Anacortes Santa Run
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Anacortes Santa Run

Anacortes, Washington, United States View on map
Dec 12, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

Every runner receives a full Santa Suit for the run!   Yes, that's right. EVERYONE will run in a Santa Suit. 

Join other runners all dressed as Santa and run a 5k in beautiful Anacortes WA.

Family Discount!!! Register 3 or more runners on same account and save $5.00 per runner!!!!

December 6, 2025 9am Start

Pick Up Bibs and Santa Suits in Anacortes:

Dec 4 and 5 from 5-7pm at the Anacortes Rockfish Grill beer garden!! Enjoy the happy hour from 3-6. Rockfish Address is 320 Commercial Ave, Anacortes WA 98221 (beer garden is the tent behind the restaurant)

Race Day Pick up ($3) is for out of the area runners. (You can pick up your Bib and Santa suit from 7-8am day of race.) If you can make the pick up on the 4th and 5th, we'd love it.

Every registration will help fund the Anacortes High School Cross Country Team!!!


5k Run of Santas in Anacortes WA. 

  • Group start-with Christmas Carols
  • Cookies, Coffee, Hot Cocoa and treats
  • timed
  • finishers medal
  • Prize!!!!- 1 Gallon of delicious Eggnog for first male and female across the finish line
  • Beat the Elves. Compete against two elves (Anacortes High School XC runners) staring 5 minutes after you. Every elf beating Santa gets a sticker. 

The Course is a beautiful flat 5k around Cap Sante Marina.

Pick your distance

Running

Santa Run 5k

Dec 12, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$44.50
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Anacortes, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 3.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 7.7°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) -0.9° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 5.4°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
21.4
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
6.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
90.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 12, 2026 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 12, 2026 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
8h 21m

The sun rises at 10:53 AM and sets at 7:15 PM local time (EST) in Anacortes on December 12, 2026 — 8h 21m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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Results — Anacortes Santa Run

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 8 Anacortes events

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