GET NOTHING 5K #023 – Dog Days Of Summer 2026 — Jacksonville, FL

[Summer is winding down, and we can hardly wait for some cooler temperatures. But before we cross the official date into Fall, here is one more "Summer Race" to cap it off! Thanks to our generous donors, we still have some SUN and PALM trinkets left over from the 2025 Summer Series, and they will be on offer for all finishers (if you already have both from last year, you are more than welcome to pick any other trinket of your choice instead). We will be running on a NEW flat, mostly straight and very quiet course at Cecil Field. Please note that there will be approx. half a mile walk from parking to the race start. We will walk to the start together from the parking area (Fretwell Park at Cecil Field). This is an EVENING RACE, make sure you read the start time correctly, and DO NOT show up at the break of dawn! 😆 As always, Get Nothing 5K is open to everyone, FREE, and all paces and walkers are very welcome. At the Get Nothing 5K you famously get NOTHING, but thanks to our generous donors, this time once again all participants will receive a trinket as a memento - see above!] GET NOTHING 5K offers NO swag bags, NO medals, and absolutely NO shirts - just the pure, unadulterated joy of running together. Experience the exhilaration of crossing the finish line and getting NOTHING: no cheaply made medal to gather dust, no poorly designed t-shirt to stuff in your already overflowing drawer, no pressure to compete for age group awards - just the satisfaction of knowing you ran 5 kilometers and had FUN while doing so. Since you get NOTHING, you even need to bring your own HYDRATION. But that's okay, because you also PAID NOTHING - GET NOTHING 5K is a FREE TIMED 5K. 🤷‍♂️ Make it whatever YOU want it to be: you can run fast and aim for a PR if you want, but if you "win", you still get NOTHING. Run fast, or run slow - or somewhere in between. Do a tempo run, interval training, use it as a tune-up or shake-out, just get in a few miles for the day, or enjoy a leisurely jog with your running bestie. Meet new friends, catch up with old ones, encourage others along the way, maybe even inspire someone to join the fun next time. Running together is always more fun than running alone! 😍 WALKERS are very welcome. GET NOTHING 5K is a community event meant for everyone, regardless of pace. There will be a designated "TURTLE" whose job is to bring up the rear. So unless YOU volunteer for this vital task, you will never finish last! To participate: register online, check in before the start to get your bib, then wear it on your FRONT. Timing is done manually, and that's really hard to do if you hide your bib! There are no timing chips - everything is GUN TIME. That means the clock starts when the GO command is given, NOT when you cross the start line. Keep that in mind when comparing official results with your own GPS time, so no complaining later! Depending on where we run, there may or may not be toilets available nearby... so please mind your own "business" before the start. Let's get together to RUN, and to have some FUN - see you at the start line! 🏃 🏃‍♀️ PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN HYDRATION.