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Ugly Sweater 5K
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2025 - Ugly Sweater 5K

Columbia, South Carolina, United States View on map
Dec 13, 2025 – Dec 21, 2025 (America/New_York local time)
Running

2025 distances

Running

5K

Dec 13, 2025 5K 9:00 AM
$40.00
Closed

Virtual 5K

Dec 13, 2025 5K 9:00 AM
$36.00
Closed

Ugly Sweater 5K

Awards are tentatively planned for 9:00 a.m. Divisions covered: 14 and under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and up. Awards to the top finishers in each division as well as the participant with the ugliest holiday sweater or ensemble. **Shirts guaranteed for those registered on or before Monday, December 3, 2025. Packet Pickup will be at Fleet Feet Forest Acres on Friday, 12/12/2025 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Dec 13, 2025 5K 8:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on December 13, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 0.9° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 14.7°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) -3.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 14.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
15.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
2.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
65.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 13, 2025 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 13, 2025 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 54m

The sun rises at 7:21 AM and sets at 5:16 PM local time (EST) in Columbia on December 13, 2025 — 9h 54m of daylight.

Course

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2025 results — Ugly Sweater 5K

5K · 1,527 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2025 Ugly Sweater 5K
Place Name Time Pace
1 Conor Lundy 16:10 5:12 /mi
2 Ben Fulton 16:20 5:15 /mi
3 Josef Gertner 16:33 5:20 /mi
4 Levi Schultz 16:40 5:22 /mi
5 Ryan Ferguson 16:45 5:23 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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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 Columbia events

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