Run Like the Dickens- Fernandina Beach

Run Like the Dickens- Fernandina Beach is held on December 12, 2026 in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The program is a single 1-mile event (1.6 km) starting at 8:30 a.m., short enough that the whole thing takes most people somewhere between six and fifteen minutes.

A road mile is a different exercise from a 5K: there is no settling-in period, so warm up properly, twenty minutes of easy jogging plus four or five short accelerations, or you will spend the first quarter mile catching up. Go out fast without going maximal, hold your form through the middle, and empty the tank over the last 400 meters. It is also the least intimidating distance for a first bib.