Christmas in July Half Marathon and 5K (Chicago area)
About this race
Ho Ho Ho,
Oh What Fun it is to Run in the Sun (and Shade)
and Earn Some Chillin' Summer Xmas Swag!
Christmas In July Highly Recommended Early Packet Pickup
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Friday July 17, 2026 - 2:00-4:00pm Early Packet Pickup. We'll do it near the Start/Finish line at Busse Forest (Busse Forest - Busse Lake Boating Center Picnic Grove #25
Elk Grove Village, IL US 60007) Look for the White Fun-Races Trailer.
Jingle Jolly Saturday Schedule July 18, 2026
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6:00am - 6:45am Packet Pickup/Check-In Opens - Half Marathon
- 7:00am Half Marathon Starts
- 7:00am - 7:45am Packet Pickup/Check-In Opens - 5K
- 8:00am 5K Starts
- 8:20am Post Race Christmas Party Begins!!!
Pick your distance
Running
Pacer Half Marathon
One Pacer per time gets a free entry. email chet@fun-races.com if you're interested - we will need some races you've done to ensure you can maintain the pace you select
Live Half Marathon
4-hour time limit to complete the Half Marathon. If you run longer than that, you may still walk the event, but Course Support closes.
Live 5K
Out and back 5K route with a fair amount of shade.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Elk Grove Village, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:32 AM and sets at 8:24 PM local time (CDT) in Elk Grove Village on July 18, 2026 — 14h 51m 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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2026 results — Christmas in July Half Marathon and 5K (Chicago area)
914 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Live Half Marathon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Maso | 1:20:11 | 6:07 /mi |
| 2 | Austin Emrath | 1:20:53 | 6:10 /mi |
| 3 | Viktor Symotiuk | 1:21:39 | 6:14 /mi |
| 4 | ANDREW M HUFF | 1:24:01 | 6:25 /mi |
| 5 | Isaac Luff | 1:26:52 | 6:38 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Elk Grove Village
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Elk Grove Village 5K Races 12 races
- Elk Grove Village Half Marathons 2 races
- Elk Grove Village Running Calendar 2026 13 races
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, 14 Elk Grove Village events
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