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Fun runs in December 2026

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Watch out Dasher, Comet and Blitzen! It's time to fly around the beautiful Salcey Forest trails. Come for the seasonal atmosphere, the festive cheer and finish-line medals!
  • Sun 13 Dec
  • £7
Northampton, Northamptonshire

Salcey Forest Christmas Junior Fun Run

Watch out Dasher, Comet and Blitzen! It's time to fly around the beautiful Salcey Forest trails. Come for the seasonal atmosphere, the festive cheer and finish-line medals!

  • 1.2 km multi terrain running
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Fancy dress
  • All ages
Back for its 20th year, this cracking, undulating, muddy cross-country trail racing extravaganza would have Santa ditching his sleigh for running shoes!
  • Sat 19 Dec
  • £7-£23
Hastings, East Sussex

Christmas Pudding Dash

Back for its 20th year, this cracking, undulating, muddy cross-country trail racing extravaganza would have Santa ditching his sleigh for running shoes!

  • Fun run 2
  • XC run
  • Families
  • Recycling
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Plastic bottle free
  • Fancy dress
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Sustainability policy
  • All ages
Grab your running shoes and put on your Santa hat - it's time for this cracking Christmas race! Come and enjoy the spirit of Christmas and superb racing on this flat and fast course.
  • Sun 20 Dec
  • £7-£23
Deal, Kent

Kent Christmas Cracker

Grab your running shoes and put on your Santa hat - it's time for this cracking Christmas race! Come and enjoy the spirit of Christmas and superb racing on this flat and fast course.

  • Fun run 3
  • Families
  • Recycling
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Plastic bottle free
  • Fancy dress
  • Park
  • Sustainability policy
  • All ages
The jolliest run of the year! A festive 4-mile fancy dress race that’s all about fun, community and getting people moving.
  • Sun 20 Dec
  • £14
Bolton, Greater Manchester

Santa Dash

The jolliest run of the year! A festive 4-mile fancy dress race that’s all about fun, community and getting people moving.

  • 4.18 miles trail running + 778 ft ascent
  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Fancy dress
  • Event village
  • All ages
Join in for the Salcombe RNLI Resolution Fun Run — a 7km scenic trail run looping around the beautiful Snape’s Point and back.
  • Thu 31 Dec
  • £5-£10
Salcombe, Devon

Salcombe RNLI Resolution Fun Run

Join in for the Salcombe RNLI Resolution Fun Run — a 7km scenic trail run looping around the beautiful Snape’s Point and back.

  • 7 km trail running + 350 ft ascent
  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Enter online
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Sun 6 Dec
  • £6.50-£12
Exeter, Devon

Exeter Santa Run | 2.5K Family Run

  • 2.5 km road running
  • Sat 26 Dec
  • £5
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

VoAAC Boxing Day Race | Junior Race

  • 800 m road running
  • Sat 26 Dec
  • £6
Bungay, Suffolk

Groggy Doggy | Junior 1.5 Mile

  • 1.5 miles trail running
  • Wed 30 Dec
  • £25-£80
Brentwood, Essex

Bobble Hat Run 2K

  • 2 km multi terrain running

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