The Novant Health Wilmington NC Marathon brings you world class shopping, beautiful beaches, famous restaurants and a historic downtown waterfront. Runners will begin their journey from Wrightsville Beach and end in downtown Wilmington. Full Marathon The Full Marathon is the perfect Boston Marathon qualifying event because it’s fast, flat, and …
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The Novant Health Wilmington NC Marathon brings you world class shopping, beautiful beaches, famous restaurants and a historic downtown waterfront. Runners will begin their journey from Wrightsville Beach and end in downtown Wilmington.
Full Marathon
The Full Marathon is the perfect Boston Marathon qualifying event because it’s fast, flat, and notorious for being the backdrop for setting personal bests. The course starts in Wrightsville Beach and makes a straight shot to downtown Wilmington. The back half of the marathon is in beautiful Greenfield Lake and will finish at Riverfront Park. Runners will explore the best Wilmington, NC has to offer. Come span the Cape Fear Coast and run from destination to destination.
Half Marathon
Who wants to run from Wrightsville Beach to Downtown Wilmington? Designed to test your limits, the Half-Marathon guides runners on a fast-paced trip around Wrightsville Beach’s waterfront straight to the Cape Fear River. This run is a popular one with veterans, first-time half marathoners, and experienced runners alike. Known for the flat terrain and running 1 straight line from the Beach to Downtown Wilmington, this is a fun, fast destination to destination race.
Marathon Relay
Grab a friend (or three) and get ready to cover some ground! The Marathon Relay is the perfect opportunity to perfect your skills as a team, with flat course expanses and a route that takes each of you through an iconic part of Wilmington or the Wrightsville Beach area. The exchanges happen quickly, so make sure each runner is ready to go, right from the starting line.
The Downtown 5K
If you’re not into the long distance, the 5K is a great place to participate and enjoy the weekend experience. The 5K provides a manageable course that makes it easy to mark your progress along the way and finishes Saturday morning in the same location as the half and full marathon route. Show off all your hard work and use this mostly flat, maintained course to improve your skills as a runner.
1 Mile Glow Run
Calling all Kids! The NOVANT HEALTH Wilmington Marathon features a free kids 1 mile Glow race. Thank you Truist bank for coming on board and helping support our healthy kids initiative. We want to inspire kids to run without the cost and get kids from all backgrounds to participate. Kids will get a race t-shirt, bib, and free Waffles from Waffle House at the finish!
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Flat course
Generally a flat course with some scenery running near the water and cute neighborhoods, although areas near the end of the race were kinda bare. There was also a good … MORE
Generally a flat course with some scenery running near the water and cute neighborhoods, although areas near the end of the race were kinda bare. There was also a good amount of support along the race and the finish area was well organized.
Beautiful marathon!
The scenery was beautiful from the beach to the lake and the historic houses in between. The volunteers were amazing! The course just had a few little hills but wasn't … MORE
The scenery was beautiful from the beach to the lake and the historic houses in between. The volunteers were amazing! The course just had a few little hills but wasn’t anything too difficult. Finish line was good, especially the Nothing Bundt Cake samples!!! The t-shirt is nice but not the long sleeve tech shirt I was expecting.