Little Elm Polar 5K Run & Plunge

About the Event

Run. Plunge. Cocoa!

Early Packet Pickup for 5K & 1K: Friday, Jan 2nd time & location TBA

Event Day, Saturday, January 3, 2026 at the Little Elm Park

7:45am Late packet pickup & registration

9:00am 1K Fun Run Start

9:20am 5K Start

10:15am 5K Awards

10:30am Polar Plunge

5K and 1K participants will receive a Polar Run T-shirt, finisher medal, hot cocoa and donuts!

Polar Plunge participants will receive a Plunge T-shirt, hot cocoa and donuts!

5K & 1K Fun Run

5K will be timed and awards will be given to overall, masters, grand masters and age group winners. 1K will not be timed.

Polar Bear Al will likely make an appearance! Don't miss it! ♥

T-shirts will be guaranteed to participants registered by Dec 3rd, 2025. Please sign up early! All finishers will receive a finisher medal, hot cocoa a donuts.

Registrations for the 5K & 1M run also include registration for the PLUNGE!

Participants registered for the 5K & 1K run will receive a RUN t-shirt. An additional plunge t-shirt can be purchased if you plan to plunge as well.

Are you ready to take the plunge?

Polar Plunge brrr-ave participants will receive a Polar Plunge t-shirt, hot cocoa and donuts!

Awards will be given out to the:

best costume,

youngest plunger,

and oldest plunger. Dress up, don't miss the fun!

Races Offered

Other

Jan 03, 2026

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Distance — Other

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Type — Running

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1K

Jan 03, 2026

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Distance — 1K

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Type — Running

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5K

Jan 03, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for January in Little Elm.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 2.8° / 13.3°

wb_sunny -2.1° / 9.3°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 14.4 /

water_drop 67.9%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 2.8° / 13.3°

wb_sunny -2.1° / 9.3°

air 14.4 km/h

water_drop 67.9%

About Little Elm

Learn more about the host city, Little Elm.

Little Elm is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States, and a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is an extended suburb of Denton; its population was 46,453 as of the 2020 census. In 2000, the census population was at 3,646. By the 2010 census, the city total had jumped to 25,898, making Little Elm one of the fastest-growing municipalities by percentage in Texas since 2000. The July 1, 2022 census estimates Little Elm's population as 55,357.