Fort Wayne Great Santa Run

About the Event

The 3rd Annual Fort Wayne Great Santa Run will take flight on Dec. 6, 2025 in downtown Fort Wayne. Registration is open, so start stretching those Santa muscles and get ready for the Jolliest 5k of the season.

Fort Wayne Great Santa Run 5k downtown begins and ends at Prominade Park downtown Fort Wayne and starts at 8am on December 6, 2025! Fill the downtown with holiday cheer as hundreds of Santas run through the downtown area of Fort Wayne!

Every participant will receive a race finishers shirt, a Santa suit, a finisher medal/ornament, and holiday treats - who doesn't like cookies & hot chocolate?

Santa Suit's include Santa's red hat, red pants, black belt, red coat and a white furry beard. Each participant will also recieve a Finisher Shirt & medal /ornament.

Shirt size cutoff date is 11/23/25

Important: Packet Pickup: Dec. 5, 2025, Fleet Feet Fort Wayne Southwest 5661 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 2:00pm - 7:00pm . It is important to pickup your packets day before race so everyone can wear their Santa Suits for race day!

Start/Finish: Check our website for the 5K route coming soon!

*Please Note: A percentage of the registration proceeds will go towards the American Cancer Society for Esophageal Cancer Research in memory of Richard K. Croy

Pictures: We would love to see your pictures! On Facebook & Instagram, use #GreatSantaRunFW

Races Offered

5K

Dec 06, 2025

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Distance — 5K

terrain

Type — Running

timer

-80 days remaining

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in Fort Wayne.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat -1.3° / 5.2°

wb_sunny -6.3° / 0.7°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 14.2 /

water_drop 75.3%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat -1.3° / 5.2°

wb_sunny -6.3° / 0.7°

air 14.2 km/h

water_drop 75.3%

About Fort Wayne

Learn more about the host city, Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne is a city in the northeastern part of Indiana, a state of the United States of America. It is 30 minutes from the western Ohio border and 70 minutes from the southern border of Michigan. With a population of around 260,000 in the city and 615,000 in the metropolitan area, it's Indiana's second largest city.