New Year's Run 5K/10K/13.1 HOUSTON

New Year's Run 5K/10K/13.1 HOUSTON is held in Houston, Texas, on December 26, 2026. Four distances share a single 7:30 a.m. start: the half marathon (13.1 miles), the 10K, the 5K and a one-mile family fun run. Nothing is staggered, so a group signed up across four different events lines up together and, depending on the distance, finishes anywhere from ten minutes to a couple of hours later.

This is flat city road running, and the day after Christmas is a useful slot for a fitness check rather than a goal race. If you held a base through the fall, the half converts it without a long taper; if 13.1 miles would be your first, plan ten to twelve weeks with one long run each week. Runners with a January or February marathon on the calendar can take the 10K instead and keep the weekend's long run intact.