North Dakota fun runs
15 seasonal, themed and one-of-a-kind fun runs in North Dakota.
Holiday and seasonal: 7 · Costume and theme: 3 · Food and drink: 2 · Quirky format: 1 · Novelty course: 1 · Mud and obstacle: 1
- Costume and theme Halloween Costume Fun Run A $10 costume fun run in Chautauqua Park that opens Valley City's Parktober fall festival.
- Costume and theme Heartview Monster Mile 5K and Family Fun Day A costumed Halloween 5K by the Missouri River with prizes for best group and best dog costume, then trick-or-treating at community booths.
- Costume and theme Trick or Trot 5K A Friday-evening costume 5K on the Red River trails in downtown Fargo-Moorhead, with course volunteers picking the costume winners.
- Holiday and seasonal Burn the Bird Thanksgiving Day 5K/10K Fargo's Thanksgiving morning 'burn' through downtown neighborhoods from the Fercho YMCA before dinner.
- Holiday and seasonal CFA Turkey Trot Bismarck's Thanksgiving morning 5K, starting on Arbor Avenue off South Washington Street.
- Holiday and seasonal Jingle Bell 5K A parks-department holiday 5K where every runner wears bells, followed by chili, hot cocoa and a best-dressed contest.
- Holiday and seasonal Jingle Bell Run – Fargo, ND Fargo’s stop on the Arthritis Foundation’s national holiday run, where teams turn out in festive costumes and jingle bells to raise money for arthritis research.
- Holiday and seasonal North Dakota Santa Run Every adult runs in an included Santa suit on a dusk 5K down Mandan's Main Street under the Holiday Lights on Main.
- Quirky format Altru Beach Party 5K (Grand Forks 10 Weekend) A Friday-evening beach-party 5K on the Red River greenway with optional water and other fun obstacles, kicking off a weekend that includes a Furry Scurry dog run.
- Food and drink Hair of the Dog 5K & Beer Mile A brewery day of a dog-friendly 5K, a four-beers-four-laps beer mile, a kids' donut dash and a wiener dog derby.
- Holiday and seasonal Junkyard Winter Dash 5K A February 5K on wintry West Fargo streets from Junkyard West Fargo, with a fleece neck gaiter, hot-drink mug and after-party.
- Novelty course Maah Daah Hey Trail Run(s) Point-to-point races on the Badlands' Maah Daah Hey singletrack, all finishing at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora.
- Mud and obstacle Medieval Rush A medieval-themed 3–4 mile mud run with 20-plus obstacles including a Moat of Mud and adult pedal cars, held at the Bismarck State College Community Bowl.
- Holiday and seasonal Runnin' O' the Green A nearly 50-year-old St. Patrick's pub-to-pub run in which costumed heats leave Frontier Fort every five minutes and stop at about ten Jamestown bars.
- Food and drink Sandy's Donut Run An untimed 5K at The Lights in West Fargo that ends in Sandy's Donuts and coffee.