacular 5K & Monster Mile 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.
Distances & Start Times
5K10/31/2026 08:00$35
1 Mile10/31/2026 09:00$25
Spooktacular 5K & Monster Mile10/31/2026 08:00$40
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