Double Bridge Run Training Program By: Fleet Feet Pensacola

The Pensacola Seafood Don McCloskey 5K, hosted by the Pensacola Runners Association, is a flat, fast 5K course through downtown Pensacola.

Don't miss this opportunity to kick off your fall racing!

Some of the many reasons to run the 2025 Seafood Don McCloskey 5k are

• An incredibly fast, flat and scenic 5k race through Downtown Pensacola starting and finishing in front of Seville Quarter

• Awesome participant short sleeve, fully sublimated shirts

• One of the most amazing and fun after parties in town with delicious food and beverages offered after the race

• a great opportunity to help the PRA to give back to our running community

This course was designed by locals to highlight the beauty of Pensacola and to give participants an event that they will love. The Pensacola Half Marathon starts at our Maritime park inside the Blue Wahoos stadium overlooking Pensacola Bay. You will loop through the historic North Hill community just before crossing the Bayou Chico bridge capturing marina views of both Bayou Chico and Pensacola bay. Next, the course takes you to Pensacola’s downtown through our Historic District before returning you back to Maritime Park. The Pensacola Half Marathon is a true gem for the Southeast Running community and a MUST DO event for Columbus Day weekend.

Location: The race starts and finishes inside the Wahoo’s Stadium Maritime Park 301 W Main St Pensacola, FL 32502

Course Time Limit: There is a 4 hour course limit to complete the half marathon race (~18:00/mile pace). If you are unable to continue at this pace you will be helped into the SAG wagon and will be transported to the finish line.

Packet Pick-Up & Late Registration

Saturday, October 10th

Location: Running Wild

3012 E Cervantes Street, Pensacola, FL 32501

Time: 1pm – 4pm

Sunday, October 11th

Location: Start Line Community Maritime Park

Time: 5:30am – 6:30am

Parking: Please park in Wahoo’s Stadium Parking Lot at Maritime Park, 301 W Main St, Pensacola, FL 32502 there will be plenty of parking. There will be NO Gear check in, since parking is adjacent to race start.

The Chappie James Bridge Run (formerly known as the Bridge to Bridge 5K) will start at the base of the 3 mile Bay Bridge on the Pensacola side and will run over the Bay Bridge into Gulf Breeze, finishing at The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge. A LOCAL’S “MUST DO EVENT!” RUN OVER THE 3-MILE BAY BRIDGE and see why the party was voted the “Best Post Race Party”! There will be music, refreshments, plus a beautiful view! Buses will transport runners post-race from Gulf Breeze back to Pensacola.

Finisher medals for everybody!

GIVING BACK

The Chappie James Bridge Run is proud to partner with the Gulf Breeze Rotary Club as our official charity. A portion of every entry will go back to the club to help support their local scholarship foundation.

Start

This race starts at the base of the 3-mile Pensacola Bay Bridge on the Pensacola side.

Start time is 7:30 AM; We will begin walking to the start line at 7:15 AM. All registrants must be checked in no later than 7:15AM.

Finish

Finish line is at the other end of the bridge in Gulf Breeze, right next to The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge

Awards

Overall Top Male and Female

Overall Masters Male and Female

Overall Grandmasters Male and Female

Top 3 in each Age Group for Male and Female

Top 3 Male and Female Walkers

Party

After the race party at The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge! There will be food, refreshments, live music and a beautiful view! Buses will transport runners post-race from Gulf Breeze back to Pensacola.* Note: The LAST bus will leave Gulf Breeze at 10 am.

Parking

Parking is available on side streets in East Hill Area.

Packet Pickup

Packet Pick-Up & Late Registration

Friday, October 16th

Location: Running Wild 3012 E Cervantes Street, Pensacola, FL 32501

Time: 3p – 6p

Saturday, October 17th (Race Day)

Location: Visitor Welcome Center 1401 E Gregory St, Pensacola, FL 32502

Time: 6a – 7a Race Start 7:30 AM

*Must have ID to pickup packet.

A History of the MCL/TEL Semper Fi 5K Charity Run for Children

The origin of the run was as a fundraiser for the children and families of the Marines and Sailors who had perished in the Marine Barracks Beirut, Lebanon terrorist bombing attack on October 23, 1983. Marine 1stLt Chris Holzworth, having recently reported to the Marine Air Training and Support Group-21 (MATSG-21), Naval Air Station Pensacola, for flight training, presented the idea for the charity run to the Commanding

Officer, Colonel Robert “Bull” Bland, USMC. MATSG-21 adopted the idea and became the first sponsor of the event, initially named The Beirut Relief 10K Run. Colonel Bland assigned 1st Lt Chris Holzworth, who had initiated the idea, as the first Race Director.

NAS Pensacola hosted the first run on Armed Forces Day in May 1984 with Brigadier General Joseph Hoar, USMC representing Headquarters Marine Corps and receiving the proceeds of the race. Over 500 military and civilian runners participated in that first event which contributed over $4,000 for a Marine Corps Scholarship Fund established for the children of the families who had lost loved ones in the Beirut attack. The race continued for several years to be sponsored and executed by MATSG-21 with all proceeds going to the scholarship fund. Eventually, the command shifted the race proceeds to Non-Profit Children’s Organizations of the Greater Pensacola area in keeping with “the tradition of giving to the children.” Each year Semper Fi 5K runners are joined by local active-duty military units, such as MATSG-21/23, several Naval Aviation training squadrons, and local high school JROTC units who run the event in formation.

In 2014, because the military was heavily engaged in the Global War on Terror (GWOT), leadership for the race changed to the Marine Corps League (MCL), Cpl J. R. Spears Detachment 066. At the same time.

The race starts and finishes at Seville Quarter in Downtown Pensacola.

Packet Pickup/Late Registration

Friday November 6th | 3pm-6pm

Running Wild

3012 E Cervantes St

Pensacola, FL 32503

Saturday November 7th Race Day 6:30 am-7:30 am

Seville Quarter