Cary State Forest
The trail at the Cary State Forest is a meandaring trail with a boardwalk that winds and twists through a cypress swamp including a 3 mile and 9 mile loop.
Durbin Creek Peninsula Perserve Trail
Off St. Augustine Road in Bartram Park in South Jacksonville. One of the best off-road courses in the Jacksonville Area. Map shows a six mile course, but can be 7 miles with out and back section between 3 and 4 miles as shown on map. There is also a three mile loop that you can run if you go to the next right after the two mile mark.
Northbank River Walk 5K
This is a great little course along the Riverwalk starting and finishing at the Hyatt Hotel on Coastline Drive.
Festival of Lights 5K Course
The course starts in San Marco from the San Marco Square. This is one of Jacksonville most scenic 5Ks! The race is at night, so the course is lit by luminaries throughout the scenic 3.1 mile certified course!
Downtown Bridge Loop
Nice 5 mile run starting from the YMCA on Riverside Ave. Course incorporates the new Northbank Riverwalk.
Meandering 5 Mile
Starts at 1st Place Sports on Baymeadows. This is a nice loop around the San Jose Country Club.
Baymeadows 5
Starts at 1st Place Sports on Baymeadows. A 1st Place Sports standard course. Great loop!
Loop the Loop 5 mile
Starts at 1st Place Sports on Baymeadows. Nice course along Beauclerc Road and Forest Circle. Bascially an out and back with a loop in the middle section.
Canal 5 1/2 lake loop
Starts at 1st Place Sports on Baymeadows Road. This is a great run for adventure seekers. The course cuts through Tomahawk Park and then runs the canals to Skinner Park. You can also run 7 miles by extending the run north of Skinner Park along the canals.
Canal 7
Longer version of above run.
Meandering 7
Starts at 1st Place Sports on Baymeadows Road. This is a great run along San Jose Blvd. Route takes you around San Jose Country Club.
Jacksonville Marathon Course
This is a great course. 26.2 miles of beauty. Large oak, magnolia and Maple trees line this very scenic and flat course. Starts and finishes at The Bolles School.
Jacksonville Bank 1/2 Marathon Course
1/2 marathon runs with the Jacksonville Marathon course above.
Ortega River Run Course
This 5 mile course starts and finishers at St. Mark’s Episcopal on Ortega Blvd. This is a very scenic course along the banks of the Cedar River.
Perfect 10
This ten mile course starts and finishes at the Lakewood Shopping Center at the corner of San Jose Blvd and University Blvd. West. This is the site of the orginial 1st Place Sports. The Perfect 10 gots is name not for it’s beauty or terrain, but because it was measured several times. The legend goes that every time one of the 1st Place Sports team members lowered the course record in training the course would be remeasured. John Rogerson, Bill Fisher, Pete Gambel, Jerry Oldin, Bill McCormick, Doug Alred, Mike Wachholz, and George Burns ran this course at least twice a week for several years. Rogerson held the course record with a 49:35.
Subaru 1/2 Marathon Course
Starts on San Jose Blvd just south of Baymeadows Road. Great course through some of Mandarin’s most scenic roads.
Toughest 10k in Jacksonville
This trail run starts at the Roosevelt Area trail head (off of Mt Pleasant Rd.) and winds through three parks(Roosevelt Area, Spanish Pond, & Fort Caroline) and has the steepest hills, roughest trails and best natural views in Jax. You will not be able to follow it as mapped, you’ll probably get lost (temporarily), but you’ll have a great time if you enjoy this kind of running. Definitely a run for the cooler months in FL.
Loop to Loop 10 Mile
Great ten mile course from the corner of San Jose and Baymedows Road in front of Hooters. Route runs along the recreation paths on Beauclerc and Scott Mill Roads. The route does a loop around Forest Circle on the way out and then on the way back. The route also has a 1.3 mile loop on the bottom of the course. The course gots it’s name from the type of workout that 1st Place Sports teams members ran on this course. The three loops were ran at race pace while atempting to run tempo pace betweeen the loops.
Retro River Run 5K
This course starts at “The Runner” statue on Coasline Drive and follows a route through downtown that closely follows the original River Run course. The route crosses the Main and Acosta bridges and finishes at the Jacksonville Landing.
Exploration Run
5 mile loop over the Acosta and Main Street Bridge and then out and back along the Northbank Riverwalk.
Celebration 5K
Certified 5K loop starting and finishing at 1st Place Sports, 3931 Baymedows Road. This course is used for the Celebration 5K and the 5K with the Tour de Pain.
Super Sunday 5K
This is a nice training course from the JCA located at the corner of San Jose Blvd and San Clerc Roads in the Beaulcerc section of Jacksonville.