Octoberfest Costumed Prediction Run

Well, Halloween is officially over at our house now.  Pumpkins are extinguished, costumes put away, candy consumed and kids in bed.  Bring on Christmas Thanksgiving! I find it troubling that I saw a Glade ad for Christmas on TV this afternoon.  Halloween wasn't even over yet.  Sheesh.

This year the most exciting part of the Halloween festivities for me (other than Thing 1 & Thing 2 looking adorable as usual) was that Peak Sport Solutions was fortunate to be picked to time the 1st Annual Octoberfest Costumed Prediction Run that was put on by the United Helpers.

For those not from Northern NY, the United Helpers are an organization that's been in existence for 110 years  and provides services from independent living to long-term care for senior citizens, developmentally disabled and mentally ill patients.  They have beautiful facilities and are a wonderful group of people.

So Sunday morning we headed to Canton, NY.  Since it was a prediction run, we didn't know what the distance was until we got there and it ended up being about 4 miles.  Registration was so much fun, people were in great moods and just wanted to have fun plus the costumes were hilarious!

View from the Registration Table

We ended up with 57 registered folks.  For a first year event up in our neck of the woods, that's more than respectable.  The good news is that the race directors were so pleased that they're going to make this an annual event so it can only get better.  I was really excited to see a few of the local gals that I run with show up, it's fun to know some of the finishers when you're timing so you can really cheer them on.

Beautiful course but it did have a "Halloween-y" feel with leaves off the trees!

View of the Finish

I was hard at work, can you tell? :)

My incredible team (aka my hubby & mom-in-law)

A few pics of the great group of finishers!

All in all, a really great event!  I love competition, I love to race, but sometimes it's nice to go to a race were everyone is truly there to have fun.  The vibe is incredible.

If you live nearby, put this one on your race calendar for next year!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! :)