Annual Brookhaven Duck Duck Goose 5K and 1 Mile fun Run

The Murphey Candler Park Conservancy (MCPC) is excited to announce the 10th Annual Duck Duck Goose 5K will take place October 21, 2023!! 

Duck Duck Goose Food Trucks will be held the night before - October 20, 2023 between 5:30pm and 8:30pm

This fundraiser supports the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy and our efforts to make Murphey Candler Park one of the premier parks in Metro Atlanta.
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*If your friends and family are running with MES or MVPS Run Clubs, be sure to join those clubs when registering.

**This is a rain or shine event. Race T-shirts for registrations only prior to Oct. 16th will be given**

Save money and register online by Sept. 24th. Online Registration Closes Monday, Oct. 16 at Midnight!

Volunteer

Volunteers Are Still Needed to Make the Duck Duck Weekend a Success!
We are in need of volunteers to help deliver the Duck Duck T-Shirts.  To help out please send us an email: mcpconservancy@gmail.com

Early Race Packet Pick-up

Murphey Candler Park (Duck Duck Food Truck Social on Horseshoe Road) - Friday, 10/20 - between 4pm - 7pm

Location

MCP Open Field "County Corner" 
Candler Lake East / West Nancy Creek Dr
Brookhaven, GA  30319

The race will start and end at the Murphey Candler Park Open Field space.

Race Courses - 5K and 1-mile Fun Run

Murphey Candler Park's Open Field (aka County Corner) at the corner of Candler Lake East and West Nancy Creek Drive is site of this years DDG 5K.

2023 5K Course Description: This scenic 5K run will start and finish at the Murphey Candler Park Open Field (aka County Corner). Starting in the neighborhood on West Nancy Creek Drive participants will run thru the football/softball parking lots to the Nancy Creek trail.  After rounding thru baseball fields runners will return to West Nancy Creek Dr to make a quick turn North onto Candler Lake West.   Runners will do an out and back along CLW and enter the MCP trail just below Navajo Trail.  Upon entering the trail, runners will cross the newly-built boardwalk overlooking MCP Lake.  Take a left after the boardwalk to return to forested trails on the East Park side until ascending up East Nancy Creek towards Cary Reynolds Elementary School.  Right turn onto Nancy Creek Way, right turn onto Candler Lake East and then the course will once again enter the park.
Participants will finish last leg on Candler Lake East before finishing in the Open Field.

2023 1-mile Fun Run Course Description: 
The fun run will cross over the dam this year so that runners will enjoy wooded trails, a lake view and the new North Boardwalk.

Parking

Please park by 7:45am to avoid road closures as the 5k starts promptly at 8:00am. If you need to leave the event/ park prior to 9am or are only participating in the 1 mile fun run, please park in the Football/ Softball lots. Parking lots located on Candler Lake West maybe temporarily closed after 7:45am.

​Parking is available in the following Murphey Candler Park locations - again, arrive early, as these lots are inside of the race courses.
  • Murphey Candler Park Parking Lot located on the corner of West Nancy Creek and Candler Lake West.
  • Atlanta Colts Football and Murphey Candler Softball Lots located on West Nancy Creek south of Murphey Candler Lake.  
  • Candler Lake East gravel lots along the shoulder of the road by the playground and at the sharp curve of Candler Lake East and East Nancy Creek Dr.

Contact Us

Please follow us on Twitter and Facebook @DDGoose5K for event updates. Don't hesitate to email if you have questions regarding this event.
Thanks!
Race photos are posted.  You may purchase prints through the above link.
​-Thank you Rebecca Moore!