History
Eight runnings so far. Same neighborhood, same week, colder every time we tell it.
2025 · Ocho
- When
- Friday, December 26, 2025
- Icicle
- Adam
- Temp
- 42°F
- Gun
- 3:00pm
- Ran / came
- 10
- Course
- Zach’s to Jack’s to Kayla’s and back
- Notes
- The trophy arrived by CTA.
Be prepared. Be cold. Be fast. Be merry. Be there.
2024 · Siete
- When
- Thursday, December 26, 2024
- Icicle
- Adam
- Gun
- 4:00pm
- Ran / came
- 11
- Notes
- Snacks and hot chocolate at 3. Pizza after.
Here we are again. Can you believe it?
2023 · Seis
- When
- Friday, December 29, 2023
- Icicle
- Zach
- Winning time
- 23:30
- Temp
- 39°F
- Gun
- 3:00pm
- Ran / came
- 10
- Course
- Zach’s to Butterfield Park and back
- Notes
- Hot tub fully operational.
Holy crap we made it to six.
2022 · Cinco
- When
- Monday, December 26, 2022
- Icicle
- Adam
- Gun
- 3:00pm
- Ran / came
- 16
- Course
- Zach’s to Butterfield Park and back
- Notes
- First shirts: the FC5K V long sleeve. First year on Partiful.
We run the FC5K because the weather tells us not to. Because our bodies fight it with every cell. Because together we overcome, together we run.
2021 · Cuatro
- When
- Sunday, December 26, 2021
- Icicle
- Zach
- Gun
- 3:00pm
- Ran / came
- 9
- Course
- Adam’s to Butterfield Park to Zach’s
- Notes
- Hot tub afterwards. Bring a bathing suit.
2020 · Tres
- When
- Saturday, December 26, 2020
- Icicle
- Adam
- Temp
- 26°F
- Gun
- 3:00pm
- Ran / came
- 5
- Course
- Reversed for fire pit logistics: Adam’s to Butterfield Park to Zach’s
- Notes
- Outdoors, distanced, masked. Masks turn out to be convenient below freezing.
I think it is still reasonable to uphold this sacred, three-year-old tradition.
2019 · Dos
- When
- Sunday, December 22, 2019
- Icicle
- Kayla
- Gun
- 4:30pm
- Ran / came
- 6
- Course
- Zach’s to Butterfield Park to Adam’s
- Notes
- Hot tub confirmed to be hot.
2018 · Uno
- When
- Thursday, December 27, 2018
- Icicle
- Zach
- Gun
- 4:30pm, in the dark, flashlights encouraged
- Ran / came
- 7
- Course
- Zach’s to Butterfield Park to Adam’s. 3.3 miles.
- Notes
- Rain or shine. Trophies for first, last, most clothed, least clothed, and Candy Cane Collectors. Finished at a hot tub.
Come one and all to the first (annual?) Freezing Cold 5K!!
RAIN OR SHINE