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5K / 10K Race Series

Introducing The 2025 MegaBite Events

Running Series & 5-Race Challenge!

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news! Thanks to the incredible success of our previous events, we’re expanding—and we’re proud to introduce the 2025 MegaBite Events Running Series!

This year, we’re upping the fun and the challenge with our brand-new 5-Race Challenge:

Run or walk all five races in the series and get an additional Elite Finisher Medal to display proudly.

  • Cinnamon Bun Run (New for 2025!)
  • 2nd Annual Racin’ For Bacon
  • The Great Empanada Race (New for 2025!)
  • 5th Annual Duck Donuts
  • 2nd Annual Holiday Duck Donuts

Each race will feature our signature food-themed fun, delivering unique, exciting experiences for runners of all levels. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or just getting started, there’s something for everyone.

Cinnamon Bun Run

Cinnamon Bun 5.2k/10k Run

Sunday, April 6, 2025

DUKE ISLAND PARK
191 Old York Rd. Bridgewater, NJ

Kick off the fall running season with the sweetest race around—a flat, fast 5.2K or 10K, topped off with a FREE warm cinnamon bun waiting for you at the finish line! 🍂🥮

Portion of the proceeds benefit the St. Andreas Foundation—a beacon of hope born from personal tragedy and driven by a passionate mission to support families affected by neonatal encephalopathy. Founded in April 2024 by Ryan K. Brown, Jr. and Iman McDonnaugh-Brown, the foundation is dedicated to advancing knowledge, providing critical resources, and fostering hope.

Racin for bacon 5k

Racin’ for Bacon 5k/10k/1m Pet Walk 

Sunday, May 4, 2025 – 10am

MONMOUTH BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK
20 NJ-33 Business, Manalapan Township, NJ

Did someone say BACON?! Yes, we did! This spring, join us for a run through a historic Revolutionary War battlefield as we celebrate our nation’s 249th birthday! Choose from a 5K, 10K, or a 1-mile walk with your furry best friend—all topped off with FREE freshly cooked thick-cut pork belly bacon from Btch’N Bacon on a Stick… @btchin_bacon waiting for you at the finish line! 🥓🎉

This race supports a great cause!… GiGi’s Playhouse Hillsborough.Their Mission is to increase positive awareness of Down syndrome through national campaigns, educational programs, and by empowering individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community.

The Great Empanada Race

The Great Empanada Race 5k/10k/1m K9 Walk 

Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 – 10am

Thompson Park
Thompson Drive and Lakeview Ave, Monroe, NJ

We are proud to present our 3rd stop in the for the Megabite Events Race Series. Pick your distance and come out, open to all levels of runners and walkers a 5K, 10K, or a 1-mile K9 walk with your furry best friend—all topped off with FREE freshly cooked, golden, flaky empanadas from These Freakin’ Empanadas. waiting for you at the finish line! 🥟🎉

This race will support Pet Food Donations for local pet shelters.

Don’t miss out on this flaky, fun-filled run. Get your sweat on, celebrate in a historical setting, and enjoy some mouthwatering empanadas— bring your appetite for FUN and we’ll see you at the finish line! 🥟🐾🎉

Duck Donuts 5k-10k race

5th Annual Duck Donuts 5k/10k

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025 –10am

DUKE ISLAND PARK
191 Old York Rd, Bridgewater, NJ

What better way to kick off the fall running season than with a flat fast 5k or 10k. with a FREE DUCK DONUT waiting for you at the finish line! Thanks to your support we will be bringing back the 10k!!! So you pick your distance… and your perfect donut.

🏅 Celebrate your achievement with a sweet Duck Donuts Medal while supporting a great cause!

This race supports a great cause!… GiGi’s Playhouse Hillsborough.Their Mission is to increase positive awareness of Down syndrome through national campaigns, educational programs, and by empowering individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community.

Special thank you to our sponsors:

Event Sponsors:
Duck Donuts Greenbrook

Duck Donut 5k run and K9 pet walk

Holiday Duck Donuts 5k/1m K9 Walk

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025 –10am

BEE MEADOW PARK
N. Pond Rd, Whippany, NJ

Get ready for a quacking good time at the Duck Donut 5K & K9 Walk! Join us for a fun-filled morning of fitness, furry friends, and delicious treats. Lace-up your running shoes, leash up your pets, and come out for a memorable event that combines exercise, community, finisher medal and a delicious DONUT from DUCK DONUTS RT. 10 WHIPPANY as well as a special doggie donut for your 🐾Fur Baby at the finish line from Groomington Eats!

We ask everyone attending this event to please bring an unwrapped toy to donate to Toys for Tots.

Special thank you to our sponsors:

2024 Duck Donuts 5k/10k PHOTO ALBUM
Our 3rd Annual Duck Donuts 5k/10k was our biggest yet! Thanks to all our great runners and sponsors who made this event something to quack about.

See if you can find your favorite runners.