Welcome to the Tidewater Striders Marathon and Half Marathon Home to one of the flattest and fastest Marathons in the country!!!!
COURSE: This is a Marathon and Half Marathon course on the closed 2-lane roadway at the Dismal Swamp Trail Park in Chesapeake. Full Marathon course will be USATF Certified course and that means it’s a Boston Qualifying race.
FLUIDS AND FOOD: There will be 4 aid stations with water for the half marathon and 9 water stations for the full.
AMENITIES & POST-RACE: Finishers receive a Medal and Premium Long Sleeve Shirt. Onsite hospitality & refreshments.
TIME LIMITS: The Full starts at 7:30 AM and The Half starts at 8:00 AM. We will have a wave start! Finish line will close at 1:30 PM. Walkers may arrange an early start or self-time after 1:30 PM.
AWARDS: Top 3 overall Male and Female and top 3 male and female in 10 year age groups will receive awards!
GOLDEN RUNNERS/STRIDERS PLUS: GR and Striders Plus discounts are not available for this race.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTS: A Club membership discount of $5.00 is available up thru April 22nd. Discounts are automatically applied on the payment page during registration. You should use the account you used to register for the club to apply for this discount. We will also attempt to match on name/date of birth.
All net proceeds go to our General Scholarship Fund.
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Virginia's best marathon for BQ
If you are aiming for BQ, this is the race to try in VA. The entire route is flat, and over 20 miles are in shade. Your performance will be … MORE
If you are aiming for BQ, this is the race to try in VA. The entire route is flat, and over 20 miles are in shade. Your performance will be least affected by the weather. It is a small race with friendly atmosphere and is very well organized. You can get to know other runners easily. You will receive an additional T-shirt if you are qualified for Boston.
Waste of Time.
I've emailed them several times because I had questions, but they NEVER ANSWER. Fine...I am not interested in this stupid race and will go elsewhere. MORE
I’ve emailed them several times because I had questions, but they NEVER ANSWER. Fine…I am not interested in this stupid race and will go elsewhere.
The main event or the Strider Weekend
This was the main event to the Tidewater Striders Spring Festival. its a 6.55mi down and back, if you did the Marathon it was 2 laps of the down and … MORE
This was the main event to the Tidewater Striders Spring Festival. its a 6.55mi down and back, if you did the Marathon it was 2 laps of the down and back. It was very well organized. The SWAG was nice, as you got a technical event shirt, and medal. If you won overall, masters, or age division by 10s you got awards as well. If you ran the Marathon and you Boston Qualified you got another award as well. Its a nice and easy flat course but if you need a crowd for motivation this is not the one as there are not many spectators on the course.