2025 - Santa Run Silicon Valley
2025 distances
Running
5K Santa Run
REGISTRATION INCLUDES: - Festive long-sleeved tech shirt - Ornament-style finisher medal - Bib with professional race timing - Post-race refreshments - Post-race festival at Christmas in the Park - A memorable holiday tradition!
Kids Reindeer Dash (Ages 2 - 7)
RACE DISTANCE: - Ages 2 to 3, 100 yards - Ages 4 to 5, 200 yards - Ages 6 to 7, 300 yards REGISTRATION INCLUDES: - Festive short-sleeved t-shirt - Ornament-style finisher medal - Race bib - Milk & cookies at the finish - Post-Race festival at Christmas in the Park - A memorable holiday tradition!
5K Santa's Helper
Looking for ways to give back this holiday season? Sign up as Santa's Helper to maximize your support for this timeless tradition benefiting Christmas in the Park! REGISTRATION INCLUDES: - Santa's Helper holiday gift bag - Festive long-sleeved tech shirt - Ornament-style finisher medal - Bib with professional race timing - 5pc Santa Suit - Post-race refreshments - Post-race festival at Christmas in the Park - A memorable holiday tradition!
Holiday Hero - Gold
Partner with Santa Run Silicon Valley as a Holiday Hero to show your commitment to preserving beloved, holiday traditions for the community. See below for tiered branding opportunities. GOLD HOLIDAY HEROES WILL RECEIVE: - Website: logo displayed on sponsor page - Registration platform: logo displayed on homepage and in confirmation emails - Opportunity for table at expo packet pickup - Virtual race bag: ad or special offer to all runners - On-stage mention
Holiday Hero - Silver
Partner with Santa Run Silicon Valley as a Holiday Hero to show your commitment to preserving beloved, holiday traditions for the community. See below for tiered branding opportunities. SILVER HOLIDAY HEROES WILL RECEIVE: - Virtual race bag: ad or special offer to all runners - On-stage mention
VIRTUAL 5K Santa Run
REGISTRATION INCLUDES: - Festive long-sleeved tech shirt - Ornament-style finisher medal - Race bib - FREE shipping if you register by December 7 - Access to RaceJoy tracking app - A memorable holiday tradition! Note: If you are participating in the virtual race AND would like your packet shipped to you, you must be registered by December 7. Race packets will be mailed out the week of December 8.
VIRTUAL Kids Reindeer Dash
REGISTRATION INCLUDES: - Festive short-sleeved t-shirt - Ornament-style finisher medal - Race bib - FREE shipping if you register by December 7 - A memorable holiday tradition! Note: If you are participating in the virtual race AND would like your packet shipped to you, you must be registered by December 7. Race packets will be mailed out the week of December 8.
Race-day weather
Conditions on December 14, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 7:14 AM and sets at 4:50 PM local time (PST) in San Jose on December 14, 2025 — 9h 36m of daylight.
Course
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2025 results — Santa Run Silicon Valley
2,692 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Santa Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Dent | 16:30 | 5:20 /mi |
| 2 | Colin Atoule | 17:01 | 5:30 /mi |
| 3 | Rodrigo Valle | 17:07 | 5:32 /mi |
| 4 | Joshua Garcia | 17:15 | 5:34 /mi |
| 5 | anthony gonzalez | 17:18 | 5:35 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 29 San Jose events
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