You didn’t think it was over, did you?
The jumping and waving, and glitter and costumes are finally behind us, but we’re not done yet. Not by a long shot.
It’s finally time for the Midnight Series to pick up from where it left off, and that’s exactly the kind of energy we’ll be bringing to Ariapita Avenue in the wee hours of the morning this Sunday.
The latest edition of the ongoing series is quickly establishing the admittedly unorthodox approach to road racing as the new sports counter culture in the 868.
Road races are supposed to be the stuff of polarised shades, sunscreen, and the baking sun. This time though we’ve happily traded the sunlight and heat for the amber glow of the streetlights, and runners clearly aren’t put off by the change of pace: two of the upcoming races on the calendar are already sold out.
Running aficionados across the nation are already used to the Bafa flavour. Last year they stormed Mayaro for the Coconut Run 5K, running to the tune of lapping waves and the fresh smell of the sea to fill their lungs – the excess sand, and uneven terrain when compared to the asphalt was definitely a willing trade off.
We own the night!
But the Midnight series is definitely one of the jewels in our road racing crown.
Last year’s campaign became quite the sensation on social media, as runners posted up videos of them while finishing up their race. People wanted to know if they had lost their minds, but the word quickly spread in the streets.
By the time the Starbucks Coffee Run: Defeat the Dark 5k 2025 swung by last November, the head count had swollen to epic proportions. Two thousand runners lined up at the gantry to get a taste of the action on the street, as well as a slew of the goodies afterward in athletes’ village.
And who can forget the T&T Midnight Runner (Midnight Marathon) 2025 race, that had runners grinning ear-to-ear in the pouring rain as they flashed past the finish?
This year promises more of the same for the Midnight Series, and the ball has already got rolling.
We had no time to waste kicking off the 2026 Midnight Series, and took full advantage of the Carnival season partnering with the NCC to sound the horn on our 2026 campaign at the Grand Stand in January.
The event featured everything, including double Carifta Champion at 5000m Tafari Waldron, who cruised to victory yet again making our events his stomping ground, to Moko Jumbies, to hot doubles, and a performance from “Lil Kerry” last year’s Grenada Road March winner – you name it, we had it.
Then a few hours later, in the second part of our double feature, our Midnight 10k Pop-Up ran off with runners taking a three-lap jaunt around the Queen’s Park Savannah (QPS) to satisfy their late-night fix.
On your marks, get set, go!
And there’s more where that came from.
Sunday morning the next leg of the exciting campaign starts at Ariapita Avenue, with the Trinidad and Tobago Midnight 10K Ariapita taking the race just a few blocks west from the QPS.
The race is double the distance of our typical 5Ks and most certainly double the fun. The next leg will pull up to the starter’s horn in April with the Trinidad and Tobago Midnight Half Marathon and Ekiden Relay which will run (pardon the pun) simultaneously.
And finally in May, the last two legs of the 2026 Midnight Series will bring the curtain down with the Midnight Marathon, as well another simultaneous relay to close off this year’s edition of the series.
Get your bibs ready, set your alarms accordingly, and make sure your running sneakers are in order, as the running counter culture is set to take over the streets again for 2026!
