HOW IT WORKS
EASY AS
SIGN UP - The Virtual 5K is now 90% sold out
PLAN YOUR 5K - Choose a day, time, and route
AND GO! - Once your packet arrives, rock your 5K!
🍂 Your Favorite Fall Tradition 🍂
2026 Virtual 5K
$45.00
Anytime, anywhere
Fall swag you'll actually wear
A fall tradition since 2012
Now in-stock and shipping
Celebrate fall your way with the Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run! Complete your Virtual 5K anytime, anywhere — around your neighborhood, on a favorite trail, or even on the treadmill. Whether you’re running solo, walking with friends, or chasing autumn miles with your pup, this festive Virtual 5K brings the magic of the season straight to you 🎃
Every registration includes a cozy race hoodie, finisher’s medal, and race bib shipped to your door — everything you need to make your run feel official!
Best of all, you get the flexibility to go at your own pace, on your own schedule, while still being part of a fall tradition enjoyed by over 500,000+ since 2012 🍂
How it Works:
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Order today and we’ll ship your race packet immediately
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Run or walk your 5K anytime, anywhere later this fall — no set time, pace, or place required
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Celebrate with exclusive Gourdy’s swag you’ll be excited to earn year after year
What’s Included:
🍂 Lightweight Tech Hoodie
🍂 Finisher Medal
🍂 Commemorative Race Bib
🍂 Strava Club Where You Can Engage With Others and Post Your 5K
You in, pumpkin? Choose your size to get started!
🚨 October Update: the Virtual 5K is now over 90% sold out. Sizes are also limited. Sign up soon before it's too late.
Buy It With
$15.00
Buy It With
$25.00
- Official entry to the Virtual 5K
- Lightweight Tech Hoodie
- Finisher’s medal
- Race bib
- Online Strava community where you can train, engage, share photos, and post results
Add-Ons
Looking for a greater challenge? Check out these optional add-ons:
FALL-NATIC CHALLENGE
Add The Fall-natic Challenge and tackle three separate 5Ks, each with a unique challenge medal!
TOUGH PUMPKIN
Carry a pumpkin on your Virtual 5K and score the exclusive Tough Pumpkin medal!
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FAQ's
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You can run or walk your 5K anytime, anywhere now through November 30th. All your race goodies ship straight to your door. This option allows for maximum flexibility when planning your own race day.
Starting from the moment you sign up, you can engage with fellow runners in our Facebook Community Group, train with others in the free Strava club, and share photos on Instagram.
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The Fall-natic Challenge is a challenge where you run/walk three 5K's on your own and score a unique challenge medal for each. You'll complete one in September, one in October, and one in November.
The Virtual 5K is a traditional, one-time 5K that can be completed anytime, anywhere this fall. It includes a lightweight tech hoodie, finisher medal, and bib.
The Virtual 5K can be done by itself OR you can add-on the Fall-natic Challenge in conjunction with it.
Similarly, the Fall-natic Challenge can be done by itself or alongside the Virtual 5K.
tl;dr the Virtual 5K scores you a lightweight tech hoodie, finisher medal, and bib, and is done only once during the fall. The Fall-natic Challenge scores you 3 medals for completing 3 separate runs.Still stuck? ~70% of participants choose to do both the Virtual 5K + Fall-natic Challenge (max bling!)
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Complete your 5K while carrying a pumpkin of any size and score the exclusive Tough Pumpkin medal!
If you add this to your Virtual 5K, you'll receive BOTH the Finisher Medal and the Tough Pumpkin medal 🎃
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The majority of our participants don't run their 5K. Instead, they set a goal to complete it whether by walking, jogging, or a mix of all!
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The Virtual 5K is available worldwide.
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Nope! We keep this as flexible and easy as possible so you can just focusing on completing each 5K.
Feel compelled to sharing your results? Join our group in Strava! -
With the Virtual 5K registration, you'll receive the 2026 Finisher Medal.
Add on Tough Pumpkin and score that medal in addition to the Finisher Medal
Add on the Fall-natic Challenge and score the three medals in addition to the Finisher Medal
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Of course! While the registration fee goes towards covering the various costs of putting together a high quality race packet, a portion goes back to our charity partner: Girls on the Run
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Yep! Follow these steps:
- Open the menu bar
- Click 'My Orders'
- Find your order and edit shipping detailsOr, just click here
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Always a great time walking with my boys. Need to find an in person one for next year. Maybe a road trip.
G
New tradition myself and maybe even my family will be participating in! We loved it and is a really easy way to integrate running into our lives.
K
Great motivator to get out there and run!
R
I completed my walk 5K last weekend and this weekend my shirt and medal came. I love them and so proud I completed this 5K in record time while on vacation. My grands love the shirt as much as I do!!
T
I completed the virtual 5K Saturday October 3. I live the hoodie, bib and finishers medal. This was my first time doing this particular race, and first virtual. Hoping to join again in 2027!
A
Everything was awesome! Pushing myself to complete the 5k actually update my daily game to 3.5 miles a day now. I love the hoodie and my medal! Size up one fir a loser future, regular size for skin tight fit. Definitely doing this in person next year!
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Enjoying this 5k
C
Walked the 5K October 1. Great race jersey and medal!
C
I like the swag
But I was unable to postcode results. Your app would not let me post myvresults
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Great shirt and medal!
L
Love that I can do virtual with friends from afar!
M
This was my first virtual race and I loved it. I completed my run the day my package came. I will definitely be doing more of these
S
A fun idea to get people out and moving. Meeting people. The clothes fit perfectly and the medal is also a magnet for my fridge.
A
I always enjoy this virtual run race. The race hoodie is the best.
M
I love participating in this. And the shirt/ jacket thing is my absolute favorite thing to wear when the weather is a little cold.
M
Great items.
A
LOVED IT!!! So fun so easy to see and upload results. Will definitely do this again and next virtual race my kids will be joining the fun. The shirt, bib and medal are amazing.
J
Very high quality metals and awesome dry fit shirt. Fun virtual event.
C
Didn’t come with both bibs for the virtual run. One of the shirts was screen printed with a now permanent fold in it
V
I love them
L
The medals were phenomenal. Loved them! Had a little mix up with shipping, reached out through email and it was promptly taken care of. Excellent customer service. Already booked with their next virtual run!
A
I love the fall and look forward to your run/walk/hike every year. Your shirts and magnets are so cute. Thank you for putting this together every year.
J
Very awesome for all
A
Loved this idea! I am always out walking and this just kept me motivated to keep going. The shirt is awesome!
T
I was excited to get my gunning kit in the mail! My sticking cap and racing shirt look great and the medal is good quality. I'm looking forward to running the race Saturday!
S
I always like everything. You guys are wonderful!
J
I’m enjoying the challenge. But I was very disappointed that there wasn’t any actual website to report mileage to. You sold me the pieces but nowhere to keep track of my mileage.