Ugly Holiday Sweater Run at Crank Arm Brewing, Raleigh: Do Your Festive Worst
Tuesday night fun run with prizes, lights, and very questionable knitwear.
Shannon
December 11, 2025
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Get ready to jingle through downtown at the Ugly Holiday Sweater Run on Tuesday, December 16, 6:30–8:30pm at Crank Arm Brewing. Wear your most chaotic holiday sweater, jog 3–5 miles past Christmas lights, and stick around for shoe demos with CEP, live music from Cats in the Bag, free eggnog, and prizes for ugliest sweater and best duo. All levels are welcome.
This isn’t sponsored (we’d let you know if it was) — we just respect a brewery that lets runners invade in their loudest knitwear.(Just so you know: Sponsored content in our newsletter is always marked with “*”).
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