Howey-in-the-Hills Reindeer Dash 5K

Let's kick off the holiday season with our friends in the town of Howey-in-the-Hills as we run or walk the Reindeer Dash 5K on beautiful Lakeshore Blvd. The route takes runners on paved roads with a short run through Sarah Maude Mason Preserve for a little off road fun. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates and sneak peaks at the race swag.

Participant donations along with part of the proceeds from the race will go to the Howey-in-the-Hills Community Church Food Pantry. Please consider making a donation of any kind and / or brining non perishable items to packet pickup or race morning. 

What do you get with your entry? All registered participants receive a time chipped race bib, jingle bells for their shoes, a candy cane, custom high quality race shirt (register early to guarantee your size), finish line medal, post race hot cocoa if it's cold to warm you up and a free draft beer or soft drink ticket from our finish line sponsor JB Boondocks! Please refer to the flyer at the bottom of this page. The men's club  will be selling pancake breakfast to benefit local charities.

Packet Pick-up will be at Dash Sports (741 W Montrose Street,  Clermont, FL 34711) from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Friday December 8th &  7:00 AM -8:15 AM race morning in the parking lot. Registration during packet pickup day & race day will be $45. You must register on your own device, we will not have paper registration.

Race start 8:30 AM  Participants will be asked to line up practicing social distancing based on pace. Timing mats will also remain on for 10 minutes to allow for everyone to cross the mat while maintaining some distance. Times will be based on chip not gun time. 

Awards  Top finishers will be announced around 9:30 AM. Categories are top 3 Male and Female overall, First Male and Female Masters, and top 3 Male and Female in 10 year age groups, starting with 9 and under up to 70 and over.  You may log in to our results page to view the results post race as participants finish. 

Team/ Family Discount!! Bring the whole gang and take advantage of our family pricing when 4 or more members  register under the same Team / Family name. Teams of 4 or more will receive $5 off each participant. Upon creating the team, the first 3 registrants will pay full price, once the team minimum of 4 members has been reached, the previous 3 registrations will receive an automatic $5 refund. All registrations to the same team after that will already reflect the discount.

Stroller and dog restrictions: For safety reasons NO pets of any kind are allowed on the race course during the event, so please leave your pups at home.  Service dogs will be allowed and we ask that you please contact the race director ahead of time to be allowed on course. Bicycles, skateboards, or any other non-authorized motorized carts or vehicles are not allowed on the race course during the event. Please help us execute a safe race for everyone and leave your pooch and wheels off the course. Strollers, for safety, please line up at the back of the pack. Please note there's a small dirt trail section. 

Sponsorships: In order to accomplish our goals, we need your help! Do you want your business to be seen in a new light on social media? Do you need your business to be seen by more family oriented and health conscious people?  Do you like running races or want to be a part of that community? Join us!   For more information  please contact Amalie Skorman at [email protected].

Volunteer Opportunities  Volunteers are key to our participants and we couldn't do it without you. Please check the volunteer tab for more details.

ABOUT FLODASH EVENTS: FloDash Events is the dream venture of Kimberly Grogan, Amalie Skorman, and Brian Boylan. Individually the three founders have miles and miles of races and combined 50 years of racing and accomplishments in endurance sports. Separately they have been producing high quality races for a few years, so they came together with their knowledge and love of the endurance community to bring you FloDash Events.