Nevada fun runs
28 seasonal, themed and one-of-a-kind fun runs in Nevada.
Holiday and seasonal: 8 · Color, glow and night: 6 · Costume and theme: 5 · Quirky format: 3 · Novelty course: 2 · Mud and obstacle: 2 · Iconic tradition: 1 · Food and drink: 1
- Costume and theme Zombie Run 5K and 1-Mile Walk An evening Halloween run on a Henderson golf course where participants dress as the undead.
- Color, glow and night Twilight Red Rock Starts at sunset on Red Rock Canyon's Scenic Drive and finishes by moonlight, with the Strip's neon visible in the distance.
- Costume and theme Mummies on the Move 5K for ALS A Halloween 5K with prizes for best costume and best dog costume, where dogs are encouraged to run.
- Holiday and seasonal Dirty Wookie 10K & 5K Reno's big Halloween costume race, drawing a few thousand runners and walkers to a finish festival at the J Resort.
- Holiday and seasonal Hallowrock An evening Halloween race with trick-or-treat candy at the aid stations and an after-party drink at PKWY Tavern.
- Iconic tradition Nevada Day Classic An 8K through Carson City's historic West Side that runs ahead of the Nevada Day Parade on Halloween, with costumes strongly encouraged.
- Holiday and seasonal PJ 5K Run & 1-Mile Walk thru Glittering Lights Runners in matching holiday pajamas run through the Glittering Lights drive-thru light show at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- Holiday and seasonal Las Vegas Turkey Trot A Thanksgiving trot through the Historic Railroad Trail's tunnels toward Hoover Dam, with the dam often pictured on the finisher medal.
- Novelty course Hoover Dam Marathon The course runs through 1930s railroad tunnels built for Hoover Dam construction and loops a parking deck overlooking the dam itself.
- Holiday and seasonal Las Vegas Great Santa Run Thousands of runners in Santa suits take over Las Vegas for a 5K that ends with early entry to Opportunity Village's Magical Forest holiday lights.
- Holiday and seasonal Jingle Bell Run – Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas’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 The Ugly Sweater 5K A Vegas-flavored ugly sweater race whose 2026 theme is 'Santa Lost Everything at the Casino.'
- Costume and theme Vegas Golden Night & Day A gold-themed race celebrating the Vegas Golden Knights where runners can race the morning and afternoon editions for two medals.
- Color, glow and night Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas The Las Vegas Strip closes to traffic at night so runners can race under the neon past the Welcome to Las Vegas sign and the Bellagio fountains.
- Costume and theme Purple Run A Prince tribute race timed to the anniversary of his death, where runners wear purple to celebrate the Purple Rain artist.
- Quirky format Reno-Tahoe Odyssey A 178-mile, 36-leg overnight team relay looping from Reno around Lake Tahoe and through Carson City and Virginia City.
- Quirky format Running With the Devil A deliberately extreme-heat race held in late June with a noon 5K/10K start in the Mojave, the opposite of a fast-and-cool course.
- Color, glow and night Extraterrestrial Full Moon Midnight Marathon A midnight marathon under the full moon on the Extraterrestrial Highway outside Area 51, starting and finishing at the Alien Cowpoke in Rachel.
- Mud and obstacle Las Vegas Spartan Event Weekend Spartan’s Vegas weekend moved to a new desert venue on the Nevada State University campus in Henderson, outside Las Vegas.
- Color, glow and night Bubble Run – Las Vegas A non-competitive 5K through stations of colored bubble foam at Grand Prix Plaza, ending in a bubble dance party.
- Color, glow and night Devil After Dark A sunset-to-moonlight road race through Lovell Canyon on the back side of Red Rock, run by the same crew as the extreme-heat Running With the Devil.
- Color, glow and night FoamGlow – Las Vegas An evening glow 5K with foam cannons and black lights at Grand Prix Plaza, held the same day as the venue’s morning Bubble Run.
- Costume and theme Kilted 5K Fun Run Runners in kilts race through the Comstock mining town and toast at the Firehouse Saloon, followed by a Nevada Tartan Day whisky tasting.
- Holiday and seasonal Las Vegas St. Patrick's Day Run A St. Patrick's morning race on the Historic Railroad Trail above Lake Mead, the same tunnel route used for the Hoover Dam races.
- Mud and obstacle Muddy Dash – Las Vegas A beginner-friendly 5K mud run with obstacles and mud pits at Bootleg Canyon, followed by an after-party.
- Food and drink Run for Donuts 5K/10K/13.1 Las Vegas A small-wave race series that meets finishers with donuts, with one 2026 edition staged at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.
- Novelty course Scale The STRAT Climbers race up all 108 floors and 1,455 steps of the STRAT tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the U.S.
- Quirky format World Championship Outhouse Races Costumed teams push homemade outhouses down Virginia City's C Street, a tradition that began as a protest against an outhouse ban.