Falling Leaves 8 miler and 5K

Celebrate the fall colors and changing seasons with a trail run through Secor and Wiregrass Metroparks!! There will be two races - an 8 miler and a 5K (full disclosure...due to the need to use existing trails, the distances are actually about 7.7 and 3.3 miles. So you have the opportunity to set PR's in a new distance!!). Both races start at Secor Metropark on the all-purpose trail. Runners in the 8 miler will start adjacent to the Secor Room at Secor Park, follow the all-purpose trail counter-clockwise, connect to the Moseley Trail and follow it to Wiregrass Lake, then do a loop around the lake and return on the Moseley and all-purpose trails to the finish at the Secor Room. Runners in the 5K will run one loop of the "long version" of the Secor park all-purpose trail. Both courses are flat and non-technical. Walkers are welcome in the 5K.

Falling Leaves was named a top fall trail race by Outside Magazine in 2025 https://run.outsideonline.com/trail/trail-racing/top-12-trail-races-for-fall-colors !!!

Participation is limited to 250 participants.

To guarantee a t-shirt, please register by October 12, 2026!

Awards to top male/female overall, masters, and grand masters in 5K

Awards to top male/female overall, masters, and grand masters in 8 mile

Medals for all finishers

Packet pick-up: Thursday night 4:30 - 7:30 October 22, 2026 at Second Sole

Day of packet pick up at the Secor Center

Raffle for a Second Sole gift certificate for participants who pick up their packet early

Raffle for Second Sole gift certificates for finishers

Raffle for a Second Sole gift certificate for participants in the trail series

Raffle winners can only win one of the raffles

The Falling Leaves event is one of four events in the Toledo Roadrunners Club Trail Series presented in partnership with Metroparks Toledo and sponsored by Second Sole . Other races in the series are the Marsh Madness 10K (Howard Marsh Metropark, June 20, 2026, Towpath Trail 10K and Half Marathon (Providence Dam Metropark, July 19, 2026) and the Oak Openings Stampede 25K and 5K (Oak Openings Metropark, September 13, 2026). Registration for these events are also available on RunSignUp. Once registration opens for these other three events, a discount option will be offered if you sign up for all four events at the same time. If you are planning to do this, please wait to register.

We are currently working with Metroparks Toledo on offering a giveaway for participants that run or walk in all four Trail Series events. This will be revealed at a later date.

Last day to guarantee a shirt is October 12, 2025.