Winter Wonderland Run
About this race
Join us for the 2nd Annual Premier Winter Event of the Season!
You may have done holiday runs in the past...this one promises to be different. We will get to take advantage of the holiday lights that downtown already has and then head out to the river way trail for some more decorations to get you into the holiday spirit!
What can you expect:
- USATF Certified Course- NEW for 2025! Course
- Custom designed shirt for the first 250 registered participants!
- Custom Winter designed "medal"
- Custom bib
- Stay tuned for more!
We will have face painting by Arlene's Costumes to get you in the holiday spirit.
Grab your family...grab your friends....come out and celebrate the season and enjoy the lights then stay to celebrate with your friends and family!
Stay tuned for even more additions as we kick off the holiday season together with a unique and fun event!
Packet pickup times and locations:
Friday December 19th- 3-7PM
Rochester Running Company
1387 Mt. Hope Ave.
Rochester, NY 14620
Saturday December 20th- 3:00-4:15PM
161 Chestnut St
Rochester, NY 14604
** This is a Winter Event and weather is always possible. If we change the course due to challenges out of our control we will do our best to do everything we can to make the event happen. There are no refunds.
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Running
5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Rochester, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:19 AM and sets at 4:37 PM local time (EST) in Rochester on November 28, 2026 — 9h 18m of daylight.
Course
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- 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, 87 Rochester events
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