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Monster Mash 3K Dash

A spooktacular good time for family & friends! Come run or walk through the woods in costume and trick or treat amongst our sponsors!

The Monster Mash 3K Dash Run/Walk is a Halloween-themed 1.86 mile run/walk during the twilight hours on the paved walkways and millings trailways in Turkey Brook Park where we encourage everyone to come in costume! Then once everyone joins us back at the finish line we’ll get all our monsters mashing with great music, campfire, food & more FUN!

Saturday, October 24th

6:00pm

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Turkey Brook Park, 30 Flanders Road, Budd Lake, NJ

REGISTRATION INFORMATION – Pre-registration closes October 22nd at 11:00pm

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The Monster Mash 3K Dash Run/Walk is a rain or shine event. Registration fees are considered donations to the Mount Olive Recreation Department and are not refundable or transferable.

  • If you have a Mastercard or Discover Card please click here.
  • To pay by check please call 973-691-0900 x7263 or x7264
  • We CANNOT process Visa payments

ADULTS & KIDS (Anyone age 5 years +) – there are NO t-shirts for this event

Register by Oct 22nd $10 per person

On Site Registration $20 per person

KIDS/TODDLERS (5 years & under)

No registration required FREE!

Onsite registration will open at 5:00pm and will remain open until 15 minutes before the race start. Please show up early if you intend to register onsite.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

This is not a competitive race. We firmly believe that families should get out and move together. This run/walk can be done at whatever pace you feel most comfortable and we’ll just be thrilled to have you there participating.

Kids and strollers are welcome. We want kids to be a part of this! Decorate their strollers as part of their costume! Pull them in wagons. Although portions of the course will use trail ways in Turkey Brook, we will not be on rough terrain in the woods.

Dogs and bicycles are prohibited. For the safety of all our participants and for the dogs, NO DOGS or bicycles will be allowed on the race course.

Nothing will be too spooky or scary. Although we encourage everyone to come in costume we do ask that this stay a family fun event, thus no costume should be gory, gruesome or deemed otherwise inappropriate for a young audience. We also promise we won’t have anything jumping out at you along the course.

Bring your flashlight. Yes, we will mark the course with glow sticks and glow in the dark tape but who can deny that playing with a flashlight is always FUN! Just to ensure everyone’s safety we encourage all participants to run/walk with a headlamp or flashlight.

Will there be food for sale? YES! Philly Pretzel of Hackettstown will be on site selling hot pretzels and drinks for our little monsters and their guardians to stay well fueled during the event.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, October 24th – Turkey Brook Park, 30 Flanders Road, Budd Lake, NJ 07828

5:00pm On Site Registration & Check-In Opens

6:00pm Monster Mash 3K Dash Begins!

6:30pm Campfire Costume Party Begins!

CAMPFIRE COSTUME PARTY

Join us at the finish line where we’ll have a nice campfire going to everyone to enjoy, a DJ getting all our monsters mashing with Halloween themed tunes, the opportunity to trick or treat amongst our sponsor booths and yummy food for purchase from Philly Pretzels!

Participating Trick or Treat Businesses – each of these businesses will have a giveaway for our participants:

Edward Jones ~ Theater Dance ~ Sam’s Club of Mount Olive ~ ReMax Hertiage Properties ~ Dragons Den Karate ~ Uptown Art of Denville ~ Fairy Tale Journeys with Eric Martin ~ Nutrition Zone ~ 11th Hour Rescue ~ Chef It Up ~ Thirty One Gifts ~ Pump It Up ~ Slattery Irish Dance ~ Buffalo Wild Wings of Rockaway ~ Das Creamery & MORE!

VENUE/DIRECTIONS

Turkey Brook Park, 30 Flanders Road, Budd Lake, NJ 07828

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