Santa Dash Away 5K

Santa Dash Away 5K is run in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, on December 12, 2026. There is one distance on the schedule, a 5K (3.1 miles), starting at 8:30 AM. That single-format setup keeps the morning simple: one start, one course, and enough time afterward to get on with the rest of your December weekend.

A 5K in mid-December is a good way to keep your training honest through the off-season, and this one is short enough that you can treat it as a hard workout rather than a full race that costs you a week of recovery. If you want a time, spend the preceding month running four or five days a week and add one session of intervals at roughly 5K effort. If you would rather just get out the door, the distance is walkable and the early start leaves the day open. Dress for a Wisconsin winter morning and warm up well before the gun.