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Mystic Runners Santa Dash Classic

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Date 19 Dec, 2026
Races 2 distances
Entry fee $30.00
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Mystic Runners Santa Dash Classic

About the event

🎅🏃‍♀️ Join us for the 5th Annual Mystic Runners Santa Dash Classic! 🎄

Get ready to run, walk, and celebrate the holiday season around beautiful Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, MA! Our flat, fast 5K course is perfect for runners and walkers of all abilities.

👟 10:00 AM — FREE Kids Fun Run
🏃 10:30 AM — Santa Dash 5K Run/Walk

But this race is about more than just crossing the finish line — it’s about giving back to our community. ❤️

Every dollar raised through the Santa Dash Classic supports scholarships for local high school seniors. Since 2022, this event has helped the Mystic Runners award fourteen $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors from Wakefield, Woburn, Reading, and Stoneham.

🎓 Help us keep the tradition going! Join us for a fun-filled morning with family, friends, and fellow runners — and help us give back to the next generation.

🎅 Run. Walk. Celebrate. Give back.

We can't wait to see you at the 2026 Mystic Runners Santa Dash Classic!


Early bib pickup will be at the Lakeside Inn, 595 North Ave, Wakefield, MA 01880.

Friday, December 18th - 5:00-7:00pm

You will be able to register the morning of the event!

 

Races offered

19Dec

Kid's Fun Run

Running

Distance
1K
Start time
10:00
Entry fee
$0.00
19Dec

5k

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
10:30
Entry fee
$30.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for December in Wakefield.

Temperature-3.1° / 4.3°
Feels like-8.2° / 0.0°
Sunshine hours6h 3m
Rainfall3.9 mm
Snowfall8.6 cm
Wind12.8 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity72.2%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsSnow and ice expected
Sunrise08:06
Sunset17:13

About Wakefield

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Wakefield, Massachusetts is a scenic town 12 miles north of Boston with a population of about 27,000 (2020). Wakefield has preserved much of its historic New England appearance and is recognized for its strong community involvement, quality school system, thriving businesses, public library, and for beautiful Lake Quannapowitt, which plays host to outdoor festivals and benefit activities each year.

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Mystic Runners Santa Dash Classic.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 Sam Seekins M 31 Cambridge, MA 16:06
🥈 David Corbett M 39 Danvers, MA 18:54
🥉 David Parkinson M 37 Boston, MA 19:01
4 Ricky Mariscal M 27 Wellesley Hills, MA 19:36
5 Stephanie Wankowicz F 31 San Francisco, CA 19:44

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