{"id":559196,"date":"2026-02-01T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/559196\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:40:13","slug":"bitterly-cold-temps-dont-stop-runners-from-wrapping-up-donna-marathon-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/559196\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitterly cold temps don\u2019t stop runners from wrapping up DONNA Marathon Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Freezing temperatures were not going to stop dedicated Jacksonville Beach runners from completing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/31\/donna-marathon-race-day-weather-forecast-freezing-temps-and-wind-advisory-tips-for-staying-warm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/31\/donna-marathon-race-day-weather-forecast-freezing-temps-and-wind-advisory-tips-for-staying-warm\/\">19th annual DONNA Marathon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The marathon wrapped on Sunday at the Seawalk Pavilion despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/weather\/2026\/02\/01\/weather-alert-day-strong-winds-with-potential-for-record-low-temperatures-make-for-dangerously-cold-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/weather\/2026\/02\/01\/weather-alert-day-strong-winds-with-potential-for-record-low-temperatures-make-for-dangerously-cold-weather\/\">potentially record-low temperatures and strong winds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News4JAX meteorologist Katie Garner urged the community to layer up, limit time outdoors, and treat this like true winter weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Seth Butler was visibly shivering, but said he wasn\u2019t going to let the weather stop him from making it to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI got to complete the marathon,&#8221; Butler said. \u201cI did the marathon last year. I can\u2019t be the guy who didn\u2019t complete the full.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Butler said his driving force was finishing under four hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis guy is going to win it all,\u201d Seth\u2019s friend said in support of his efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The race experience brings together thousands of runners, survivors of breast cancer, families, and supporters to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s awesome, running for a cause, spreading awareness, and raising money; it\u2019s a great deal,\u201d first-time runner Conner Moore said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The race already surpassed it\u2019s $200,000 goal on Friday. All proceeds support the Donna Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. \u2013 Freezing temperatures were not going to stop dedicated Jacksonville Beach runners from completing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":559197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,718,242820,3188,723,7310,10765,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-559196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-community","tag-donna-marathon","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-beach","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115996840690448119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}