Miles of Hope: Spooky Edition

Miles of Hope: Spooky Edition is held in Anniston, Alabama, on October 31, 2026. The one-mile fun run opens the morning at 8:00 a.m., and the 5K and the half marathon (13.1 miles) both start at 8:30 a.m., all on the road.

With the mile and the 5K on the same schedule as the half, this is an event that works for a group of mixed abilities on a single morning. Runners taking on 13.1 should have a weekly long run already in place, ideally reaching ten or eleven miles about three weeks beforehand, followed by two weeks of reduced volume. Anyone starting from scratch has time for the 5K instead: three easy runs a week, one of them slightly longer, is a complete plan at that distance.