Jingle Jog 5K - Palmdale

Jingle Jog 5K - Palmdale takes place in Palmdale, California, on December 19, 2026, with two events. The Candy Cane Kilometer opens the morning at 8:30 a.m. over 1 kilometer, and the Jingle Jog 5K follows at 9:00 a.m. The half-hour gap means a parent can run the short event with a child and still make the 5K start with time to spare.

Treated as a double, the kilometer doubles neatly as a warm-up: run it easy with your kids, keep jogging afterward, and you will arrive at the 5K line already loose. Raced on its own, the 5K rewards a conservative first mile — go out at what feels comfortably hard rather than at your finishing pace, then squeeze the last kilometer. Four weeks of consistent running with one interval session weekly is ample groundwork.