Lower Gwynedd Township & Scoogie Events invites the whole family to come celebrate 2025 as well as what’s to come in 2026! This brand new event is a one of a kind family friendly GLOW RUN celebration! 🎉🥳🎉
We’re holding nothing back to make this event a full on Scoogië style New Year’s Eve celebration for all ages! Great course! Good music! SWAG, SWAG SWAG! A ball drop that you will NEVER FORGET! And so much more!
🎉🥳🎊 What to bring🎉🥳🎊
You can ad-on various glow items when registering and/or bring your own! The more GLOW on you...THE BETTER! Again, we will have a costume contest after you run/walk/skip/cartwheel or whatever means necessary to get across the glowing finish line! your content.
Dress to Shine!
Wear bright colors, neon, tutus, goofy hats, glow sticks — whatever makes you smile!
This is your chance to have fun with it — families, groups, and themed outfits welcome!
After the run, stick around for our costume contest at the finish line!
🌟EVENT DETAILS🌟 Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Race Location: Gwynedd Mercy University (Start/Finish & After Party is the stadium!) 1325 Sumneytown Pike Gwynedd Valley, PA, 19437 GPS: HERE
Event Timeline: Runners, Joggers & Walkers Arrival Between 4:30-5:45 pm
Pre-Race Announcements 5:45 pm
National Anthem 5:55 pm
Kids Ball Drop Dash (1/4 Mile) starts 6:00 pm (Yes, an actual ball will drop to start the kids dash!)
5k Start 6:10 pm (And yes, we will have another actual ball drop to start the 5k!)
2 Mile Jog/Walk Start 6:13 pm (Yup, we will have another actual ball drop to start the 2 Mile Jog/Walk!)
After Run Celebration The party begins the moment you enter the GMU STADIUM and do a 1/4 mile around the track to celebration your awesomeness! Then you'll cross the glowing finish line arch and collect your huge glow in the dark finisher's medals! Then if you're over 21, head to the Well Crafted Beer Company tent and collect your FREE well deserved adult beverage! Kids' will get a FREE Root Beer!
We will have a BEST DRESSED COSTUME CONTEST following the race! You can stay and celebrate the New Year with great music, food and MUCH MORE or You can be home by 7:00/7:30 pm for your New Year's Celebration!
Either way, this brand new, first year event is going to be AWESOME! Prepare to have a GLOWING start to 2026 with the Scoogië Crew on December 31, 2025!
IMPORTANT & FUN REMINDERS:
Remember to DRESS-UP how ever YOU feel that YOU want to celebrate YOUR New Year's Eve! The wackier the better! You can ad-on various glow items when registering and/or bring your own! The more GLOW on you...THE BETTER! Again, we will have a costume contest after you run/walk/skip/cart wheel or whatever means necessary to get across the glowing finish line! All three distance will not be timed. It's not about how fast you get to the finish line at this event. It's about how much fun you have while completing your chosen distance!
100% of the donations generated from this event will go directly to
🌟Here are a few more reasons why this event will ROCK🌟 ~ 🌟Every finisher gets a Scoogië Events designed huge 3" GLOW IN THE DARK finisher’s medal! ~ 🌟Every runner that registers before the hoodie deadline will get a TOP OF THE LINE SUPER SOFT HOODIE! (must register before the t-shirt deadline of 11/16) ~ 🌟Well Crafted Beer Company will being giving every finisher over 21 a FREE beer! 🌟Kids' will get a FREE Root Beer! ~ 🌟We will have a BEST DRESSED costume contest following the race! ~ 🌟Choose to run your event in a costume and you will automatically be entered in the "Best Costume Contest" or feel free to run in your normal running attire!
Other tidbits of information: No mailing of awards or hoodies. If you have to leave the race early for ANY reason, you must notify us to save your award. Note: If you are registered for this race and you registered in time to choose a hoodie size BUT you are unable to run for whatever reason, you will NEED TO CONTACT us 24 hours BEFORE RACE DAY and let us know if you'd like us to hold on to your reserved giveaway (hoodie) for you to pick up at a future Scoogie Event. If you do not do this, we cannot hold your shirt and it will be given to someone that registered after the deadline. We cannot mail shirts. NOTES: Packet pick-up & race day information will be emailed to all registered glowers on Friday, December 19th. We can't wait to see everyone on December 31st! (You're in for quite a treat) If you have any questions about this race, click the button below. 😊😊😊
The good folks at Well Crafted Beer Company will be supplying the beer for the Scoogië's New Year's Eve Glow Run after-party! Everyone over 21 with a race bib gets a free beer after the race!
🌟COURSE DESCRIPTION🌟
All three distances (5k, 2 Mile Jog/Walk & Kid’s Ball Drop Dash <1/4 Mile>) take runners & walkers in and around the beautiful GMU campus! The whole course is lite up but not too lite up to show off your GLOW! It’s perfect!
Once again, our title sponsors for this event are:
Thank you and remember this race will sell out so please register early.
Without the generous donations & help provided by our AWESOME SPONSORS, we could never do what we do.
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING WEATHER: This event is a rain/shine event. NOTE: We do not issue any refunds, transfers or credits for any reason. We have the right to revise or cancel the race due to emergency or weather
