Creatures of the Bay 5K

Creatures of the Bay 5K is run in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 29, 2026. There is one format, a timed 5K covering 3.1 miles, and it starts at 6 p.m., so you race in the evening rather than at the usual morning hour.

Chip timing means your result is a number you can actually use, which makes this a reasonable target if you want a current 5K benchmark before winter training. Evening racing does take some planning: keep lunch light and early, get a proper warm-up in, and expect your legs to feel different than they do on a morning run. Runners newer to the distance can treat it as a first finish line instead, holding an even effort through the middle mile and picking it up only in the last few minutes.