The First Night Resolution Run 5K was first run on New Year's Eve, 1997. About 130 hearty souls showed up on a frigid, windy night for the race through downtown State College and the Penn State Campus. Since then, the race has grown every year and has become a much anticipated part of the First Night® State College festivities as well as the start  of the local running calendar. Like the Boalsburg Memorial Day Race, the First Night 5K is a "fun run" attracting first time racers, families, kids, out-of-town Christmas visitors, costumed runners (there's a prize for the best costume!), as well as serious competitors. The course is fast, with a relatively mild (by State College standards) hill in the first half-mile, an even milder one in the second mile, and a long downhill to the finish. Well over 700 runners have taken part in recent years' Resolution Runs, and the race keeps on growing: Since 2012, the race has had between 700 and 1000 finishers!

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2014	2015	2016

• First Night 2017: The 20th First Night 5K will be held on December 31, 2016 at 6:30 PM. 
• Race Registration: Registration information will be posted later this year.
  

• Course Description, Map, and Elevation Profile from the NVRC Maps Pages.
• Runner's Gazette story on the 2000 First Night Resolution Run 5K.
• Marty Mazur on First Night Y2K.
• First Night T-Shirts Through The Years New!
  
• Romance On The Run: From Runner's World Women's Weekly, January 7, 2002.
• For information on the First Night Resolution Run 5K, contact Dave Eggler at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Created 01/07/04