2025 Nighttime Jingle Bell Run

🌟 Event Overview

Join us December 6, 2025 as the stars come out for the most epic nighttime Christmas athletic event. Midland Athletic Company is excited to continue its partnership with Junior Achievement of the Permian Basin to bring Midland its largest and most festive 5k.

🎓 About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students in grades K-12 about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. JA’s programs help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace.

More Info Here: Junior Achievement

📅 Race Details

Date: December 6, 2025

🕔 Race Day Schedule

• Packet Pick Up: 4:45-5:45pm
• 1.5k: begins at 5:45pm
• 5k: begins at 6:10pm

📍 Location

Scharbauer Elementary School, 2115 Hereford Blvd., Midland, TX 79707

🏃‍♂️ Route

The 5k and 1.5k course begin at Scharbauer Elementary and wind through Grasslands Estates West where the best of Midland's Christmas lights are on display.

🎁 Race Perks

• 5k Registration: Custom Finisher Medal, Custom Race Bib, Premium Swag provided by generous sponsors, post-race refreshments, and more!
• 1.5k Registration: Custom Finisher Medal, Custom Race Bib, Urban Air Ticket, post-race refreshments, and more!

💧 Hydration

Water at the Start/finish area! In addition, there will be (2) aid stations on the course (1) at the 2-mile point in the 5K and (1) at the turn around point for the 1.5k.

📦 Race Packet Pick Up

Runners can pick up their packets at the following locations:

• Midland Athletic Company: 3326 N Midkiff Rd, Midland, TX 79705, Friday, December 5, 2025, 10 AM - 6 PM
• Scharbauer Elementary School: 2115 Hereford Blvd., Midland, TX 79707, Saturday, December 6, 2025, 4:45 PM- 5:45 PM

🤝 Volunteer Information

We cannot throw these races without you! Volunteering provides an opportunity to serve participants at aid stations, on the course with directions, with post-race food and drinks, etc. Need community service hours? We are happy to accommodate you! Please email RD@midlandathleticcompany.com and let us know if you would like to take part by volunteering.

⚠️ Additional Information

• Giveaways: We cannot guarantee GIVEAWAYS will be available to participants who register less than 3 weeks out of the event.
• Times: Times are subject to change.
• Strollers & Dogs: Strollers and leashed dogs are happily allowed. We ask that you start in the back of the start line corral. Local leash laws apply.

For more information about the event, visit Nighttime Jingle Bell Run.