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Runs in UK in December 2025

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It's December, so what better way to finish the year than with a Christmas event? Follow the Windmill Way route on a distance of your choice - 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon or Ultra within 7 hours.
  • Sat 20 Dec
  • £27-£37.50
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK

Christmas Canter

It's December, so what better way to finish the year than with a Christmas event? Follow the Windmill Way route on a distance of your choice - 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon or Ultra within 7 hours.

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Age 18 & over
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • Ultra run
Get your Santa suits, reindeer antlers, and elf ears ready — Christmas is Coming, and so is the most magical fun run of the year!
  • Sat 20 Dec
  • £9.50
Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan, UK

Santa Run Wales

Get your Santa suits, reindeer antlers, and elf ears ready — Christmas is Coming, and so is the most magical fun run of the year!

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Fancy dress
  • Event village
  • Park
  • All ages
  • Fun run
  • 5K run
A great chance to stretch your legs with this event on the last Saturday before Christmas, with a Canicross race going off before the main pack.
  • Sat 20 Dec
  • £19
Mold, Clwyd, UK

Moel Famau Festive 'Piece of String' Race

A great chance to stretch your legs with this event on the last Saturday before Christmas, with a Canicross race going off before the main pack.

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Dogs allowed at venue
  • Event village
  • Age 18 & over
  • Trail run
  • CaniCross
Back for its 20th year, this cracking, undulating, muddy cross-country trail racing extravaganza would have Santa ditching his sleigh for running shoes!
  • Sat 20 Dec
  • £6-£22
Hastings, East Sussex, UK

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!

  • Families
  • Recycling
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Plastic bottle free
  • Fancy dress
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Sustainability policy
  • All ages
  • Fun run 2
  • XC run
Welcome to a 6-hour timed running event where you can run a 5K all the way up to an ultra marathon on an out-and-back route within the time limit, with fuel stations, pick-and-mix medal and goody bag.
  • Sat 20 Dec
  • £20-£22
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK

Rumble In The Jumble II

Welcome to a 6-hour timed running event where you can run a 5K all the way up to an ultra marathon on an out-and-back route within the time limit, with fuel stations, pick-and-mix medal and goody bag.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Age 12 & over
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • Ultra run
  • + 1 more race
Chaos on the Calverley Millennium Way. A 12km/7.5 mile trail race taking place on the fully marked Calverley Millennium Way footpath. Find out why it's Chaos...
  • Sat 20 Dec
  • £22
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Calverley Chaos

Chaos on the Calverley Millennium Way. A 12km/7.5 mile trail race taking place on the fully marked Calverley Millennium Way footpath. Find out why it's Chaos...

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Event village
  • Age 18 & over
  • 12 km trail running + 600 ft ascent
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 21 Dec
  • £7-£22
Deal, Kent, UK

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.

  • Families
  • Recycling
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Plastic bottle free
  • Fancy dress
  • Park
  • Sustainability policy
  • All ages
  • Fun run 3
The ‘Slow and Dirty’ could actually be better described as the Fast and Clean, as its a very level 19k race along the hard surface of an old railway line.
  • Sun 21 Dec
  • £32
Sturminster Newton, Dorset, UK

Slow and Dirty

The ‘Slow and Dirty’ could actually be better described as the Fast and Clean, as its a very level 19k race along the hard surface of an old railway line.

  • Beginner-friendly
  • Dogs allowed at venue
  • Fancy dress
  • Event village
  • Age 16 & over
  • Trail run
  • CaniCross
Come and join in at the Christmas Carol Bobble Hat Run in the picturesque Dare Valley in Wales! At this event you can earn yourself a bobble hat as well as one of the incredible themed medals!
  • Sun 21 Dec
  • £18-£33
Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan, UK

A Christmas Carol Bobble Hat Run | Wales

Come and join in at the Christmas Carol Bobble Hat Run in the picturesque Dare Valley in Wales! At this event you can earn yourself a bobble hat as well as one of the incredible themed medals!

