Run The Lights - Sandusky

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Date 12 Dec, 2026
Races 1 distance
Entry fee $30.00
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Run The Lights - Sandusky

About the event

Celebrate the holiday season at the Run The Lights - Sandusky, a festive 2-mile run/walk and part of the RUNDUSKY Race Series!

The event benefits the Jimm Corso Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the Sandusky Christmas Market.

The course takes you through the Christmas displays in Washington Park and starts and finishes under the holiday lights on Columbus Avenue.

Participants will receive a custom Pom Hat and a unique wood finisher medallion with a lanyard that can also be used as a Christmas ornament, included with registration!

In addition to awards for the top finishers (Age Groups TBD), there will be prizes for the best Christmas-themed costume and the best ugly sweater!

Plan to make a night of it and enjoy all the Sandusky Christmas Market has to offer!

Come enjoy the lights, get into the holiday spirit, and make this festive 2-mile event part of your Christmas tradition!

Races offered

12Dec

2 Mile Run/Walk

Running

Distance
3.2K
Start time
17:15
Entry fee
$30.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for December in Sandusky.

Temperature-1.7° / 5.3°
Feels like-7.0° / 0.2°
Sunshine hours3h 56m
Rainfall2.5 mm
Snowfall0.2 cm
Wind15.6 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity75.9%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:50
Sunset18:05

About Sandusky

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Sandusky is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo and Cleveland. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 25,095, and the Sandusky metropolitan area had 115,986 residents.

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