The 31st Annual Gate River Run promises to be the biggest and best ever. Last year over 17,000 runners and walkers participated in one of the three featured events. The 15K is the main event with over 13,100 runners and walkers. The Gate River Run experienced tremendous growth in 2007 and climbed to the position of the largest 15K in the United States. The other featured events are the Florida Times-Union 5K for Charity and the adidas Junior River Run. Both of these events had over 2,000 participants last year.

The Gate River Run has all the ingreidents of a great running event. The course starts at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, runs through the heart of downtown Jacksonville where the race crosses the St. Johns River over the Main Street Bridge, then runs through historic San Marco, down Atlantic Blvd to the beautifuland scenic St. Nicolas area, and then crosses the river for the second time over the green monster, the Hart Bridge, to finish back at the stadium.

Live bands perform at ten different locations on the course to keep you pumped up through-out the race, waters stations are located at every mile, medical stations can be found at several points along the course, and thousands..... Read More