{"id":39439,"date":"2023-11-27T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=39439"},"modified":"2023-11-27T13:07:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:07:33","slug":"holly-jolly-jingle-bell-jog-lakelands-festive-5k-race-along-three-parks-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/11\/27\/holly-jolly-jingle-bell-jog-lakelands-festive-5k-race-along-three-parks-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"HOLLY JOLLY JINGLE BELL JOG LAKELAND\u2019S FESTIVE 5K RACE ALONG THREE PARKS TRAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Lakeland is hosting the 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Annual Holly Jolly Jingle Bell Jog on Saturday, December 16, 2023.&nbsp; This festive 5K race takes place along Three Parks&nbsp;Trail with a&nbsp;7:30 a.m. start on Buckingham Avenue.&nbsp;Runners and spectators are encouraged to wear their most festive holiday gear for this timed and chipped race.&nbsp; The race starts and ends at Cleveland Heights Golf Course (2900 Buckingham Avenue) with runners jingling and jogging along the race route. The cost of the race is $35 with proceeds benefitting the perpetual care fund for Three Parks Trail through the Givewell Community Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39440\" style=\"width:487px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?w=2220&amp;ssl=1 2220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/23-Holly-Jolly-Jingle-Bell-Jog_Social-03.png?w=3330&amp;ssl=1 3330w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director of Parks &amp; Recreation Bob Donahay said, \u201cThis race is a great time to celebrate our public spaces and promote holiday cheer.\u00a0 Participants are encouraged to dress in their\u00a0<em>holly-est, jolly-est<\/em>\u00a0attire. Over the years we have seen some awesome costumes ranging from discarded chairs from the Lakeland Christmas Parade to every holiday icon you can imagine, and a few years ago one runner even completed the 5K race in those curly toe-elf shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants will receive an awesome race shirt along with a finisher ornament.\u00a0After crossing the finish line participants head over to Santa\u2019s Village for goodies, awards, and photos with the big guy himself!\u00a0There is even a 200-yard Reindeer Dash for our smallest participants under nine years old\u00a0and registration is only $10. All\u00a0participants\u00a0are encouraged to share their photos and experiences on social media. Be sure to tag @Lakelandgov.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Packet pickup will take place on Friday, December 15<sup>th<\/sup>, between 4:00 p.m.\u00a0to 6:30\u00a0p.m. at Cleveland Heights Golf Course. Race day pickup will begin at 6:30 a.m. in front of the Cleveland Heights Golf Course pro shop. Awards will be given to: Overall Male and Female, Overall Masters (40+) Male and Female, and the top three Male and Female winners in the age group categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration is now open through December 13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and follow the City of Lakeland\u2019s social media accounts @lakelandgov on all platforms for discount codes.&nbsp;&nbsp; To find out more information and to register for the event, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbjog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JBjog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Lakeland is hosting the 9th&nbsp;Annual Holly Jolly Jingle Bell Jog on Saturday, December 16, 2023.&nbsp; This festive 5K race takes place along Three Parks&nbsp;Trail with a&nbsp;7:30 a.m.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[6865],"class_list":["post-39439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-holly-jolly-jingle-bell-jog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}