Cheers to New Year's 5K Run/Walk - Orlando

Cheers to New Year's 5K Run/Walk - Orlando is held in Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, on January 2, 2027, starting at 10:00 a.m. The event welcomes every fitness level, and you can run it or walk it. Entry includes a short-sleeve shirt, a finisher medal, chip timing and a bib, results are posted online, and there is a cold beer waiting at the finish line.

Chip timing on a January road 5K gives you a clean number to build the rest of your year around. Runners aiming for a fast time can spend the preceding weeks on short intervals and one steady run per week at a comfortably hard pace. Walkers get the same course and the same medal, and the 10:00 a.m. start means there is no need to be up before dawn, which is unusual for a Florida race.