September, peaking September. The notch is October.
Next: Saturday, September 19 — 0 days away, keyed to the published start time
This week: watch — runners into low sun at the start, short local drive makes this an easy paid gig. Leave by 7:01am.
- Where
- Lakeland, FL
- Drive
- 9 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- September
- Peak
- September
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- varies — ask the organiser, and never over a moving field
- Glass
- 24–200mm at f/4 or faster, 1/1000s, spot meter for backlit runners
From the field
5K. Gun at 7:30am, sunrise 7:16am — the field runs straight into low sun, which is the whole reason to be at the start rather than the finish. Public road race: outdoors, no ticket, no lens restriction, and a fixed point every runner passes at a known minute.