Krampus 5K and Walk

Krampus 5K and Walk is held in Marcy, New York, on Saturday, November 28, 2026. The 5K run and the accompanying walk both start at 10:00 a.m., so runners and walkers share the same start and the same finish line. Having a walk on the program alongside the timed 5K makes this an easy event to sign up for as a family or a group over the holiday weekend.

The run is a road 5K in central New York, where late November can be genuinely cold and wet, so plan for gloves, a hat and a proper warm-up before a mid-morning start. For an experienced runner the distance is a short, hard effort that needs no dedicated training block. For a beginner, six weeks of three easy runs a week is enough to cover 3.1 miles comfortably, and the walk option is there if you would rather take the distance at a conversational pace.