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Hanukkah Hot Cocoa Run 5k/1k/1mile

location_city Tucson

location_on Arizona

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calendar_today 07 Dec, 2025

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About the Event

The 9th annual Hanukkah Hot Cocoa Run is a timed 5k and 1 mile race with a free 1k untimed run for all ages and abilities. The run stars and ends at the Tucson JCC in the Jill Rosenzweig Memorial Sculpture Garden with an out and back course on the Rillito River Path. There is a 5k run/walk, 1 mile run/walk, and 1k free fun run/walk. Shirts are included in the registration for the 5k and 1 mile. Shirts for 1k participants can be purchased for $15 each. Register before 11/15 to guarantee your shirt size! 

Pre-race pick up will be held at the Tucson JCC on Friday 12/5 from 1-5:30pm.

 Check-in on race day, Sunday 12/7, will open at 7am with pre-race warm up and announcement for the 5k starting at 7:45am, race time is 8am! The 1 mile starts at 8:45am and 9am the 1k starts. Winners announced and prizes distributed at 9:15am.

Top finishers will receive a race mug or tumbler depending on placement and registration, all participants enjoy hot chocolate & sufganiyot (jelly donuts) at the end of their run!

5k Race Age Divisions: top 3 for men & women in each division will receive a race mug!

Top 3 overall men & women finishers will receive a race tumbler.

1 mile age divisions: top men & women finishers will receive a race mug!

Random participant raffle prizes will be chosen on race day morning. Prizes include:

Race Results provided by Road Runner Race Timing and the run is sponsored by TMC Health.

Races Offered

1K

Dec 07, 2025

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Distance — 1K

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5K

Dec 07, 2025

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Weather Overview

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

Temp (°C)
Feels Like (°C)
thermostat 6.5° / 20.4°
wb_sunny 2.6° / 16.8°
Wind (km/h)
Humidity (%)
air 7.9 /
water_drop 45.8%

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Tucson (TOO-sawn), also known as the "Old Pueblo", is the second-largest city in the state of Arizona and the county seat of Pima County in the Sonoran Desert. It is at a higher elevation than nearby Phoenix and is correspondingly cooler. Although with half a million residents it is smaller than the capital city, its cultural life is just as vibrant.

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