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Park
  • All ages
  • Road run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Organised by ATW Events, this fantastic, traffic-free event takes place at the scenic National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham, offering a perfect setting for runners of all abilities.
  • Sun 21 Dec
  • £18-£36
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK

ATW Nottingham Holme Run

Organised by ATW Events, this fantastic, traffic-free event takes place at the scenic National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham, offering a perfect setting for runners of all abilities.

  • Families
  • Recycling
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Fancy dress
  • Event village
  • Park
  • Sustainability policy
  • Age 11 & over
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
If you prefer to put on a pair of trainers rather than open presents, drink and eat Christmas dinner (or if you want to get a run in before you do all of that) then this is the event for you!
  • Thu 25 Dec
  • £16-£35
Egham, Surrey, UK

Christmas Day Cracker Run

If you prefer to put on a pair of trainers rather than open presents, drink and eat Christmas dinner (or if you want to get a run in before you do all of that) then this is the event for you!

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Welcome to the 6-hour Boxing Day Challenge, where you can run the distance of your choice on an out-and-back route along the River Thames, with fuel stations, bespoke medal and goody bag.
  • Fri 26 Dec
  • £16-£35
Egham, Surrey, UK

Boxing Day Challenge

Welcome to the 6-hour Boxing Day Challenge, where you can run the distance of your choice on an out-and-back route along the River Thames, with fuel stations, bespoke medal and goody bag.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Age 12 & over
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • Ultra run
  • + 1 more race
Join the final event of the year and see it out with a bang! You can choose the medal you want from a selection from throughout the year!
  • Sat 27 Dec
  • £16-£35
Staines, Surrey, UK

Year End Time Turner

Join the final event of the year and see it out with a bang! You can choose the medal you want from a selection from throughout the year!

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • Trail run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • + 3 more races
Welcome to a 6-hour timed running event where you can run a 5K all the way up to an ultra marathon on an out-and-back route within the time limit, with fuel stations, medal and goody bag.
  • Wed 31 Dec
  • £16-£35
Egham, Surrey, UK

River Thames Run

Welcome to a 6-hour timed running event where you can run a 5K all the way up to an ultra marathon on an out-and-back route within the time limit, with fuel stations, medal and goody bag.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Age 12 & over
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • Ultra run
  • + 1 more race
Finish the year with a brand new PB and celebrate the arrival of a brand new year with a glass of fizz and a healthy twist at this New Year's Eve running extravaganza.
  • Wed 31 Dec
  • £28-£30
St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

ATW St Albans New Years Eve 10K

Finish the year with a brand new PB and celebrate the arrival of a brand new year with a glass of fizz and a healthy twist at this New Year's Eve running extravaganza.

  • Families
  • Recycling
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • Event village
  • Park
  • Sustainability policy
  • Age 15 & over
  • 10 km road running + 92 ft ascent
Join in for the Salcombe RNLI Resolution Fun Run — a 7km scenic trail run looping around the beautiful Snape’s Point and back.
  • Wed 31 Dec
  • £5-£10
Salcombe, Devon, UK

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.

  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Enter online
  • Event village
  • All ages
  • 7 km trail running + 350 ft ascent
  • Fri 19 Dec
London, UK

Serpentine RC Last Friday of the Month 5K

  • 5 km road running
  • Sat 20 Dec
Southsea, Hampshire, UK

Southsea Santa Runs

  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Sat 20 Dec
Tiverton, Devon, UK

Christmas Canter

  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • Ultra run
  • Sat 20 Dec
Penrith, Cumbria, UK

Tour De Helvellyn

  • 38 miles fell running + 2000 m ascent
  • Sat 20 Dec
Tavistock, Devon, UK

Tavy 5

  • 5 km road running
  • Sat 20 Dec
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK

Saltwell 10K Road Race

  • 10 km road running + 157 m ascent
  • Sun 21 Dec
Sherborne, Dorset, UK

5K and 10K Series - St Margaret’s Hospice

  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Sun 21 Dec
Southsea, Hampshire, UK

Portsmouth Coastal Waterside Marathon Events

  • Half marathon
  • Marathon
  • 50K ultra run
  • Sun 21 Dec
Edinburgh, UK

Santa & Elf Dash

  • Fun run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run

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