Fort De Soto Oktoberfest 15K•10K•5K
About this race
Kick off your race season at historic Fort De Soto Park with a 15K, 10K, or 5K – a distance for every runner and walker. As the sun rises, the start is underway! And when you finish then celebrate your effort and the start of Tampa Bay's running season with good food, great craft beer, and awesome music. Florida Road Races, "Where Running and Fun Meet"!
Fort De Soto Park has been named “America’s Top Beach” by TripAdvisor several times over the years citing a “spectacular combination of soft white sand, calm, clear water, and a laid-back atmosphere.”
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Running
15K
10K
5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Saint Petersburg, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:18 AM and sets at 7:29 PM local time (EDT) in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2026 — 12h 11m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Fort De Soto Oktoberfest 15K•10K•5K
697 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 15K
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth Bridgeforth | 51:35 | 5:32 /mi |
| 2 | Aaron King | 53:28 | 5:44 /mi |
| 3 | Manuel Sainz de la Pena | 56:39 | 6:05 /mi |
| 4 | Victor Sandoval | 59:37 | 6:24 /mi |
| 5 | Peyton Cauthen | 1:01:02 | 6:33 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 57 Saint Petersburg events
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