Pumpkin Dash 5k - Selinsgrove, PA

Pumpkin Dash 5k is run in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2026, with the 5K run and walk starting at 9 a.m. It is a single-distance event over 3.1 miles, open to runners and walkers, and the whole thing is done inside an hour for most of the field.

If you have never raced before, this is the format to start with. Three point one miles is short enough that a bad day costs you a few minutes rather than an hour, and long enough to teach you something real about pacing. Run the first mile at a pace that feels slightly too easy, hold it through the second, and spend whatever is left in the third; that simple plan beats going out hard nearly every time. Runners already in training can slot it in as a tune-up for a late-season half marathon.