Race for the Bays
About this race
The Race for the Bays will occur on the last day of National Estuaries Week. This is a fun way to close out a week of appreciation for our estuary and natural resources by running through Conservation Park that was created to rehydrate wetlands using the City of Panama City Beach’s reclaimed water. The City employs forestry management practices and wetland protection that will have lasting benefits to the St. Andrew Bay. Proceeds benefit the St. Andrew and St. Joseph Bays Estuary Program.
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Running
10K
5K
Fun Run/Walk
This event has been moved from previous years to allow for 5k and 10k participants time to finish their race and then join their children.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Panama City Beach, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:33 AM and sets at 6:35 PM local time (CDT) in Panama City Beach on September 26, 2026 — 12h 01m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Race for the Bays
167 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 10K, Overall Results
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell James | 44:19 | 7:08 /mi |
| 2 | Chris Mayer | 47:46 | 7:41 /mi |
| 3 | Nathanael Jarrett | 47:46 | 7:41 /mi |
| 4 | Alan Swigler | 48:21 | 7:47 /mi |
| 5 | Samantha Crucet | 50:49 | 8:11 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 19 Panama City Beach events
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