Whether you're dashing like Dasher or just strolling like Santa on his cookie break, get ready for some festive fun at our "Jolliest Bunch of Runners This Side of the Brazos" Christmas 5K/1K Run/Walk!
Expect to see a mix of speedsters, joyful joggers, and merry walkers all coming together to enjoy a scenic route along the Brazos River. With hot cocoa stations, holiday tunes, and even a surprise visit from the big man in red himself, it's bound to be the most wonderful run/walk of the year! 🎅🏼🏃🏽♂️🎄
So, lace up those sneakers, don your jolliest attire for contest - best elf, reindeer, and Santa costume.
Throw on your Santa hat and join us for a day of festive fitness and fun. Remember, the best way to spread Christmas cheer is running and walking—whether it's far or near!
Race Week Schedule:
Friday, Dec 18th:
Early Packet Pick Up and Onsite Registration - 4 o’clock to 7:00 PM Waco Running Company, 700 Franklin Ave
Saturday, Dec 19th:
6:30 am - 8:30 am Packet Pick Up - Indian Spring Park, 100 S University Parks
8:30 a.m. One Mile Fun Run/Walk
9:00 a.m. 5K Timed Run/Walk - USATF certified course: https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=l&id=TX15045LAB.
10:00 am Awards Ceremony
The 1K is a fun run so just that... FUN! The 5K is a professionally timed event with awards for overall male and female, masters male and female, as well as age group awards! Even better, there is an award for the best Griswold costume! So dress your best and show us your holiday style!
Shirts are ordered on Dec 9th; you must be registered by then to be guaranteed your shirt and size. Yes, we order extras, but they will be distributed based on date and time of registration.... this is good news - you don't have to run fast, you just have to register fast!
Race Day Registration will be available but does come with an "inconvenience fee"...save $5 by registering prior to race day and use it for some cranberry sauce!
On that note, finisher medals take 6 weeks to make so they will be distributed to the first 500 registrants; if those people do not show up on race day, they will be distributed based on your date of registration.
Course Map:
5K: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53422239
One Mile:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45015584
For more information, contact Nancy Goodnight at rockbridgerunner@gmail.com or 254-405-2518
Dec 19, 2026
Distance — 1K
Type — Running
08:30
$30.00
Dec 19, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
09:00
$35.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in Waco.
Learn more about the host city, Waco.
Waco is a city in the Blackland Prairie region of north central Texas. Waco is best known in Texas for being the home of Baylor University, the largest Baptist university in the world, chartered during the Republic of Texas.
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Official finishing times from previous editions of Jolliest Bunch of Runners This Side of the Brazos 5K/1K.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Isaiah Gallegos | 18:31 | |
| 🥈 | Noelle Smurawa | 18:44 | |
| 🥉 | Katie Messerall | 19:46 | |
| 4 | Alexis Ritvalski-Lee | 21:15 | |
| 5 | Nicholas Cardona | 21:29 | |
| 6 | Tyee Jero | 21:36 | |
| 7 | M. Dominguez | 21:44 | |
| 8 | Mario Dominguez | 21:45 | |
| 9 | Jake BENNETT | 23:21 | |
| 10 | Luke Biarnesen | 23:33 | |
| 11 | Russ Petek | 23:34 | |
| 12 | Esme Martinez | 23:43 | |
| 13 | Rudy Gonzales | 23:43 | |
| 14 | Leonardo Gudino | 23:46 | |
| 15 | Silvano Gallegos | 23:46 | |
| 16 | Esteban De la Cruz | 23:49 | |
| 17 | Will Murphy | 23:53 | |
| 18 | Justin Reneau | 24:00:00 | |
| 19 | Kaytlyn Greene | 24:03:00 | |
| 20 | Jose Gonzalez | 24:03:00 | |
| 21 | Johnathon Cook | 24:15:00 | |
| 22 | Ryan Howard | 24:24:00 | |
| 23 | Stacie Davis | 24:27:00 | |
| 24 | Hunter Townsend | 24:37:00 | |
| 25 | Bryan Maine | 24:58:00 | |
| 26 | Steve Stoermer | 25:00:00 | |
| 27 | Bethany Merryman | 25:18:00 | |
| 28 | Clark Gainor | 25:23:00 | |
| 29 | Lindsay Gummelt | 25:23:00 | |
| 30 | Collin Sharp | 25:23:00 | |
| 31 | Stephen A Sanchez | 25:28:00 | |
| 32 | Luse Hakobyan | 25:34:00 | |
| 33 | James Castillo | 25:36:00 | |
| 34 | Mariah Moody | 25:46:00 | |
| 35 | Chandler Price | 25:59:00 | |
| 36 | Mari Sanchez | 26:05:00 | |
| 37 | Emily Narvaez | 26:09:00 | |
| 38 | Jose Cruz | 26:10:00 | |
| 39 | Lindsey Reneau | 26:13:00 | |
| 40 | Derrick Velasquez | 26:14:00 | |
| 41 | Ricardo Cornejo jr | 26:24:00 | |
| 42 | Isaac Thomas | 26:26:00 | |
| 43 | Russell Stauber | 26:40:00 | |
| 44 | Chandler Sharp | 27:04:00 | |
| 45 | Abby Gainor | 27:07:00 | |
| 46 | Cindy Rivas | 27:11:00 | |
| 47 | Art Bauereiss | 27:15:00 | |
| 48 | Jeri Bennett | 27:23:00 | |
| 49 | Jason Bryant | 27:23:00 | |
| 50 | Alyssa Hill | 27:44:00 |
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