Name: 34th Annual Reindeer Run/Walk
Start: 2025-12-13
End: 2025-12-13
Location: Charleston, South Carolina

About the Event

Half-Moon Outfitters Reindeer Run, presented by The Charleston Place, is a family-oriented, pet-friendly 5k run/walk located in downtown Charleston, SC. This year we celebrate our 33rd year of the annual race!

The event has grown significantly over the years; from only a few hundred participants to record attendance of over 3,500 runners. The funds generated from the Reindeer Run benefits the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital located in downtown Charleston. This hospital provides more spacious, family-centered amenities and expanded services, including an expanded neonatal intensive care unit, an entire floor dedicated to the care of children with cancer, and the most comprehensive pediatric heart center in South Carolina.

COSTUME CONTEST:

We're bringing back a crowd favorite, the costume contest! So be sure to dress up in your festive best for the race!

Our categories will once again include: Adult Individual, Child Individual, Group and Dog. We award the top 3 from each category with lots of great prizes and gift cards from restaurants and attractions around the Charleston area. You do not want to miss out on all the fun!

The Details:

PACKET PICK-UP: Friday, December 12th from 12:00-6:00 PM at Half Moon Outfitters - West Ashley (94 Folly Rd Blvd, Charleston, SC 29407)

There will be limited packet pickup on race morning from 7-7:45. You are strongly encouraged to pickup on Friday if possible.

Race Location:

The race starts and finishes on N Market Street beside The Charleston Place Hotel. (For those that need an address use 137 N Market St, Charleston, SC 29401)

Race info:
Race Starts promptly at 8am!

Recommend parking in one of the many parking garages throughout the city.

Overall awards will be based on Gun time and all age groups will be based on chip time. Awards and costume contest will start at 9am.

Races Offered

34th Annual Reindeer Run 5K

Dec 13, 2025

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Distance — 3.1 Miles

terrain

Type — Road running

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08:00

Child Registration (Child includes ages 5 to 16 )

Dec 13, 2025

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Distance — 3.1 Miles

terrain

Type — Road running

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08:00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in Charleston.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 7.3° / 15.9°

wb_sunny 4.0° / 13.5°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 12.3 /

water_drop 75.1%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 7.3° / 15.9°

wb_sunny 4.0° / 13.5°

air 12.3 km/h

water_drop 75.1%

About Charleston

Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands. Charleston was captured in the American Civil War without much property damage, so the historic part of town has buildings that are hundreds of years old. The current downtown skyline, with practically no tall buildings due to the city's height restriction ordinance, is dominated by church steeples and the stunning Arthur Ravenel cable-stay bridge over the Cooper River. The city is a major port on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and a popular destination for domestic and international tourists.