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Craven Smart Start Holiday Hustle
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Craven Smart Start Holiday Hustle

New Bern, North Carolina, United States View on map
Dec 01, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
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About this race

Working with community partners, Craven Smart Start provides Craven County children with quality early learning opportunities and health and family support to give them a foundation for success in kindergarten and beyond. Proceeds raised from the Holiday Hustle will expand Craven Smart Start’s ability to provide more services for children, birth to five, and their families in Craven County. The Holiday Hustle will feature the Tinsel 10K and Jingle Bell Jog 5K, which take runners on a course through downtown New Bern starting and ending in Union Point Park. The event also includes the Santa Family Fun Run with a course around Union Point Park. All races will be available as a virtual option including the virtual 48.6 mile 12 Days of Christmas Challenge, we introduced in 2020.

Registration Fees:

  • Jingle Bell Jog 5K - $30 until Nov. 28 / $35 Nov 29 until race day
  • Tinsel 10K - $35 until Nov. 28 / $40 Nov 29 until race day
  • Santa’s Fun Run - $15 / $20 on race day
  • Virtual 5k & 10k - $20
  • Virtual 48.6 mile 12 Days of Christmas Challenge (this race can be any form of exercise-Running, walking, swimming, biking, elliptical, etc.) - $40

$5 per person family discount for in person races (3 or more participants)

Register by Nov. 6 to guarantee T-shirt.

DUE TO SUPPLY ISSUES, PLEASE BE AWARE IF YOU REGISTER AFTER NOVEMBER  6TH, YOU WILL NOT GET A RACE SHIRT.

Registration Fee is NONREFUNDABLE. 

Packet Pick up will be Friday, December 11th from 4-7 at Craven Smart Start, 211-F Neuse Blvd, New Bern or at Union Point Park beginning at 7am the morning of the race.

Awards:

  • In-Person Awards for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place, male & female, in age categories 8-17, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-64 and 65+
  • Medals to 1st, 2nd, 3rd place overall in each race male and female

Giveaway:

  • All in-person registrants will receive a long sleeve performance t-shirt. Available in YS, YM, YL, AS, AM, AL, AXL, AXXL. Register by Nov. 6th to guarantee t-shirt!
  • All Children 15 and under participating in the Family Fun Run will receive a medal.
  • Everyone that completes the Virtual 48.6 mile 12 Days of Christmas Challenge will receive a long sleeve performance T-shirt and medal upon completion. 
  • Participants of the 5k and 10k virtual run will receive a medal upon completion (no shirt).
     

Pick your distance

Running

12 Days of Christmas 48.6 Mile Challenge

All forms of exercise count toward this event. (running, walking, swimming, biking, elliptical, etc.)

Dec 01, 2026 Ultra 12:00 AM
$40.00
Open

Virtual 10K

You can run (or walk) anytime on December 5-12, 2026.

Dec 01, 2026 10K 12:00 AM
$20.00
Open

Virtual 5K

You can run (or walk) anytime on December 5-12, 2026.

Dec 01, 2026 5K 12:00 AM
$20.00
Open

Tinsel Run 10K

Dec 01, 2026 10K 8:00 AM
$35.00
Open

Jingle Bell Jog 5K

Dec 01, 2026 5K 8:15 AM
$30.00
Open

Santa's Fun Run

Dec 01, 2026 1.6K 8:45 AM
$15.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New Bern, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 5.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 14.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 2.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 14.1°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
16.0
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.1mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
75.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 1, 2026 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 1, 2026 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 58m

The sun rises at 6:58 AM and sets at 4:56 PM local time (EST) in New Bern on December 1, 2026 — 9h 58m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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  • 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)
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