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Chesapeake Rotary Holly Jolly Jog Race and Fun Run presented by the YMCA of South Hampton Roads

December 6, 2025 Great Bridge Community Church
Chesapeake, VA 23322 US

Race Event Tiles

1 Mile

Price: $20
($15: Ages 1 - 18)
Time: 5:30PM EST 7:00PM EST
Price increases after October 31, 2025 at 11:59pm EDT

Information

Ever wanted to race your friends, family and neighbors down Battlefield Blvd? Well, the Holly Jolly Jog is back for a 2nd year! A family-friendly, 1 mile fun run and race before the Chesapeake Rotary Christmas Parade will give you the chance to do exactly that. 30 minutes before the start of the Christmas parade, lace up and run, jog, or walk the route - under the lights - and being cheered on by thousands of your Chesapeake friends and family.  Add to the festivities with Christmas lights, pjs, ugly sweaters and costumes (no full Santa costumes allowed - there’s only one Santa in the parade).  Also, sadly, for safety reasons, no farm animals will be allowed to race this year.

The course will be chip-timed and feature an official USTAF measurement. Runners will be corraled based on anticipated pace/finishing time to ensure competitiveness and opportunity for serious runners to compete to be the inagural champion of the Holloy Jolly Jog.

Are you registering your whole family? We have a family registration package where you can register 2 adults and up to 6 children for $60. Please note this registration does not include t-shirts, which you can add on. Click Family Registration after you click the sign up link above to add additional registrants.

 

Race Weekend Schedule

Friday December 5th:

Packet Pick Up

-   6:00-8:00pm at the Great Bridge/Hickory YMCA on Battlefield

Saturday December 6th

Holly Jolly Family Fest at the YMCA

-   1:00 - 4:00 pm - Food Trucks, meet and greet with Christmas characters, face painting, Christmas Carols and more.

Check in time/place

■     5:00 Great Bridge Community Church - parking lot inbetween church and Apple Tree Day Care.

Race start time/place

■     5:30pm - Mt Pleasant Rd, outside of TowneBank

Post race time/place

■     6:00pm - Great Bridge Presbyterian Church

Parking

There will be parking is available first come first serve at Sonlight Church 

You are not required to park at Sonlight, but you can park wherever you find it available.

Parking is available at the YMCA, but there is not transportation available for the 1/2 mile from the YMCA to the race start.

Course Map

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