Silverleaf Sweetheart 5k Relay and 5k Solo Race

Silverleaf Sweetheart 5k Relay and 5k Solo Race is held in Saint Augustine, Florida, on February 13, 2027. Two options go off together at 8:00 AM: a solo 5K (3.1 miles) and the Sweetheart 5K relay, in which each runner covers 1.55 miles before handing off to a teammate.

Splitting the distance changes how you run it. A 1.55-mile leg is short enough to attack from the gun, so the relay rewards a real warm-up and an honest first half mile rather than a cautious build. The solo 5K asks for the usual discipline: settle into goal pace in the first mile, hold it through the second, spend what is left over the last half mile. Either way, a few weeks of short intervals alongside two easy runs a week covers the preparation, and the team format makes this an easy race to talk a partner into.