Tampa Bay 100 Mile
Schedule
Sat Nov 04 2023 at 05:00 am
Location
2612 N 17th St, Tampa, FL 33605 | Tampa, FL
The first-ever Tampa Bay 100 set for November 4th, 2023! This a rare point-to-point ultramarathon opportunity, starting in Ybor and heading through Tampa out to Clearwater and ending in St. Petersburg jam packed full of best known and lesser-known sights to see in the Tampa Bay. It’s essentially the best foot tour of the Tampa Bay. You'll be seeing the various murals, artworks, monuments, bridges, verdant parks, piers, historic buildings, and the beautiful skyline of skyscrapers as you make your way through Tampa into Clearwater and ending in St. Petersburg.
This is flat course, with some bridges for hills, and is an excellent choice for your first 100 or to tour the Tampa Bay!
Start: Ybor Misfits Microsanctuary
2612 N 17th St, Tampa, FL 33605
Start Time: 5am
Bib Pick-Up: Starts at 4:20am
Finish: Near the 11th Ave Pier at Vinoy Park! (It's the small one by the Beach Volleyball Courts)
Address: 1201 N Shore Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Cutoff: 36.5 Hours
Now let me tell ya about this course, first and foremost, Laura Bradley is the brain child to this. She knows all of the best places to see that you, or never knew existed.
Kicking off in the heart of Ybor City, Tampa, you all will be taken on the ultimate tour of Tampa Bay for 100 miles jam packed with the best sights in Tampa, Clearwater, and St Petersburg. The route itself begins with ~20 miles all around downtown Tampa and its surrounding neighborhoods, bringing you all by the best sights in the city such as the Tampa Theatre, Tampa Postcard, Bayshore Blvd, Riverwalk, 100s of murals in The Heights and through the city, Jose Marti Park (owned by Cuba / Cuban land in Ybor), Perry Harvey Park, Davis and Harbour Islands, Hyde Park, and Cypress Point!
From here you will hit our first dedicated aid station on the causeway before you run across beautiful Tampa Bay. Cutting over into Safety Harbor which combines beautiful bay views, a quaint downtown and the legendary Tocobaga Indian Mounds that protect us from hurricanes every year (Yes! Its legend is mostly real!).
The route then takes you into Dunedin where there will be plenty of food options for runners and crew members, as well as the point where we pick up the Pinellas Trail briefly. The run then cuts down to the water, into downtown Clearwater, over the bridge into Clearwater beach (and if you timed it right, you’re here in time for a grouper sandwich and sunset). This is also the location for dedicated aid station #2 and #3.
From here you have a 20 mile straight shot down to St Pete Beach, crossing the stunning sand key bridge and then passing through beach towns such as Madeira Beach, Reddington Shores, Treasure Island and John’s Pass, to name a few.
The last section takes you back over the water and over into Gulfport to pass by the old Casino and cute shops and restaurants throughout this trendy, “hipster”, town (think “keep Gulfport Weird”). You’ll have an aid station in Gulf Port!
From there you will hit the PT again into downtown St Pete, at which point the St Pete portion of the 100-mile tour begins.
If you like murals, sports, piers and beautiful views, you’re definitely going to enjoy downtown St Pete! You will explore everywhere from the Dali Museum down to old Northeast and Coffeepot Bayou, which if you’re not familiar this is essentially St. Pete’s Bayshore. It’s where races of any distance are run (like the St Pete RunFest).
As for murals, you will see hundreds of murals running around downtown St Pete- there’s a reason this town is known on a global scale for their murals. Lastly for sports fans, you will go by the trop, Al Lang Stadium (Home of the Tampa Bay Rowdies), the “Lionheart” Dedication (Grand Prix Race) and even a plaque dedicated to Ondoro Osoro of Kenya. He set the 10-Mile World Record at the 1997 Southtrust Running Festival with a time of 45 Minutes and 37 Seconds.
The last part of the tour takes you down for a loop around the pier and back before ending in Vinoy Park. The pier of course has plenty of history along the way such as history on the many piers that it once was (million dollar pier, inverted pyramid pier)- there’s even a spot where you can still see the original pilons from the million dollar pier. And of course there is a statue of the Benoist plane in honor of Tony Jannus.
Once you leave the Pier Loop... you'll be heading into Vinnoy Park where you end at the 11th Ave Pier near the Beach Volleyball Courts! It's a nice little "beach" at the finish!!!
Where is it happening?
2612 N 17th St, Tampa, FL 33605, United States