2024 - Santa Run 5k
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2024 Santa Run 5k
Packet Pickup will be on Thursday and Friday, December 12 and 13 from 3:00-6:00 PM inside Fleet Feet Des Moines. We will also have race day pickups from 8:30 – 9:30 AM, but highly encourage picking up your packet on Thursday or Friday. Day of registration is allowed. However, you will not receive a full Santa suit. Participants should park in the free parking garage at 600 E Locust or find street parking. Fleet Feet will not be providing parking validation at the 308 E 6th St parking garage.
Race-day weather
Conditions on December 14, 2024 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 7:33 AM and sets at 4:45 PM local time (CST) in Des Moines on December 14, 2024 — 9h 11m of daylight.
Course
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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, 63 Des Moines events
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