Reindeer Run: Racing Towards Hope
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Reindeer Run: Racing Towards Hope

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States View on map
Dec 19, 2026 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis local time)
Running

About this race

Reindeer Run 5k and 1-Mile Santa Sprint

Grab your friends and family and join us for the 3rd Annual Reindeer Run to benefit the Patrick S. Barrett Endowment Fund at Riley Hospital for Children.  

Don your reindeer antlers and your Christmas gear and be ready to walk, trot or gallop through Deming and Dobbs Parks while we race towards hope.

The Santa Sprint will begin at 10 a.m. 

The Reindeer Run 5k will begin around 10:30 a.m. 

Interactive course for both races will be posted soon!

Packet Pickup and Parking

Parking, packet pickup, and post-race festivities will be at The Red Barn at Sycamore Farm, 5001 E Poplar Drive, Terre Haute, IN 47803. The start/finish line will be across Poplar Dr on the National Road Heritage Trail.  Packet pickup will begin at 8 AM on race day.  Please be sure to arrive with enough time to check in and warm up before our first race kicks off at 10 AM!

For more information on the Patrick S. Barrett Endowment Fund, please visit www.psweloveyoufund.org. 

Pick your distance

Running

1 Mile Santa Sprint

We encourage kids young and old to join us for the Santa Sprint! Long sleeve dri-fit shirt included for registrations after December 9, based on availability (including size availability). Please email Bridget.Butwin@outlook.com to request a shirt and let us know your size!

Dec 19, 2026 1.6K 10:00 AM
$25.00
Open

5k

Join us for the 2nd Annual Reinder Run 5k and support Riley Hospital for Children! Long sleeve dri-fit shirt included for registrations after December 9, based on availability (including size availability). Please email Bridget.Butwin@outlook.com to request a shirt and let us know your size!

Dec 19, 2026 5K 10:30 AM
$30.00
Open

Sleep In for the Cure

Dec 19, 2026 Sleep In for the Cure 12:00 AM
$20.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Terre Haute, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) -4.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 4.5°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) -10.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 1.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
19.0
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
74.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 19, 2026 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 19, 2026 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 23m

The sun rises at 8:05 AM and sets at 5:28 PM local time (EST) in Terre Haute on December 19, 2026 — 9h 23m 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)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 28 Terre Haute events

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