Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K Race Weekend Feb 28 - Mar 1

Friday, February 28
Taste of the Race with Chef Emeril Lagasse
Seaside Lyceum
6 – 7 p.m. Taste of the Race VIP Reception with Chef Emeril Lagasse
7 – 9 p.m. Taste of the Race General Admission

Saturday, February 29
Race Expo Seaside Lyceum
Noon – 5 p.m. Race Expo
Noon – 5 p.m. Silent Auction Expo featuring “Buy-It-Now” pricing
Noon – 5 p.m. Race Packet Pickup
Noon – 2 p.m. Live Music

Sunday, March 1
Seaside School Half Marathon and 5K Run
Seaside Amphitheater
7:00 a.m. Half Marathon starts at Seaside Town Center
7:25 a.m. 5K Race starts at Seaside Town Center
8:30 – 11:00 a.m. Post Race Party
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Silent Action Expo featuring “Buy-It-Now” pricing
9:00 a.m. 5K Awards
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Live Music
10:30 a.m. Silent Auction Final Call
10:45 a.m. Half Marathon Awards
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Live Music
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Pay and Pickup Silent Auction Items

There are many great ways to get involved and help support the annual Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K: volunteers, silent auction, and sponsorships.

Are you interested in becoming a valued sponsor of the race?
Your support means a great deal to the children of the Seaside Neighborhood School, Seacoast Collegiate High School and our community.

The Seaside School Foundation wants to offer your business the opportunity to become a sponsor in our biggest event of the year – the Annual Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K Run. Heralded as the largest outdoor sporting event in the area and one of the top-ranked road races in the Southeast United States, we expect more than 4,000 runners to participate in the race this year. In total, our race attracts about 10,000 people to the area during race weekend. Our marketing efforts reach coast to coast, and our website is seen by thousands of visitors. Stay tuned for 2020 Race Weekend sponsorship opportunities!!

Scheduled for February 28th through March 1st, 2020, the Seaside® School Race Weekend is a 3-day event featuring local coastal cuisine, plenty of fun and the race which starts and finishes in the colorful neighborhood of Seaside, FL. Start planning your trip to South Walton!

Registration is open! www.runseasidefl.com



Whether you are a serious distance racer or a casual weekend runner, come join the fun and run in the 18th Annual Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K. If you’ve ever seen the Jim Carrey film, The Truman Show, then you have an idea of the kind of beautiful coastal architecture that you’ll find along the route at the annual race. The course takes runners on a long, straightaway-style out-and-back course along Highway 30A through several beach towns that stretch along Florida’s Gulf coast.

Every year, the gap between The Seaside School standard of excellence and the funding provided by the state seems to grow more and more. There are either funding cuts or we simply want more for the students. In any case, the shortfall is significant each year. Whether you’re a runner, sponsor, or enjoying the Taste of the Race, please know that your support is needed and appreciated. Your participation reduces class size. Your participation provides middle school and high school students the opportunity to participate in elective classes for gardening, music, art, an award winning robotics program, advanced placement classes as well as career-readiness industry certification courses. Great things are happening at the Seaside School… thanks to you!



Race Day | Sunday March 1, 2019
Course Descriptions

Half Marathon: The course is fast and mostly flat. The race is USATF certified, and will start and finish in downtown Seaside. From Seaside, the racers will run West along scenic Highway 30A, past the beach towns of Watercolor, Grayton, Blue Mountain Beach, and Santa Rosa Beach, with the halfway point and turnaround at Gulf Place. Please use caution throughout the race course. Volunteers and police will monitor the cross traffic at all intersections, as much as possible. Volunteers and community groups will line the race course to cheer you on and provide entertainment.

5K: The course is fast and flat. The race will start and finish in downtown Seaside. Please use caution throughout the race course. Volunteers and police will monitor the cross traffic at all intersections, as much as possible. Volunteers and community groups will line the race course to cheer you on and provide entertainment.

Course Map:
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Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K Race Weekend takes place Feb 28 through Mar 1. The largest outdoor sporting event in the area and one of the top-ranked road races in the Southeast US with more than 4,000 runners.

Race weekend is packed with lots of fun activities including the Taste of the Race event on Friday, Race Expo on Saturday, and Race Day on Sunday.

Taste of the Race tickets, race registration, sponsorships, race gear and information: runseasidefl.com

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The Seaside Half Marathon & 5K has an online store this year where you can purchase run gear and fun Billy Gaffrey art items



Get your Seaside School—Billie Gaffrey gear Here: https://www.runseasideflstore.com/

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Saturday, February 29th (Leap Day!) - Race Expo
Seaside Lyceum | 12-6pm

The Race Expo is always a fun filled day in Seaside, Florida where everyone is welcome to come out to pick up a race tshirt, listen to some music and spend time with friends, bid on auction items and enjoy a beautiful day all around town.

The Race Expo is free to attend and open to the general public from 12:00 to 6:00 PM at the Seaside® Lyceum. This is the time for race participants pick up their registration packets and highly sought after commemorative race shirt. As all of the weekend’s events are uniquely Seaside®, this is no ordinary packet pick-up party. Local and national vendors at the Expo will offer a wide variety of equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories for runners in addition to specialty items that anyone would enjoy.

The Silent Auction continues during the day with plenty of opportunity to bid up your favorite items including local vacation packages, one-of-a-kind artwork from South Walton artists and rare merchandise that can’t be found anywhere else. Like all events that are a part of the 2020 Seaside® School Race Weekend, the Race Expo takes place in the heart of Seaside® with its dozens of shops, restaurants, art galleries and sweeping views of the Gulf of Mexico making it the perfect precursor to the weekend’s main event.



Meet & Greet with Tom Glavine
Break out your Braves cap, perfect your Tomahawk Chop and join us at the 2020 Race Expo for a Meet and Greet with 30A local, Tom Glavine. A pitcher, Glavine played Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. He was the MVP of the 1995 World Series when the Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians.

Tom will be taking photos and signing autographs during the 18th Annual Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K Race Expo for a suggested $20 donation. All donations will go directly to support the Seaside School Foundation and their mission to further excellence through education at the Seaside Neighborhood School and Seacoast Collegiate High School.

Photos will be available at the Epic Photo Co. booth, but guests are welcome to bring in baseballs or other memorabilia to sign. (Limit one per $20 donation.)