Jingle Bell Leap 5K
About this race
The Jingle Bell LEAP is an out-and-back 5K Run/Walk beginning at mile 0 of the American Tobacco Trail at Morehead Ave and Blackwell St. This event supports the Latino Educational Achievement Partnership which provides quality bilingual pre-K education and tutoring to elementary and middle school students.
Pre-race packet pickup is available at the LEAP School on Friday, Dec. 11 from 4:30-6:30pm.
Race day registration and check-in begins at the start area at 7:45am, and the run/walk begins at 9:00am.
Street parking is available on Blackwell St. and in the lots off Jackie Robinson Blvd (next to Mellow Mushroom).
Water station on course. Bagels and bananas at start and finish.
Course Map can be found here. More info on LEAP can be found here!
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Chip-timed 5K run.
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5K Run or Walk (Youth 12 & Under)
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Durham, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:16 AM and sets at 5:01 PM local time (EST) in Durham on December 12, 2026 — 9h 45m of daylight.
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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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