Bath Area Family YMCA Haunted Hustle 5K Walk Run & Kids Fun Run

Bath Area Family YMCA Haunted Hustle 5K Walk Run & Kids Fun Run is organized by the Bath Area Family YMCA in Bath, Maine, in Sagadahoc County, on October 24, 2026. Runners and walkers both start at 9:00 a.m. over the same 5K, and a shorter kids fun run is built for younger participants. Awards go to the best costumes and to the top finishers in several age brackets, and the setting is a scenic one.

The day finishes with the annual Family Harvest Festival, with activities such as open swim and bounce houses, so this is as much a family outing as a race. If you do want to push, a 5K in late October fits neatly at the end of a fall training block: keep the last week light, warm up for ten minutes, then run the first half slightly conservatively and squeeze the pace down over the closing mile.