Scrub Jay Races

Name: Scrub Jay Races
Start: 2026-01-24T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-24T23:59:00-05:00
Location: Osprey Fishing Pier

Schedule

Sat Jan 24 2026 at 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Osprey Fishing Pier | Osprey, FL

Join us for the 26th annual 5K and Scramble 10K.
The 5K and 10K utilize different starts and courses! Everything pre-and post-race is in the vicinity of the Nature Center at Lake Osprey: parking, packet pick up, starts, finish and post race.
The Scrub Jay 5K is a more road-runner-friendly course but there is still the beauty and nature of Oscar Scherer Park. While the 5K is on mostly prepared or hard packed surfaces, there are still some tree roots and a section on the trails with a little stretch in "sugar sand." You will begin near the Nature Center and travel the length of the main entrance road just about to the entrance before turning onto the Lester Finley Trail and South Creek Nature Trail on mostly prepared-surface park trails including crushed shell and paver paths then onto earthen trails for the last 3/4 mile with only a small sandy area.
The Scrub Jay Scramble 10K is a challenging, technical trail course on the trails, sugar-sand included, with some ups and downs using recently create…