Bulldog 5K Run and Costume Dash

Bulldog 5K Run and Costume Dash is held in Winterville, North Carolina, on October 31, 2026. One distance is on offer, a 5K starting at 9:00 a.m., and the costume theme in the name tells you what kind of morning to expect on Halloween.

A 3.1-mile road race late in the fall season is a good place to cash in the fitness you have been building since summer. If you are racing it, keep the first mile under control and save your effort for the last kilometer, where most people lose the time they gained early. If you are running it in costume, test the outfit on a short run first, since a mask or a cape behaves very differently at race pace than it does standing still.