Flamingo 5K
About this race
🏃♂️🌟 Get ready to strut your stuff and flamingle at the most fabulous running event of the year! 🌟🏃♀️
Welcome to the "Flamingo 5K" – where the fun is as flamazing as a flock of flamingos and every step is a fiesta! Whether you're a seasoned runner, a casual jogger, or a first-time participant, this event is for you.
Highlights Include:
🦩 Flamingo 5K OR 1 Mile Frolic: Start the day surrounded by all your favorite flamingos! Want to challenge yourself with the 5K or simply strut your stuff as a group in the 1 Mile Frolic, the choice is yours!
🌟The View: This is a beach run & walk along Siesta Key Beach, so it's sure to be beautiful!!! Take LOTS of pictures!!
🌸 Breast Cancer Awareness & Celebration: This is our annual event to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness while celebrating those magnificent Flamingos that are fighting, have survived, or are being remembered. While we are still looking for the perfect Foundation to join forces with, all the proceeds from this event will be going to help Fighting Flamingos in the Sarasota County area.
🎉 Finisher’s Medal for ALL participants: Memorialize your victory with a flamingo-themed medal, with a bonus surprise attached.
🎁 Fantastic Flamingo Swag: Every participant registered before the shirt cut off, September 23rd, will receive a gender specific tech tee. There are also some flamazing flamingo add on’s!!
🎉 Post-race Flamingo Fiesta: Celebrate your finish at our post-race Flamingo Fiesta, complete with food, music, awards, and fun for all ages.
Don't miss out on the event that turns running into a flamazing festival of fun, fitness, and flamingos. Mark your calendars, gather your flock, and get ready to Flamingle! 🎽🦩
Register now and join the flock! 🌟
This event is produced by My Favorite Race Events.
Awards- For 5K Only- M & F Overall, Youth Overall (14 & under) and Categories Masters through Senior Veteran Grandmasters & Age Groups 3 Deep.
$5 Club Discount for members of Zoomers, MTC, & Sarasota Storm. 5K only. Discount will expire 8/4/26
Pick your distance
Running
Flamingo 5K
Virtual Flamingo 5K
Complete the race on your time, at the location of your choice. Your race swag will be mailed to your shipping address approximately 2 weeks after the live event.
Walking
Flock Cancer 1 Mile Frolick
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Sarasota, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:27 AM and sets at 7:06 PM local time (EDT) in Sarasota on October 10, 2026 — 11h 39m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 32 Sarasota events
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