Running Scared 5K/13K - Lakeland

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Running Scared 5K/13K - Lakeland runsignup.com
Date 09 Oct, 2027
Races 8 distances
Entry fee $25.00 – $45.00
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Running Scared 5K/13K - Lakeland

About the event

Grab your costumes & kids, or leave all that at home. Come out for the best Halloween themed event of the season and be fast, have a great time, or do both. We'll have plenty of Halloween goodies, plenty of music, and a fun atmosphere at the start and finish line AND FINISHER MEDALS!!!  The 5K & 13K start at 8:00 AM & 8:30 AM at Thomas B Mack Park in Lakeland, FL.   We'll have an awesome shirts for participants & awards in both races to the top 3 Overall M/F winners, the top 3 M/F Masters winners, Top 3 Overall M/F Grand Master, Top 3 Overall M/F Top 3 Senior Master, and the top 3 in all the regular 5 year Age Groups.

Races offered

09Oct

Deadly Double

Running

Distance
18K
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$45.00
09Oct

Scaredy Cat 5K

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$30.00
09Oct

Scaredy Cat 5K-No Shirt

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$25.00
09Oct

Virtual Deadly Double

Running

Distance
18K
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$45.00
09Oct

Virtual Scaredy Cat 5K

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$30.00
09Oct

Heart Pounding 13K

Running

Distance
13K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$35.00
09Oct

Heart Pounding 13K-No Shirt

Running

Distance
13K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$35.00
09Oct

Virtual Heart Pounding 13K

Running

Distance
13K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$40.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for October in Lakeland.

Temperature19.2° / 28.0°
Feels like19.7° / 28.4°
Sunshine hours9h 34m
Rainfall3.4 mm
Snowfall—
Wind12.3 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity76.9%
Max UV indexModerate (4.8)
Sweat lossHigh
Course conditionsHard and dry surface
Sunrise07:28
Sunset18:57

About Lakeland

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Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Located along I-4 east of Tampa and southwest of Orlando, it is the most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 112,641. Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area and is often included as part of the Tampa Bay area.

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Running Scared 5K/13K - Lakeland.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 Mark Tulowiecki M 54 Lakeland, FL 1:18:49.87
🥈 Misael Paz M 27 Winter Haven, FL 1:45:21.42
🥉 Bernard Washington M 40 Tampa, FL 2:33:29.22
4 William Merced Espinosa M 27 Polk City, FL 2:34:44.15

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