Winters Spooktacular Fun Run

Winters Spooktacular Fun Run is held in Winters, California, on October 25, 2026, and offers three distances. The 10K starts first at 8:00 a.m., the 5K follows at 8:10 a.m., and a 1-mile run closes the morning at 9:30 a.m. The name points to a Halloween-weekend event, so expect costumes in the field.

Staggering the starts this way lets a family split across distances and regroup afterward: the mile is short enough for children, while the 10K gives regular runners a real test. If you want to race the 10K well, put six weeks of steady aerobic running behind you with a weekly tempo run of twenty to thirty minutes, and remember that an 8:00 a.m. gun leaves little margin, so arrive early enough to jog and run a few strides.