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Please join us for our annual 5K Prairie Moon Pumpkin Fun Run! You can register online until Thursday October 24th at 9pm. After that only in-person registration at packet pick-up at Fleet Feet Lawrence Friday before the race or at the school the day of the race between 8:30-9am.

The 5K race begins and ends at Prairie Moon Waldorf School at 9:30am. Not up for a 5K? We have a <1 mile fun run/obstacle course for younger ones at 10:30am. Join us at the finish line for pumpkin painting, chess, additional games, tacos, coffee and baked goods. 

The race will be officially timed, but not certified. Course runs along the gravel road (1600 Rd) in front of school to the Mud Creek levee trail and back. Race is $37 per person +fees for 18+ years old and includes a t-shirt. Youth 17 years of age and younger $10 per person with option to buy a t-shirt for $15. Each 5k registration comes with a timed bib. The Fun Run also come with the ability to add a shirt for $20 each. If you want a t-shirt but do not want to run, feel free to register to the Fun Run and add a shirt.  We cannot ensure t-shirt sizes after October 11th. 

Each 5k registration and each $10 donation increment also gives you one raffle ticket for a Garmin Forerunner running watch. Raffle tickets will also be available for purchase the day of the race. There will also be some prizes for top finishers donated by local stores including Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop, River Rat Skate Shop, Massage Envy and Garmin.

Packet pick-up will be at Fleet Feet at 839 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Friday October 25th, the day before the event from 3-6 pm and the morning of the race from 8:30-9:15 am inside the school. 5k Race will start at 9:30am and kids friendly <1 mile fun run/obstacle course will follow at 10:30. The fun run is not timed. Feel free to leave post race or to join in the fun that follows as long as you want. We will have JB's Taco Truck, coffee and baked goods care of Great Harvest and Wheatfields, pumpkin painting care of Garrett Farms, face painting, chess, coffee, and other activities.

If you would like to make a donation but are not registering, please click on the donation tab at the top of the page. Otherwise there will be a page for you to make a donation if you go through the registration process. Thank you! 

We would like to thank our sponsors thus far for the generous donations. Fleet Feet; Mud & Lotus; Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop; River Rat Skate Shop; Great Harvest Bakery and Cafe; Wheatfield's Bakery Cafe; Eileen's Colossal Cookies; JB's Taco Truck; Blue Collar Press, Massage Envy, Growing Smiles, Cycle Works, Climb Lawrence, Dale & Ron's, Garrett Farm, Lawrence Beer Co. and to Garmin for donating a Forerunner. 

Prairie Moon Waldorf School is a non-profit Waldorf school with an early education program and 1st-8th grades serving the Lawrence community since 2001. We are screen free, nature and art based utilizing a curriculum that educates the hands, the heart and the head through academic, artistic and practical work. Please stop by our information table at the event to learn more and/or visit our website at prairiemoon.org.

We look forward to seeing you!