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Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 07:00
- Entry fee
- $20.00
White Elephant 5K/10K/Half Marathon - Canton
Canton,
Georgia,
United States
44 days left
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Date
24 Dec, 2026
Races
7 distances
Entry fee
$20.00 – $40.00
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White Elephant 5K/10K/Half Marathon - Canton
About the event
Grab the family and celebrate Christmas Eve morning by joining us for the White Elephant Christmas 5K/10K/Half Marathon!
Get ready for a holiday race with a playful twist! Welcome to the White Elephant 5K/10K/Half Marathon—the event inspired by everyone’s favorite gift-swapping tradition, where surprises, silliness, and a little friendly chaos make the fun. Just like the classic holiday game, this race celebrates the joy of “re-gifting,” transforming leftover treasures into unforgettable memories.
We'll be running at Etowah River Park starting at 8:30 am.
Athletes will select their preferred shirt size at registration, but the actual shirt remains a mystery until after the race. When you cross the finish line, you’ll unwrap your very own surprise bundle—a race shirt and finisher medal from a previous event, packaged White Elephant–style for a fun and festive reveal.
In addition to the post-race surprises, we’ll honor performance in the traditional way with awards to the top three male and female finishers in five-year age groups, beginning with 10 & under and continuing through our most experienced participants.
With distances for every level—a festive 5K, a spirited 10K, and a challenging Half Marathon—the White Elephant Run is the perfect way to celebrate the season with humor, heart, and holiday cheer.
Welcome to the White Elephant 5K/10K/Half Marathon—unwrap the fun, embrace the unexpected, and enjoy every mile of this joyful holiday tradition!
Races offered
24Dec
10K
Running
- Distance
- 10K
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $25.00
24Dec
5K
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $20.00
24Dec
Half Marathon
Running
- Distance
- 21.1K
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $40.00
24Dec
Virtual 10K
Running
- Distance
- 10K
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $25.00
24Dec
Virtual 5K
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $25.00
24Dec
Virtual Half Marathon
Running
- Distance
- 21.1K
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $25.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for December in Canton.
Temperature2.9° / 12.7°
Feels like-1.0° / 9.3°
Sunshine hours6h 35m
Rainfall2.8 mm
Snowfall—
Wind11.1 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity72.1%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:35
Sunset18:30
About Canton
Learn more about the host city, Canton.
Canton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958, up from 7,709 in 2000.
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Race results
Official finishing times from previous editions of White Elephant 5K/10K/Half Marathon - Canton.
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Clem Bell | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Jeff Pettus | 17:59.87 |
| 🥈 | Keshab Thapa | 18:08.59 |
| 🥉 | Hal Cottingham | 20:17.49 |
| 4 | Greg Sharpton | 23:08.87 |
| 5 | Christopher Conboy | 24:18.99 |
| 6 | Nicholas Sasser | 24:27.16 |
| 7 | Lisa Kurdziel | 25:39.12 |
| 8 | Marcus Turner | 26:21.1 |
| 9 | Doug Hicks | 26:23.96 |
| 10 | Belinda Young | 26:38.97 |
| 11 | Justin Holcomb | 27:40.62 |
| 12 | Clem Bell | 27:57.43 |
| 13 | Mary Hicks | 29:45.88 |
| 14 | Theresa Marcoux | 30:23.78 |
| 15 | Donald Ureke | 31:10.03 |
| 16 | Shanda Sams | 33:13.46 |
| 17 | Dustin Strobel | 34:45.83 |
| 18 | Kai Bali | 36:38.39 |
| 19 | Shakira Boone Garner | 36:50.67 |
| 20 | Brent Binion | 38:08.26 |
| 21 | Allison Roy | 38:16.03 |
