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The Skyway 10K is set to resume next year in person. Here’s what you need to know

Metal posts are going in along the Sunshine Skyway bridge to support a fence of steel netting that’s designed to prevent suicides. Nationwide, other bridges with high numbers of suicides are also getting barriers.
Metal posts are going in along the Sunshine Skyway bridge to support a fence of steel netting that’s designed to prevent suicides. Nationwide, other bridges with high numbers of suicides are also getting barriers. Tampa Bay Times

After going to a virtual format in 2021, the fifth annual Skyway 10K is scheduled to resume in person next year.

Event organizers announced in a press release the race is slated for Sunday, March 6, 2022.

Though, the race across the Skyway Bridge in St. Petersburg, Florida, doesn’t take place for five months, registration is limited and begins soon. Starting Oct. 18, runners can register on Skyway10K.com under a lottery system. That system closes Oct. 24 at 11:59 p.m. and the lottery winners will get notified by Oct. 28, the news release said.

Participants have to arrive at Tropicana Field, home to the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays, where they’ll be transported by buses to the south end of the Skyway Bridge. Once runners complete the 10K to the north side of the bridge, they’ll board buses for transport back to Tropicana Field.

The general admission registration cost is $80 per person and is non-refundable. A VIP registration fee costs $300 per person and includes extras such as free food and drinks, VIP restrooms, a gaming area, and VIP swag at the VIP tent throughout race weekend, according to the release.

For more information, go to Skyway10K.com.

This story was originally published October 8, 2021 at 1:26 PM.

Jason Dill
Bradenton Herald
Jason Dill is a sports reporter for the Bradenton Herald. He’s won Florida Press Club awards since joining in 2010. He currently covers restaurant, development and other business stories for the Herald. 
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