Ymca Sandbar Half Marathon / 5K
About this race
YMCA Sandbar Half Marathon & 5K
WHAT: Half Marathon & 5K (Chip Timed)
WHEN: Saturday, October 17, 2026
NEW TIME: 7:00 am Half Marathon start / 7:15 am 5K start
The Englewood YMCA will be hosting its annual Half Marathon & 5K, which will be run on Manasota Key, one of the most beautiful places in Florida. Runners will enjoy a race route without many turns and with much of the course under tree canopy (a big plus in the Florida sun). Start & finish at the South Beach Parking Lot (across from the Sandbar). Runners will make their way north on Beach Road about 6.6 miles, make a U-turn and run back south (the way they came) making their way to the finish in the north beach parking lot. Advanced registration only. There will be NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION available. Kids 14 & under: $15.00 for the 5K race (prices does not change).
Every racer will receive:
- Finisher Medals
- Race Shirts for all (while supplies last)
- Free Draft Beer (at The Sand Bar Tiki & Grille)
- Free Hot Meal (at The Sand Bar Tiki & Grille) Starting @ 8:30am
- Live Music (while waiting for awards)
- Plus, age group awards
Carpooling is recommended. The Half Marathon has a three hours' thirty min time limit which would require you to run or run/walk an average pace of just over a 16-minute/mile pace. ROAD IS OPEN TO TRAFFIC
Parking: In the beach parking area
Per USATF rules, gun time is used to determine prize money winners and time bonus recipients. Tag time (chip time) will be used to determine all age-group
Pick your distance
Running
Sandbar Half Marathon
5K Run/Walk
Plus One for the Post-Race Party
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Englewood, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:30 AM and sets at 6:59 PM local time (EDT) in Englewood on October 17, 2026 — 11h 28m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Ymca Sandbar Half Marathon / 5K
156 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Sandbar Half Marathon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell McCaffrey | 1:38:49 | 7:33 /mi |
| 2 | Noah Weaver | 1:55:19 | 8:48 /mi |
| 3 | Carolyn Edlund | 1:58:59 | 9:05 /mi |
| 4 | Robert Gyba | 1:59:26 | 9:07 /mi |
| 5 | Douglas Miller | 1:59:55 | 9:09 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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- Englewood 5K Races 7 races
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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, 7 Englewood events
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