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Goblin Gallop | Halloween 5K | Glens Falls, NY | Oct. 28

Saturday, October 28, 2023
8:00 AM 11:30 AM

Abraham Wing School 120 Lawrence Street Glens Falls, NY, 12801 United States (map)

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Glens Falls’ 30th Annual Goblin Gallop

Celebrate Halloween at this fun 5K road race in the southern Adirondacks.

Runners in the Glens Falls Goblin Gallop in the southern Adirondacks

Adirondack Runners and the Nepal Village School Project present the 30th running of the always popular Goblin Gallop 5K Road Race, “So fast, it’s scary!”

This year’s event takes place at Abraham Wing School in Glens Falls. This Halloween tradition has always been a delightful, uplifting, community-based run. Runners will follow a pre-marked 2-loop course in downtown Glens Falls.

Logistics and race day schedule.

Saturday, October 28

8 am to 9 am — Packet pick-up and race day registration at Abraham Wing School (120 Lawrence Street, Glens Falls)
9:30 am 5K race start
At approximately 10:30 am (or immediately following the end of the 5K race), the free Halloween Hop Kids Fun Run for 12 and under (1K) with trick-or-treat bags for all the finishers

Online registration is available now or on the morning of the race. Registration fee is $27 in advance ($24 for Adirondack Runners) or $30 on race day. Halloween Hop Kids Fun Run is free.

Commemorative running belt bag to first 150 Entrants.

Costumes are encouraged!

Fun run with a great purpose.

This is the prime fundraiser for the ongoing Nepal Village School Project. Proceeds from this ongoing project have built a new three-story Regional Secondary School building in a remote hill village in Nepal. Race Director Lee Pollock spent two years in this village as a Peace Corps teacher in the 1970s. Current new goals include improved sanitation and clean water for the school, a library, and increased computer and internet access.

Visit the race website for more information and register online.

Contact Lee and Linda Pollock for more info at 518.796.2913 or leepollock@roadrunner.com.

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