About the Florida Holiday Distance Classic
The course starts and finishes at Seminole City Park, which sits in a residential part of the city and gives the race a neighborhood feel. The park handles both distances, so there is a shared start area with a post-race spread of food, soft drinks, and music waiting when you come back through.
Runners park in a large grass field lot just off the park grounds, not in the paved lot inside the park itself. Packet pickup runs the two evenings before race morning at a pair of running stores, one in Tampa and one in Saint Petersburg, with a brief race-morning window at the park as a backup.
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Finish-Time Stats
Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
13.1 Miles · 2025 results
207finishers
1:21:07winner
2:08:07median
3:49:53cutoff
Top 3: Vince Carter (1:21:07) · Phillip Harrison (1:24:33) · Shaun Young (1:27:22)
10K · 2025 results
164finishers
37:15winner
1:03:06median
2:00:33cutoff
Top 3: Jackson Dailey (37:15) · Adam Fousek (37:31) · Avery Letto (37:33)
5K · 2025 results
120finishers
17:17winner
36:30median
2:04:09cutoff
Top 3: Neal Beegle (17:17) · Matthew Dunton (18:27) · Julia Ryan (18:55)
The Florida Holiday Distance Classic has been held every year since at least 2022. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
13.1 Miles12/20/2026 07:05$75
10K12/20/2026 07:10$45
5K12/20/2026 07:15$35
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