Jingle Bell Jog Miami

Jingle Bell Jog Miami runs in Miami, Florida, on December 19, 2026, and takes a different tack from most holiday races: the 5K starts in the evening, at 6:30 p.m. There is one distance on the program, so the whole field goes at once and the race is over well before the night is.

An evening start is friendlier than it sounds. You have had all day to eat and hydrate, and your body is naturally at its best for hard efforts in the late afternoon — often worth a handful of seconds over 5K compared with a dawn race. Plan your last real meal three to four hours out, keep the afternoon calm, and warm up properly. If you race with a watch, check that its display is readable in the dark before the gun.