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Shark Bite Half Marathon & 5k
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Shark Bite Half Marathon & 5k

New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States View on map
Jan 16, 2027 – Jan 17, 2027 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

WWW.SHARKBITEHALF.COM

  11th Annual Shark Bite Half Weekend When
The Feeding Frenzy 5k (NOW SATURDAY MORNING 8:00 AM) Saturday, January 17, 2026
Shark Bite Half & 5k Sunday, January 18, 2026   Where
New Smyrna Beach, Florida (Shark Bite Capital of the World) The Challenges

Half Marathon Challenge - Saturday Feeding Frenzy 5k + Sunday Shark Bite Half

5k Challenge - Saturday Feeding Frenzy 5k + Sunday Shark Bite 5k

For more info

Schedule of Events:
  • Saturday 6:30 am - 12 (noon) - Shark Bite Expo - Packet Pick Up
  • Saturday Morning (8 am) - Feeding Frenzy 5k
  • Sunday 7:30 am - Shark Bite Half
  • Sunday 7:40 am - Shark Bite 5k
Entry Fees

See Runners Info Page

Packet Pickup Locations

See Runners Info Page

RACE PREMIUMS

Best FINISHER MEDALS (Half & 5k) Super Soft Blended T-Shirt (Saturday & Sunday shirts are different)
Unique Custom Awards

New This Year Top 10% Finisher Hats for Feeding Frenzy 5k
Top 10% Finisher Hats per gender (half only)
Instant Results: Texted or Emailed
Best DJ: Race DJ
FREE Photos - Almost There Photography
FREE Beer to all of age Finishers - ( Sunday Events)
Post Race Food including Pizza - Flagler Avenue Pizza (Sunday Events)
FREE Kids Run to follow race (Sunday)
Certified Race Course (Half Only)
Pace Teams (Half Only)

Awards

Both 5ks

  • 9 & Under
  • 10 - 14
  • 15 - 19
  • 20 - 24
  • 25 - 29
  • 30 - 34
  • 35 - 39
  • 40 - 44
  • 45 - 49
  • 50 - 54
  • 55 - 59
  • 60 - 64
  • 65 - 69
  • 70 - 74
  • 75 - 79
  • 80 +

Half Marathon

  • 14 & Under
  • 15 - 19
  • 20 - 24
  • 25 - 29
  • 30 - 34
  • 35 - 39
  • 40 - 44
  • 45 - 49
  • 50 - 54
  • 55 - 59
  • 60 - 64
  • 65 - 69
  • 70 - 74
  • 75 - 79
  • 80 +

Race Contact Information
Joe Matuszczak
P: (352) 215-3134
E: RedPointerProductions@gmail.com

Pick your distance

Running

Half Marathon Challenge

This Challenge is made up of: Saturday's The Feeding Frenzy 5k Sunday's Shark Bite Half Marathon Participants will receive Finisher Medals for each race, plus Half Challenge Medal

Jan 16, 2027 26.1K 8:00 AM
$115.00
Open

5k Challenge

This Challenge is made up of: Saturday's The Feeding Frenzy 5k Sunday's Shark Bite 5k Participants will receive Finisher Medals for each race, plus 5k Challenge Medal. So 3 Amazing Medals

Jan 16, 2027 10K 8:00 AM
$79.00
Open

Feeding Frenzy 5k (Sat.)

Saturday morning 5k. Kicks off race weekend and both challenges as well.

Jan 16, 2027 5K 8:00 AM
$40.00
Open

Shark Bite Half (Sunday)

Top 10 % of Male & Female Finishers in the Half Marathon will receive a Custom Top Finisher Hat. This is 10% per gender. Last year the women dominated with 80 hats to the mens 40.

Jan 16, 2027 Half-Marathon 7:30 AM
$84.00
Open

Shark Bite 5k (Sunday)

This is our Classic 5k that takes place Sunday along side the Premier Shark Bite Half Marathon. Like always, these finishers will receive the highly sought after Shark Bite Finisher Medal (same as Half).

Jan 16, 2027 5K 7:40 AM
$40.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 11 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New Smyrna Beach, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 11.5° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 19.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 9.9° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 19.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
20.0
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.0mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
75.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on January 16, 2027 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on January 16, 2027 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
10h 30m

The sun rises at 7:18 AM and sets at 5:48 PM local time (EST) in New Smyrna Beach on January 16, 2027 — 10h 30m of daylight.

Course

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  • 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)
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