The Woodlands Marathon is a BOSTON QUALIFIER, the fastest course in Texas on average and one of the top 25th fastest courses in the country . It qualifies close to 11% of its registered runners in the marathon for the Boston Marathon. The marathon, half marathon, 5k, 10K and 2k …
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The Woodlands Marathon is a BOSTON QUALIFIER, the fastest course in Texas on average and one of the top 25th fastest courses in the country . It qualifies close to 11% of its registered runners in the marathon for the Boston Marathon. The marathon, half marathon, 5k, 10K and 2k Fun Run traverse the streets of Town Center and the community on a pretty flat course, finishing on the scenic The Woodlands Waterway.
Friends, family and spectators line the streets at various cheer zones in the Cheer Challenge to encourage athletes along the way, and participants have the opportunity to run for charities in the Charity Challenge. To date, over $1.2 Million has been raised for and donated to charities and volunteer organizations. Come join the excitement as we welcome close to 9,000 runners.
Athlete Benefits:
- One of the fastest courses in the South
- Official Finisher’s shirt
- Official Finisher’s Certificate
- Pace Teams
- Custom bib number with name – registered by January 31
- Commemorative Finisher’s Medal
- Refueling and Gel Stops along the course
- Access to the Finish Festival with food
- Health and Fitness Expo
- Free parking in designated areas
- Photo proofs crossing the finish line
- Age group awards three deep
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Relaxing race
The organizers did a great job with this race! The communication and signage was excellent. The course itself had some rolling hills and lined with trees. Parking was a little … MORE
The organizers did a great job with this race! The communication and signage was excellent. The course itself had some rolling hills and lined with trees.
Parking was a little tricky, as there were a ton of smaller parking lots. The finish line was a lot of fun with the beautiful area surrounded by small ponds. I liked that the medal has the state of Texas on there.
I'll be back!
This was my first time running this race. The area is nice. The course is great! The one thing that wasn't so great was the parking. There parking volunteers were … MORE
This was my first time running this race. The area is nice. The course is great! The one thing that wasn’t so great was the parking. There parking volunteers were few, so it was hard to know if a lot had parking spaces available, until parking further out and passing by the empty parking spaces. Other than that, it was great. The post-race festivities were well organized and there was plenty of space; people weren’t all on top of each other. The weather beautiful! I’ll be back for 2023!
You're gonna love the course.
-A well-conducted race for Houston-area runners. -Loved the finish line swag this year! -Overall, this course is navigable & easy to run. Having a hairpin turn in a marathon course … MORE
-A well-conducted race for Houston-area runners.
-Loved the finish line swag this year!
-Overall, this course is navigable & easy to run. Having a hairpin turn in a marathon course is not ideal, but it’s also not the worst thing.
-Race day logistics and staging were smooth & optimal!
Well organized. Lots of potty/hydration
This race was super well organized with plenty of stops for water/Gatorade/gels/gummies and potties at every stop. The swag was great (finishers shirt is a moisture wicking that you'd actually … MORE
This race was super well organized with plenty of stops for water/Gatorade/gels/gummies and potties at every stop.
The swag was great (finishers shirt is a moisture wicking that you’d actually wear to run)
After was a pretty decent festival with a bouncy house for the kiddos and a free beer and food for the hungry runners
I’ll be back to see if I can improve on my first attempt!
Free Race!!
First of all, I would like to say Thank you to the race organization for a free race entry. I really enjoyed everything about this course and marathon. I especially … MORE
First of all, I would like to say Thank you to the race organization for a free race entry. I really enjoyed everything about this course and marathon. I especially liked that even though the 1/2 marathon and marathon started at the same place it was nice that the marathon and 1/2 corals were separate and we basically never saw he 1/2 marathon runners. The only this that I would change is to get a different post race beer besides Heineken and different post race food besides potato taco’s but no complaints. Great Race and Great Pacers.
25.4 miles
This race should be boycotted by all runners. Everyone was cheated since the race was unofficial at 25.4 miles. Ran numerous races and never had a screw up that these … MORE
This race should be boycotted by all runners. Everyone was cheated since the race was unofficial at 25.4 miles. Ran numerous races and never had a screw up that these race officials pulled. The race director should be fired/removed for his incompetence. They were more concerned with getting folks to sign up for next year rather than reimbursing folks for a product they did not receive.