HOW IT WORKS
EASY AS
SIGN UP - Secure the size you need by pre-ordering
PLAN YOUR 5K - Choose a day, time, and route
AND GO! - Once your packet arrives this September, 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
Ships mid-September
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 mid-September
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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!
Ships mid-September 2026
Buy It With
$36.00
Buy It With
$15.00
- 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 September 1st 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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Packets ship mid-September
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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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