About the Woo Jingle 5K and Kids Run
The course starts and finishes on Front Street beside Worcester City Hall, so the start line is easy to find and the finish puts you right back in the middle of the city. Festive costumes are encouraged, and the kids run goes off before the main race, making the start area lively before the gun.
Packet pickup runs the afternoon before the race at Sneakerama, a local running shop, with race-morning pickup available at City Hall as well. A post-race party follows the finish, and the race collects toy donations for a local family foundation on both days.
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Woo Jingle 5K and Kids Run 2025 Results
Going by the 2025 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K Results · 2025
642finishers
15:51winner
32:13median
58:55cutoff
Top 3: Alex Corbett (15:51) · Alex Lisauskas (17:30) · Oscar Herrera (17:44)
0.5 Miles Results · 2025
19finishers
1:23winner
2:18median
3:16cutoff
Top 3: T. Gibson (1:23) · J. Grinold (1:37) · V. Gibson (1:53)
The Woo Jingle 5K and Kids Run has been held every year since at least 2023. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K12/6/2026 10:00$35
0.5 Miles12/6/2026 09:30$16
VIRTUAL Worcester Jingle 5K12/6/2026 11:00$35
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