ADFK 5k Trick or Trot!

ADFK 5k Trick or Trot! is held in Salem, Oregon, on October 31, 2026. There is one distance on the program, a 5K covering 3.1 miles, and it starts at 10:30 a.m., which is late enough that the morning chill has usually lifted.

Halloween morning 5Ks tend to draw a mixed field of racers, walkers and families, so decide in advance which of those you are. If you want a time, warm up away from the start area and position yourself near the front; if you are treating it as a social outing, start further back and settle in. Preparation is not complicated at this distance, running three times a week for a month gets most people to the line ready. Pacific Northwest weather in late October makes a rain layer a sensible thing to have.