Haunted 5k Run/Walk

Haunted 5k Run/Walk is held in Hazard, Kentucky, on October 23, 2026. Two family-friendly options share a 5:00 p.m. start, both over 5 kilometers or 3.1 miles: one for runners and one for walkers, which lets a group enter together and still move at whatever pace suits each person.

Splitting the run and the walk into separate categories takes the pressure off, and that matters if this is your first event. Walking 3.1 miles takes most people around an hour and needs no special preparation beyond a few practice outings in the shoes you will wear. If you are running it, aim to finish feeling like you had one more mile in you rather than emptying the tank in the first half. Either way it is a distance you can be ready for in a handful of weeks.