Bread Run 10K & Gingerbread 2-Miler
About this race
🧤 Snowball Series. Race #1
🏃♂️ Run. Share. Celebrate.
Join us for the Bread Run 10K and Gingerbread 2-Miler — a festive winter tradition that began in 1980, where runners compete for fun and exchange homemade bread. Whether you're aiming for a personal record or simply enjoying the holiday season, this community event combines fitness, flavor, and holiday spirit for an unforgettable morning.
Race Director(s): Bob Thurston and Delabian Rice-Thurston
Pick your distance
Running
2 Mile Fun Run
10K
10K (with Bread contribution)
Non-members. Entry fee is a loaf of home-baked (not store-bought!) bread.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Glen Echo, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:13 AM and sets at 4:46 PM local time (EST) in Glen Echo on December 6, 2026 — 9h 33m 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 — Bread Run 10K & Gingerbread 2-Miler
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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, 1 Glen Echo event
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