Early Packet Pickup for 5K & 1K:
Friday, Jan 1st, 1pm - 6pm at Towers Tap House (290 E Eldorado Pkwy, Little Elm, TX 75068)
Event Day, Saturday, January 2, 2027 at the Little Elm Park
7:45am - 9am Late packet pickup & registration
9:00am 1K Fun Run Start
9:20am 5K Start
10:20am 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! ♥
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 during the registration process if you plan to plunge after the run.
Are you ready to take the plunge?
Polar Plunge brrr-ave participants will receive a Polar Plunge t-shirt, hot cocoa and donuts!
Prizes will be given out to the:
best costume,
youngest plunger,
and oldest plunger. Dress up, don't miss the fun!
Jan 02, 2027
Distance — 1K
Type — Running
09:00
$30.00
Jan 02, 2027
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
09:20
$35.00
Jan 02, 2027
Distance — Polar Plunge
Type — Running
10:30
$29.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for January in 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.
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Official finishing times from previous editions of Little Elm Polar 5K Run & Plunge.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Connor Hanna | 18:17.6 | |
| 🥈 | Aaron Ehrle | 19:08.8 | |
| 🥉 | Aaron Neal | 19:17.2 | |
| 4 | Heaven Allen | 19:45.1 | |
| 5 | Maison Weiler | 20:02.5 | |
| 6 | Andrew Evans | 20:08.3 | |
| 7 | Cooper Brown | 20:09.5 | |
| 8 | Cora Neyland | 22:20.1 | |
| 9 | Matthew Neyland | 22:23 | |
| 10 | President Dowden | 22:41.2 | |
| 11 | Yann Sommer | 22:55.7 | |
| 12 | Zack Benavidez | 23:06.2 | |
| 13 | Paul Gagnet | 23:57.4 | |
| 14 | Dana Michaels | 23:58 | |
| 15 | Courtney Chambers | 24:01.1 | |
| 16 | Maddie Conrad | 24:10.9 | |
| 17 | Rex Neyland | 24:21.8 | |
| 18 | Orion Neyland | 24:24.5 | |
| 19 | Daniel Cummins | 24:31.8 | |
| 20 | Mike Schrieber | 24:32.6 | |
| 21 | Blake Worsham | 24:33.3 | |
| 22 | Rusty Scott | 24:45.8 | |
| 23 | Lauren Van Hoy | 24:50.1 | |
| 24 | Sydney Wilsman | 24:50.5 | |
| 25 | C. Silverman | 24:55 | |
| 26 | Roger Morataya | 25:08.4 | |
| 27 | Shamoil Shipchandler | 25:09.6 | |
| 28 | Isidoro De la cruz | 25:11.7 | |
| 29 | Joshua Justiss | 25:32.4 | |
| 30 | Scott Smith | 25:32.5 | |
| 31 | Nicko Benavidez | 25:38.5 | |
| 32 | Evelyn Cruz | 25:49.9 | |
| 33 | Elijah Conom | 25:52.5 | |
| 34 | Laurie Underwood | 25:53.5 | |
| 35 | Chad Nail | 26:02.9 | |
| 36 | Anonymous Anonymous | 26:13.6 | |
| 37 | Iza Maldonado | 26:13.8 | |
| 38 | Missy Lopez | 26:22.7 | |
| 39 | collin byler | 26:35.4 | |
| 40 | James Cook | 26:38.4 | |
| 41 | Joseph Prikryl | 26:43.9 | |
| 42 | Brian Hambrick | 26:51.1 | |
| 43 | Morgen Karet | 26:52.8 | |
| 44 | Susie Han | 27:00.1 | |
| 45 | Alexa Benavidez | 27:00.1 | |
| 46 | Isabella Olalde | 27:09.2 | |
| 47 | George Nail | 27:15.6 | |
| 48 | James Smrstik | 27:17 | |
| 49 | Aidan Conom | 27:20.9 | |
| 50 | Lauren Talbert | 27:22.3 |
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