2024 - Fort Wayne Great Santa Run
2024 distances
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Fort Wayne Great Santa Run/ Adult
The Fort Wayne Great Santa Run will take flight on Dec. 7, 2024 in downtown Fort Wayne. Registration is open, so start stretching those Santa muscles and get ready for the jolliest 5k of the season. Fort Wayne Great Santa Run 5k downtown begins and ends at Prominade Park downtown Fort Wayne and starts at 8am on December 7, 2024! Fill the downtown with holiday cheer as hundreds of Santas run through the downtown area of Fort Wayne! Every participant will receive a race finishers shirt a Santa suit, a finisher medal/ornament, and holiday treats - who doesn't like cookies & hot chocolate? Santa Suit's include Santa's red hat, red pants, black belt, red coat and a white furry beard. Each participant will also recieve a Finisher medal /ornament *Please Note:10% of the registration proceeds will go towards the American Cancer Society for Esophageal Cancer Research in memory of Richard K. Croy Start/Finish: Check our website for the 5K route coming soon! Pictures: We would love to see your pictures! On Facebook & Instagram, use #GreatSantaRunFW
Fort Wayne Great Santa Run / YOUTH ONLY
The Fort Wayne Great Santa Run will take flight on Dec. 7, 2024 in downtown Fort Wayne. Registration is open, so start stretching those Santa muscles and get ready for the jolliest 5k of the season. Fort Wayne Great Santa Run 5k downtown begins and ends at Prominade Park downtown Fort Wayne and starts at 8am on December 16, 2022! Fill the downtown with holiday cheer as hundreds of Santas run through the downtown area of Fort Wayne! Every participant will receive a race finishers shirt a Santa suit, a finisher medal/ornament, and holiday treats - who doesn't like cookies & hot chocolate? Santa Suit's include Santa's red hat, red pants, black belt, red coat and a white furry beard. Each participant will also recieve a Finisher medal /ornament *Please Note:10% of the registration proceeds will go towards the American Cancer Society for Esophageal Cancer Research in memory of Richard K. Croy Start/Finish: Check our website for the 5K route coming soon! Pictures: We would love to see your pictures! On Facebook & Instagram, use #GreatSantaRunFW
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