Richard's Run For Life

Richard's Run For Life takes place in Tampa, Florida, on November 6, 2026. The event lists a single format, a 5K, and it starts in the evening at 7:00 p.m., which is unusual for a road race and a sensible answer to Florida temperatures.

An evening start changes your whole day. Eat your main meal at least three hours ahead, keep drinking through the afternoon, and expect to feel warmer than you would at an 8 a.m. race even in November, so open a little more conservatively than your target pace suggests. The distance itself is friendly to newcomers, since 3.1 miles is within reach after six to eight weeks of run-walk training, while faster runners can treat a Friday evening 5K as a sharp session that leaves the weekend clear for a long run.