Scarecrow Skedaddle

Scarecrow Skedaddle is run in Johnson City on October 25, 2026, and offers two afternoon formats: a 1-mile fun run and walk, 1.6 kilometers, at 2:00 p.m., followed by a 5K run and walk over 3.1 miles at 2:30.

Afternoon races call for a different routine than morning ones. You will be racing on a full day of food, so eat your last real meal three or four hours out, keep sipping water through the morning, and allow more warm-up time than you think, since a day spent sitting leaves you stiffer than an early alarm does. The half-hour gap between the two starts is enough to do both if you want the mile as a warm-up and the 5K as the main effort. For anyone new to racing, the mile alone is a fair place to begin.