Event Description
[After you ate too much on Thanksgiving Thursday and spent too much on Black Friday, why not balance all that out with something GOOD ... for your BODY... AND for your WALLET: run or walk a 5K! But not just ANY 5K - a FREE TIMED 5K. Burn off some of those calories and spend NOTHING (you also GET NOTHING - other than the satisfaction of participating)! This is the ONLY local timed 5K race on the last Saturday of November. But wait, there is more: you can make it a double-header with another FREE timed 5K - Ed Austin Regional parkrun (not considered a "race" as such, but pretty much the same thing)! Show up early for parkrun (run starts at 07:30am) near the JaxPAL Building in Ed Austin Regional Park, finish that 5K, and then swiftly head over to the other side near the Monument Skatepark for a 09:09am start for the Guilty Conscience 5K - perfect timing for all paces including walkers, and pretty much in the same place! Bring the family - they will probably be going stir crazy at home by then anyway! Of course you don't have to do BOTH, each one is also a stand-alone event. So no pressure and no guilt - just a good time with friends. See you in the park!]
Link to Ed Austin Regional parkrun: https://www.parkrun.us/edaustinregional/ (please be sure to register on the parkrun site if you plan to participate in parkrun and register HERE: https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/?raceId=174239 (on THIS very site) for the Get Nothing 5K #007 - Guilty Conscience 5K. Call or text 904-707-7002 with any questions.
GET NOTHING 5K offers NO swag bags, NO medals, and absolutely NO shirts - just the pure, unadulterated joy of running together. Experience the exhilaration of crossing the finish line and getting NOTHING: no cheaply made medal to gather dust, no poorly designed t-shirt to stuff in your already overflowing drawer, no pressure to compete for age group awards - just the satisfaction of knowing you ran 5 kilometers and had FUN while doing so. Since you get NOTHING, you even need to bring your own HYDRATION. But that's okay, because you also PAID NOTHING - GET NOTHING 5K is a FREE TIMED 5K. 🤷♂️
Make it whatever YOU want it to be: you can run fast and aim for a PR if you want, but if you "win", you still get NOTHING. Run fast, or run slow - or somewhere in between. Do a tempo run, interval training, use it as a tune-up or shake-out, just get in a few miles for the day, or enjoy a leisurely jog with your running bestie. Meet new friends, catch up with old ones, encourage others along the way, maybe even inspire someone to join the fun next time.
Running together is always more fun than running alone! 😍
WALKERS are very welcome. GET NOTHING 5K is a community event meant for everyone, regardless of pace. There will be a designated "TURTLE" whose job is to bring up the rear. So unless YOU volunteer for this vital task, you will never finish last!
Since you get NOTHING to eat or drink at the finish line - no water, no chewy granola bar, not even a stinkin' banana - why not have a spontaneous social meet-up afterwards? Go for a beverage, ice cream, or some tacos with your fellow finishers. You earned it today! After all you ran 5 kilometers, by gum!
To participate: register online, check in before the start to get your bib, then wear it on your FRONT. Timing is done manually, and that's really hard to do if you hide your bib! There are no timing chips - everything is GUN TIME. That means the clock starts when the GO command is given, NOT when you cross the start line. Keep that in mind when comparing official results with your own GPS time, so no complaining later! Depending on where we run, there may or may not be toilets available nearby... so please mind your own "business" before the start.
Let's get together to RUN, and to have some FUN - see you at the start line! 🏃 🏃♀️
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN HYDRATION.
