Holiday Tutu Trot
Saint Joseph, MO
- 1.5 Miler
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
Do you love the Holiday Lights at Krug Park? Of course, you do! We all do! The Holiday Tutu Trot is an untimed (no race/run bibs or timing chips will be included) fun walk/run under the holiday lights at Krug Park. This is a family friendly event; even Santa 🎅 … MORE
Local Historical Weather (Dec 20):
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| H (°F) | 47 | 28 | 53 | 25 | 43 |
| L (°F) | 20 | 16 | 35 | 16 | 23 |
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Enjoy the lights
This was a wonderful opportunity to help a friend hit her goal of 52 races for the year while supporting another friend who is RD AND helping out a great … MORE
This was a wonderful opportunity to help a friend hit her goal of 52 races for the year while supporting another friend who is RD AND helping out a great cause (St. Jude). There’s a hill at the start going up to the top of Krug hill, but there were only about a dozen or so people actually running, most were just a shuffle, so if you’re looking to….PR a 1.2M(?) then you’ll have no trouble up front. The lights in the park are lit for drive-through viewing, so being there before the cars for private use of the road was a nice experience, and if you’re not too fast it’ll get darker as you progress and give you a nice scenic downhill through some brief tunnels. It took everything I had not to challenge my tunnel partner to a sprint (ccruiz03, we’re going back!), but it was much better with the group of friends together to finish out the year. There was a great hot chocolate bar at the beginning with multiple syrups and mix-ins available and the DJ was doing a great job. Being a tutu run, there were tutus instead of tshirts, and the medal was better than I was expecting for such a short race. It’s an hour drive for me, so not sure I’ll be back every year, but if you’re in the neighborhood absolutely check this one out.
Friendly stroll under the Christmas ligh
Aww, there is a certain bittersweetness in writing the last review for the last race of the year. As invorigating as it was to finally achieve a 5k PR a … MORE
Aww, there is a certain bittersweetness in writing the last review for the last race of the year. As invorigating as it was to finally achieve a 5k PR a week prior, the Tutu Run was the perfect end to the racing year. Did we get an official time or age award? Nope. Instead we got a fun tutu, free hot chocolate, Cherry Mash candy, a plastic medal and, as a lucky trio that we are – custom bibs (I’ll explain in a bit).
The 1.25 fun run under the Christmas lights was last minute, wonderful decision. I missed the local 5k Christmas run, so this was a welcome stroll. Walkers do climb a steady hill at the start, but it’s nothing earthshattering or heartbreaking. Plus the light display serves as the perfect excuse to slow down and count the clouds, er, lights. This is an extremely family-friendly event. No one is out there looking to get a PR or knock out the competition. Once at the top of the hill, skip the signs for the funnel cakes, because they are closed, and head directly to the open-air tunnel of lights. Eventually, you’ll pass through the actual tunnel where kids will delight in hearing their echos, while others will try to speedwalk out of the tunnel. Be sure to take your time. The event start at dusk, but the longer you stroll the lights inevitably become more vivid.
As I mentioned, all participants recieve a festive tutu, plastic medal, hot chocolate and Cherry Mash candy. It was my friend’s 52nd race of the year, a personal goal for her, so we made personal, custom bibs for ourselves, which caught the eye of a few other runners at the start line. So, along with the tutus and matching bibs, we also, by chance, wore matching sweatshirts from another race. Without knowing, or planning it, our trio looked like a real team and it was made the experience that much more fun.
As short as the route was, I am intrigued to a run a 5k there – yes, a 5k, not a 10k, half marathon or 6-hr endurance race (yes, this is directed to a certain running partner). Tutu Trot is definitely more fun with a group of friends, and a great way to celebrate a year of running and friendship.