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Shortest Day of the Year, Longest Run of Your Life
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Shortest Day of the Year, Longest Run of Your Life

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States View on map
Dec 19, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
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About this race

Shortest Day of the Year, Longest Run of Your Life

This ain’t no race.There's no set distance. There are no pace groups. No road closures. Minimal course marking.

Runners set their own goal. Runners set their own pace. A central home base will provide aid, fuel, hydration, and a spot to regroup between efforts. There ain’t no podium but there is nature’s clock.

From sunup to sundown, runners will take to the streets and greenways of downtown Winston-Salem with one goal: go farther than you've ever gone before.

Registration includes a limited edition finisher's T-shirt, access to the central aid station throughout the event, and event-day perks.

Show up with a goal. Leave with a new one.

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Dec 19, 2026 Choose Your Own Distance 7:26 AM
$40.00
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Typical race-day weather

Based on 11 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Winston-Salem, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 0.7° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 10.3°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) -3.4° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 8.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.6
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.9mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
70.3%
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 42m

The sun rises at 7:26 AM and sets at 5:09 PM local time (EST) in Winston-Salem on December 19, 2026 — 9h 42m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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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, 78 Winston-Salem events

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