Community First Thanksgiving Distance Classic

Race starts and finishes at Town Hall Park

1st Place Sports Grand Prix race

Registration Options - Online registration closes at 12:00 pm on Thursday, May 21st.

Register at any one of the 1st Place Sports stores thru Friday, May 22nd at 9:00 am or at the Baymeadows store only Friday May 22nd and Saturday, May 23th.

OR

Register on race day starting at 6:30am.

No registration or packet pickup on Sunday, May 24th.

Packet pickup will be held at:

1st Place Sports:

Baymeadows Store - 3931 Baymeadows - Jacksonville, Fl. 32217

San Marco - 2018 San Marco Blvd. - Jacksonville, Fl. 32207

Jacksonville Beach - 424 S. 3^rd Street - Jacksonville Beach, Fl. 32250

CR210 Store - 2220 CR 210 West - St. Johns, Fl. 32259

Friday and Saturday, from 10am to 6pm, or at the race site on Monday, starting at 6:30 am. If you register after noon Thursday, then your packet pickup option is either the Baymeadows store on Saturday, or at the race Monday morning.

Awards - The Awards Ceremony will start at 9:15 am. Results will be available on the 1st Place Sports website. Runners can also check with volunteers at the Awards table to see if they placed. Overall winners and top 3 places in each division.

Refreshments - There will be a water stop on the course about half way out, and there will also be refreshments after the race.

Finisher medals for all participants.

Free 1 Mile Fun Run starts at 9:15. Sign up on race morning only.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FAMILY MEMBER RACE REGISTRATIONS For Strider Family Memberships, every family member who is going to register for our races MUST HAVE THEIR OWN PROFILE. This is the way to register spouses and children correctly and get our Club race discount rate. Here is how to do it. One adult in the family is the Family Head. When this person logs in to our website and looks at their profile, they will have an ADD MEMBER button on the upper right of the profile. They will give each family member their own username and password and complete the form. After doing this, proceed to race registration for each family member. If the Family Head has never logged in to our website, they can click Forgot Password and follow the instructions NOTE- This action is not required to register in our Free Fun Runs. Those registrations take place on race day.

We can't thank all of our Partners enough! We couldn't do this without their support!

1st Place Sports Running Club

The 1st Place Sports Running Club, formerly the Distance Project, is a free running club in Jacksonville, Florida. Club members enjoy discounts at 1st Place Sports Running, weekly group runs, a monthly Sunday long run, and many other club perks. Members must register annually in order to receive club perks. An additional membership to JTC Running ($20 a year) is strongly encouraged for the use of the Bolles track on Wednesday mornings or evenings. Long run routes and upcoming events will be posted on our private Facebook Page-1st Place Sports Running Club. Once you register here, please request to join the club page.

Membership Perks

Monday Night San Marco Group Run 6:30pm

Tuesday Night Wicked Barley Brewing Run 6:30pm

Wednesday Night 210 Group Run 6:30pm

Once a month Sunday long run rotating from 210 and San Marco 6:30am-byo hydration

Occasional Week Night Socials at Breweries

Club tents at 1^st Place Sports Races (around 14 races a year)

10% off in store on regularly priced items. Excludes electronics. Discounts cannot be stacked.

Access to Runner Nutrition Made Easy Facebook group led by Raymond Colon

Join our Facebook page here.

We ask that club members are good ambassadors for 1st Place Sports. We strive to better the Jacksonville running community through positivity and inclusivity.

Monday, September 7, 2026

5K at 7:30 AM | 1 Mile at 8:30 AM

Join us on Labor Day for this end of summer celebration. This run features moisture wicking tank tops or shirts to all participants, custom designed medals to all 5K finishers and 1st Place Sports fun run medals to all mile finishers. After the race, stick around and enjoy the post-race activities. Post-race food will also include bananas and electrolyte popsicles. Prize money to top finishers and three deep age-group awards for each 5 year category.