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Gifting Great Futures Day

While there will be no Reindeer Fun Run this year (read about that here)--we still want to do everything we can to support the Boys and Girls Club of the Sandhills! On Saturday, December 4, 2021, we will be celebrating the kids at the Boys and Girls Club of the Sandhills with GIFTING GREAT FUTURES DAY! "Our community stepped up last year to help us, in partnership with Moore County Schools...

A Critical Resource

THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, AND THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT MORE THAN EVER. When school buildings shuttered back in the spring, the Boys and Girls Club stepped up to help coordinate meal deliveries for vulnerable families in our area. (Our Team Green nonprofit helped, and many of you generously donated to the cause!) Now, th...

1SG Lunceford’s Reindeer Fun Run Story

Fastest 12k… in Kuwait?We were so happy to hear form 1SG William Lunceford who, despite being stationed in Kuwait, wanted to run the 12ks of Christmas this year. So... he did! William reached out to us, and we coordinated with him for an official result. Here is a note from William after his run this morning... "I ran the 12k @ 0600 this morning (7th Dec). I know that I would not not be anywh...

12k Course Record!

Daniel Schlich of Southern Pines, NC set a new 12ks of Christmas course record with a time of 39:17.9. Do the math... that's a 5:16 mile! Congrats to Daniel! Amazing! The previous record of 40:21:00 was held jointly by Daniel Taylor (2018) and Matt Cheney (2017). Three record-setting runs in three years, I think we need a showdown in 2020! Gentlemen? Daniel's results: https://reind...

Shirts!

5k/12k Cotton 5k/12k Performance Kids Egg Nog Jog

Get over that wall!

We just received a photo of our Reindeer working out with the troops at Ft. Bragg. We know he can fly, so getting over that wall shouldn't be too hard.

Earn one of these on 07-DEC-2019

We hope to see you in downtown Aberdeen!

2018 Course Records

We knew the runners were FAST yesterday, so we did a little checking... Trevor Touchton set a course & Reindeer Fun Run record for the 5k with a time of 16:28.20--that's a 5:18/mile pace! Daniel Taylor tied a course & Reindeer Fun Run record for the 12ks of Christmas with a time of 40:21:00. That's the exact time of the 2017 winner, Matt Cheney. At 5:25/mile pace, we'...

Photos, Photos, Photos!

There are all kinds of places to find photos of this year's Reindeer Fun Run. Here are a few. C Goepfert Photography Photos Facebook Albums RunSignUp Gallery (you can search by bib number - we have C Goepfert Photography here & also photos from Dana Barnes) Instagram Our webpage

Medals

A quick look at this year's 5k & 12k medals...

Shirts… sneak peek

Here is a sneak peek at the 2018 shirts for the 5k & 12k... (though we did change the white to that dark blue on the front) And the Egg Nog Jog...

Our emoticon

Some people wonder why we end sentences with this little collection of characters 3:o) Turn your head sideways and hopefully you will see why. This is what we see...

2018 Best of the Pines

The Reindeer Fun Run was again names the Best Charity Run, and was runner-up for best Fundraiser (we love Festival of Trees too!). Thank you to all of our participants and fans that voted for us!

2017 Race Day Photos

Run Sign Up has a feature where it will search photos for a bib number (note, name won't yet work since we didn't get bib numbers form RunSignUp, just bib). We've not used it before, but we just uploaded a bunch of photos, so give it a try... </p> <p>Sorry, you must enable javascript to view this content from <a href="https://runsignup.com/">https://runsignup.com/</a>...

Training tips from FirstHealth Fitness Centers

1) Your Daily Training Diet You’ve committed to running a 5K or 12K, and you’ve got your training plan in place. But how much attention have you given to your nutrition? Can you run a race on Cheetos or french fries? Probably. But you won’t perform as well, and you definitely won’t feel as good as if you had followed a good training diet. If you need specific help getting started, visit our nut...

C.A.R.E. Award from the Boys & Girls Clubs

David and Kete Petsolt

David and Kate Petsolt accepted the CARE (Children Are Reason for Excellence) Award from the NC Area Council on behalf of our entire committee and team of volunteers. We were so honored to be recognized. We are so proud of the work our crew does to put on the race each year and happy to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sandhills. Will we see you on December 2 in Aberdeen, North Caroli...

Best of the Pines Winner | Reindeer Fun Run

Thank you for voting the Reindeer Fun Run as 2017 Best Charity Run. We appreciate it! http://bestofthepines.com/community-county/ [caption id="attachment_11201" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sherry Willis receiving the Best of the Pines award for the Reindeer Fun Run[/caption]

2017 Course Improvements

Every year we review the Reindeer Fun Run and ask ourselves, "How can we improve?" We think we have a pretty good one this year. Since the event is getting so big, we need more space at both the start and finish lines for crowds to set up, watch and cheer. To accomplish this, we've made a small course change that adds a cool run along the tracks on Fayetteville and Blue streets. This in turn al...

Charlotte’s Reindeer Fun Run Story

My granddaughter, Brooke Simmons, since 2 yrs old, loves to run. She has done the Raindeer Run previously and had remembered her time so had a goal for this years run. She brought along a school girl friend. Her mother, Kirsten, needed to stay with Grandma Charlotte as she had a new hip and had to walk. Kirsten told the girls to stay together. As the girls were near the end, Brooke did run ahead. ...

Carly’s Reindeer Fun Run Story

Ava's First 5K I started running approximately 22 years ago. My husband knew that when he married me, running would be a part of the deal. One day we had kids, and they had to become runners in a sense, because they had to ride along on my training runs. The running stroller was filled with a baby and then the running stroller had to turn into a double stroller for my twins.... bu...

Tammy’s Reindeer Fun Run Story

I have a story to share. This past Saturday, the Aberdeen Reindeer fun run was my first official 5K run with my prosthetic hip. I am 54 years old and previously was an avid runner before my hip joint was destroyed by degenerative joint disease (arthritis). My time this year, of course, was way off of my previous PR’s, but I was happier to complete this 5K than any previous. My fa...

Race Day Info 2016

Friday, December 2 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Registration & Packet pick-up Saturday December 3 (race day) 7:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Registration & Packet pick-up 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. McDonald’s Kids Zone & After Party 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 12ks of Christmas Run 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 5k Reindeer Fun Run/Walk 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a...

What’s in a name

Here are the teams we have registered so far... Name Size Pinehurst Elementary Dolphins 52 Run Atex 49 Forte Fitness 15 Town of Aberdeen 12 Mistletoe Misfits 11 Southern Pines CrossFit 8 Team RWB 8 Brick City Running Tribe - BCRT 7 Team Estes 7 VRG 7 Real Fun Run 6 The Fruitcakes 6 All Elfed Up 5 Glitter Pat...

2016 Shirts

Here's the design for the 5k & 12k shirts...

5k Moved to 9:30

Every year there is one issue we have for certain runners... When 12kers merge with the 5k course, many of them run into a wall of walkers. We try to make sure everyone is aware, we mark the route with signs, and remind everyone at the starting line. But, sometimes people are just having too much fun and forget that quick runners may be coming up behind them. So, this year we've decided to less...

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