| 22 | Kim Ureke | 42:32.74 |
| 23 | Julie Porter | 42:34.02 |
| 24 | N. Bali | 42:46.7 |
| 25 | Leslie Karabinos | 42:49.66 |
| 26 | Donny Chwatek | 44:46.37 |
| 27 | Eric Schreiber | 44:48.25 |
| 28 | Joy Holcomb | 51:54.77 |
| 29 | wendy horne | 52:33.13 |
| 30 | Breia Sharber | 52:34.3 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Gloria Hernandez | 1:20:48.01 |
| 🥈 | Aiden Allison | 1:21:07.61 |
| 🥉 | Ethan Keenum | 1:21:35.82 |
| 4 | Julio Palafox | 1:28:27.05 |
| 5 | Blake Klepper | 1:30:52.51 |
| 6 | Kenny Shepard | 1:30:57.66 |
| 7 | C J Michaels | 1:31:01.8 |
| 8 | Sebastian Viveros | 1:36:11.34 |
| 9 | Juan Jimenez | 1:37:19.33 |
| 10 | Megan Johnson | 1:39:45.64 |
| 11 | Blakely Mccollum | 1:46:38.53 |
| 12 | Mary Palmer | 1:47:28.16 |
| 13 | Caleb Svezia | 1:51:33.58 |
| 14 | Amelia Svezia | 1:51:33.99 |
| 15 | Hadley Griggs | 1:53:30.25 |
| 16 | Megan Zanone | 1:55:00.73 |
| 17 | Jessica Hoffman | 1:55:06.43 |
| 18 | Justin Bugg | 1:55:01.57 |
| 19 | Rebecca Coleman | 1:55:38.41 |
| 20 | Elizabeth Balog | 1:56:13.25 |
| 21 | Shannon Robinson | 1:57:45.58 |
| 22 | Caleigh Shore | 1:57:43.23 |
| 23 | Goran Lozo | 1:58:20.04 |
| 24 | Luis Velasquez | 1:58:43.77 |
| 25 | Victor Miller | 1:59:23.67 |
| 26 | Emery Robson | 1:59:18.74 |
| 27 | Andrea Barnett | 2:00:57.81 |
| 28 | Danielle Beckett | 2:00:57.82 |
| 29 | Laura Baldwin | 2:00:59.54 |
| 30 | Brienne Miller | 2:02:19.06 |
| 31 | Nadia Butler | 2:02:21.61 |
| 32 | Audrey Mecklenburg | 2:02:08.53 |
| 33 | Josie Scordato | 2:02:22.09 |
| 34 | Katie Malloy | 2:04:09.11 |
| 35 | Jayden Sanford | 2:06:45.41 |
| 36 | Jacob Freriks | 2:07:51.58 |
| 37 | Emma Kirkman | 2:08:47.63 |
| 38 | Viviana Lopez | 2:08:49.2 |
| 39 | Kira Savino | 2:11:38.19 |
| 40 | Toan Nguyen | 2:13:33.76 |
| 41 | Katalina Doehrman | 2:15:58.87 |
| 42 | Joel Saunders | 2:18:37.21 |
| 43 | Amirah Richardson | 2:21:48.67 |
| 44 | Ashley Robinson | 2:21:57.52 |
| 45 | Hongxi Yu | 2:22:21.32 |
| 46 | Graeme Robinson | 2:24:47.44 |
| 47 | Kelly Araim | 2:27:25.07 |
| 48 | Christopher Wall | 2:28:46.74 |
| 49 | Anonymous Anonymous | 2:29:43.96 |
| 50 | Laura Kaunelis-Jones | 2:31:04.72 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Scott Murray | 30:32.87 |
| 🥈 | Ben Wolfe | 30:32.51 |
| 🥉 | Robyn Ward | 30:44.46 |
| 4 | Zouhair Talbi | 30:56.05 |
| 5 | Mattie Blum | 30:50.76 |
| 6 | Daniel Wells | 31:01.68 |
| 7 | Krista Ensley | 31:06.28 |
| 8 | Cesar Acuna | 31:40.39 |
| 9 | L. Sanders | 31:32.08 |
| 10 | Hailey Kerlin | 31:50.27 |
| 11 | Stephanie Cobb | 34:46.53 |
| 12 | Ayman Khan | 36:17 |
| 13 | Ryan Pattillo | 36:26.3 |
| 14 | William Runion | 36:09.54 |
| 15 | Rejane Tavares | 37:32.52 |
| 16 | Christopher Maxey | 37:38.05 |
| 17 | Bruno Tavares | 37:40.76 |
| 18 | Cirilo Perez | 39:03.82 |
| 19 | Melissa Weiss | 39:45.82 |
| 20 | Steven Brozyna | 40:33.54 |
| 21 | Collin Farquhar | 40:51.24 |
| 22 | Jessica Rowe | 40:44.34 |
| 23 | Kaitlyn Avello | 41:37.97 |
| 24 | Katie Robertson | 42:41.09 |
| 25 | Asmita Sapkota | 42:43.95 |
| 26 | Kathy Heerema | 42:38.06 |
| 27 | Mia Leverone | 43:29.96 |
| 28 | Scott Leverone | 43:30.74 |
| 29 | Stephen Leverone | 43:32.25 |
| 30 | Angelica Millen | 43:58.81 |
| 31 | Mary Hicks | 44:34.98 |
| 32 | Dennis Wolfe | 44:48.44 |
| 33 | Edward R Dickerson | 46:24.23 |
| 34 | Tiffany Holmes | 48:00.13 |
| 35 | Ryan Cobb | 50:13.06 |
| 36 | Michael English | 52:59.02 |
| 37 | Isabella Akin | 53:26.83 |
| 38 | Riley Jackson | 53:47.1 |
| 39 | Sissy Allen | 53:57.26 |
| 40 | Nicole Perez | 54:08.39 |
| 41 | Corbin Schwartz | 54:18.53 |
| 42 | Samantha Murray | 54:20.04 |
| 43 | Gabrielle Shepard | 54:11.77 |
| 44 | Jeffrey Stimple | 54:23.46 |
| 45 | Levi Cagle | 54:10.75 |
| 46 | Bikky Dhital | 54:50 |
| 47 | Caroline Dunn | 54:57.18 |
| 48 | Evgenia Sergeeva | 54:49.93 |
| 49 | Gerald Stover | 56:08.99 |
| 50 | Joshua Tullis | 56:22.14 |
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