5K Reindeer Trot

5K Reindeer Trot takes place in Keystone Heights, Florida, on December 12, 2026. It offers a single format, a 5K of 3.1 miles, starting at 8:00 AM. A small-town Florida 5K in December lands in the best running weather of the local year, with the summer humidity long gone and an 8:00 start still cool.

The distance is the most useful one in the calendar for measuring fitness: long enough to hurt, short enough to repeat every few weeks. If you are chasing a time, spend four to six weeks on one interval session and one tempo run per week, then take the final three days easy. If you are new to it, run-walking three times a week over six weeks will get you around without drama. Either way, warm up with ten minutes of easy jogging so the first mile does not do it for you.