Hometown Half Marathon/5K/10K - Tampa

Hometown Half Marathon, 10K & 5K takes place on May 16, 2027, in Tampa, Florida. The half marathon (13.1 mi), the 10K (6.2 mi), the 5K (3.1 mi) and a one-mile run all start at 7:00 a.m., with a children's dash the same morning. No elevation gain is listed.

Racing a half marathon on the Gulf coast in May is an exercise in heat management rather than in pacing: the air is warm and saturated from the gun, and the usual advice to negative-split simply does not survive contact with it. Start slower than your target, take fluid at every station from the third mile, and judge the day on how well you held together rather than on the finishing time.