Dirty Santa Trail Run
About this race
*Register for all 5 FRS events at once during the month of April and receive an additional 10% off the lowest price PLUS the limited edition FRS performance shirt! Use the FRS April Bundle tab on any event registration page. Your shirt will be the style specific to your gender and in the same size as the event t-shirts you selected UNLESS you contact the race director with different style / size choices. This moisture wicking shirt will be waiting for you at the packet pickup of the first race (Sunset River Run) just in time for your hot runs!
When the weather turns chilly, the critters quit crawling and your usual hardtop running routes are getting a bit tired and boring......its time to veer off the road and kick up some dirt on the trail! It's time for........... The Fourth Annual Dirty Santa Trail Run!
This 5ish mile race is the fifth and final event in The Foothills Run Series Presented By UNC Ortho.
The course starts / finishes at the Lenoir Rotary Soccer Complex and is made up of almost 3 miles of single track trail (Zack's Fork Mountain Bike Trail), nearly 1.4 miles of natural field / gravel trail and around .6 mile of hardtop just for some variety!
*Early Packet Pickup: Friday (12/11) - 5:30pm - 7:30pm Liquid Roots Brewing (1048 Harper Ave, Lenoir, NC)
Race Day Schedule (12/12):
7:30am - Race Day Registration / Packet Pick-Up Opens
8:45am - Race Day Registration / Packet Pick-Up Ends
9:00am - Start Of The Fourth Annual Dirty Santa Trail Run
Enjoy some post race snacks featuring a Smores Station and Hot Cocoa!
Stick around for post race awards and the top winners selecting their gifts Dirty Santa Style!
The Fourth Annual Dirty Santa Trail Run Individual Awards
* Top 3 Overall Male / Female (Winner - Dirty Santa Trophy + Gift/Award, 2nd - Custom Silver Finished Medal + Gift/Award, 3rd - Custom Bronze Finished Medal + Gift/Award)
* Top 2 Male / Female Master (40 - 49) (Winner - Dirty Santa Trophy + Gift/Award, 2nd - Custom Silver Finished Medal + Gift/Award)
* Top 2 Male / Female Grandmaster (50 & Up) (Winner - Dirty Santa Trophy + Gift/Award, 2nd - Custom Silver Finished Medal + Gift/Award)
*Top 3 Male / Female Age Groups (Winner - Custom Gold Finished Medal, 2nd - Custom Silver Finished Medal, 3rd - Custom Bronze Finished Medal) 14 and under; 15 - 19; 20 -24; 25 - 29; 30 - 34; 35 - 39; 40 - 44; 45 - 49; 50 - 54; 55 - 59; 60 - 64; 65 - 69, 70 - 74, 75+
Every runner registering by Midnight on November 30 will be guaranteed their size in the Official Fourth Annual Dirty Santa Trail Run Hoodie!
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Running
Trail Run
Course is made up of almost 3 miles of single track trail, nearly 1.7 of gravel trail / natural field and around .3 miles of hardtop.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lenoir, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:27 AM and sets at 5:12 PM local time (EST) in Lenoir on December 12, 2026 — 9h 45m of daylight.
Course
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Results — Dirty Santa Trail Run
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- Lenoir 5K Races 5 races
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- Lenoir Running Calendar 2026 7 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, 8 Lenoir events
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