Hit the trail for Halloween fun

This year's Trick or Treat, Move Your Feet will be Thompson Falls Community Trail Committee’s third annual 5K run and one-mile fun run/walk. Thompson Falls Community Trails (TFCT) asks interested parties to mark their calendar for Saturday, October 31, for the festive Halloween-themed event, which will welcome all paces of runners. The event will be a celebration of the scenic, user-friendly trail system, as well as an opportunity to raise funds for trail maintenance. The event will start and end at the NorthWestern Energy Power Park at the intersection of Maiden Lane and Pond Street. The Powerhouse Loop Trail and the Clark Fork River will set the stage for a family fun, Halloween-themed outing.

Registration will be available online at http://www.RunWildMissoula.org until Wednesday, October 28. In-person registration will begin at 10 a.m. on race day. The one-mile fun run is free to participants and the cost for the 5K Run will be $12 online or $15 on the day of the event. Halloween themed socks will be given to the first 50 5K registrants. The one-mile walk/run will begin at 10:30 a.m. and the 5K will follow at 10:45 a.m. Participants and their families are encouraged to come in costume and to wear face masks. During the race, participants should keep six feet apart but can remove their masks after the start and until the finish, according to the TFCT.

A costume contest will also hail the winners of the funniest, most creative and best group costumes. The first male and female 5K finishers will take home a holiday themed prize as well. The event is sponsored by trail supporters, including Run Wild Missoula, Runner’s Edge, NorthWestern Energy, Harvest Foods, The Sanders County Ledger, Beagle’s Bakery, Minnie’s Café, First Security Bank, Dr. Roland Goertzen and Clark Fork Valley Hospital. The Thompson Falls Community Trails Committee asks locals to come out and show their support for the community trail system by participating in this annual celebration.