Gateway Jingle Jog 5k

Gateway Jingle Jog 5k takes place in Fort Myers, Florida, on December 5, 2026. The program holds one event, a 5K starting at 8 a.m., with no elevation gain listed for the course.

A single-distance road 5K is the simplest race to plan around: arrive an hour early, jog fifteen minutes, run a few strides and you are ready. For a first bib, the goal is to finish without walking, and three runs a week for a month or so will get you there. For a runner with a base, 3.1 miles is a sharp effort you can recover from in a day or two, which makes it easy to place inside a bigger block aimed at a half or full marathon later in the winter.