WGPAL Donut Dash 5K
About this race
This year's Donut Dash 5K will take place in beautiful and historic Downtown Winter Garden. Run or walk through the timeless neighborhoods and down by Lake Apopka!
OK, so where else can you not feel guilty about eating as many donuts as you want!?!!
Join us for this great event and support the Winter Garden Police Athletic League. The Police Athletic League provides a free 8 week summer camp for 140 underprivileged and at-risk kids. Additionally the PAL provides a Holiday Gift’s for Kids Program which supplies holiday gifts and meal vouchers to approximately 400 local in-need children who would most likely go without during the holiday season.
EAT DONUTS, RUN, EAT DONUTS, HAVE FUN!!!
Here is how it works...You can run this just like a regular 5k or you can...
EAT DONUTS!!!
Every donut eaten in one of the three “donut zones” will take 30 seconds off of your final run time. Example; eat 4 donuts and a total of 2 minutes will be taken off of your final run time. Anyone who eats 12 or more donuts will receive an additional bonus of 1 minute per donut (over 12) taken off their final run time.
“Donut zones” will be located at the 1 mile mark, 2 mile mark, and 3 mile mark of the course. All donuts must be finished in the “donut zones”.
Each adult entry comes with 1 free child’s entry into the kid’s fun-run (if you have more than 1 child they can take part also at no additional cost, after all it is just plain fun).
LIVE MUSIC, and Sponsor tents!!
All registered participants will receive a race medal. All finishers as listed below will receive an additional medal:
Medals will be provided to first and second place finishers (male and female) in all age categories. And 1st, 2nd, 3rd place male and female overall.
BEST DONUT COSTUME PRIZE!!
RACE DAY REGISTRATION available (unless sold out
Online registration is open until Friday, November 6th 11:59pm. Anyone registering after 12pm (noon) on Friday, 11/06/26, will be required to pick up their packet on Saturday morning, race day. Race day registration is available unless event is sold out.
Packet Pick-up
Friday – Nov. 6th- 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Winter Garden Police Department- 110 Henderson St., Winter Garden, FL 34787 (North Side Entrance)
Race Morning:
Saturday – November 7th
Location: Newton Park – 1 Surprise Drive Winter Garden, FL 34787
Late Registration & Packet Pick Up starts at 6:15 AM - (Must register thru Runsignup.com)
5k Start: 8:00 AM
Kids fun run: Line up approx. 9:15 AM - Race time 9:30 AM (Will take place after the main event)
Pick your distance
Running
WGPAL Donut Dash 5K Run/Walk
Eat donuts and shave seconds off of your finish time with this fun 5K event!
VIRTUAL 5K (REMOTE PARTICIPATION)
Virtual participants do not have to eat donuts while they are completing their 5K.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Winter Garden, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:42 AM and sets at 5:37 PM local time (EST) in Winter Garden on November 7, 2026 — 10h 54m of daylight.
Course
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Results — WGPAL Donut Dash 5K
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Winter Garden
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Winter Garden 5K Races 8 races
- Winter Garden Running Calendar 2026 10 races
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, 10 Winter Garden events
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