The CUIMC Team Relay Marathon is a relay race event for teams of 4-8 runners. Runners take turns to run a combined 26.2 miles on The Armory’s world-class, 200-meter indoor track. That’s 211 laps in total!
The 2026 Team Relay Marathon is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22nd through Saturday, April 25th. Your team will choose one time slot within the 4-day period: 2:00 PM or 6:00 PM (sold out) on Wednesday, 2:00 PM or 6:00 PM (sold out) on Thursday, 2:00 PM or 6:00 PM on Friday, or 8:00 AM or 12:00 PM on Saturday.
NOTE: If your team expects to take longer than four hours to complete the event, we recommend that you register for the later session on either day. This will help ensure that every team is able to finish 26.2 miles while keeping the event on schedule.
Relay teams may have a maximum of 8 runners. No one-person teams are permitted, and we recommend at least four runners to maximize the fun!
Yes! In fact, our recommendation is to sign up as a team captain for your desired time slot (before it fills up), then use the time leading up to race day to find teammates. Then, they can register as your team members.
Each team consists of a captain and team members. The first person to register is the captain. On our registration page, the captain selects the day/time the team will run. The captain follows the registration instructions to create a new team…with a team name! Finally, the captain selects a division for the team. (Divisions include Financial Services, Law Firm/Professional Services, Medical & Healthcare, Media, Athletic Club, College/University/School, and Open. Open is other or a combination of the aforementioned divisions.) Your race division will help us rank your team’s results among other teams similar to yours.
Runners looking to join a team should ask the team captain to share the team name they registered. Then, runners should sign up on the registration page and follow directions to join an existing team. When they enter the name of the team they would like to join, it should appear, and that should be the selection.
The list of all registered athletes and teams can be viewed HERE. If your organization has multiple teams registered, and you would like to move runners from one team to another, please contact owen@armorytrack.org.
Yes. Any mix of genders may run as a co-ed team. To be eligible for awards, each gender must complete a minimum of 100 laps (of the 211 laps total). If rankings don’t matter to your team, feel free to divide the mileage as you wish!
Registration supports The Armory Foundation’s Armory College Prep programming. The cost to register is $150 per person, plus a processing fee for online payments, and it will increase to $175 on April 1st. Be sure to register early before prices increase!
Yes. All members of the team must be registered as part of a team before race day.
Individual runners are not eligible to run the Team Relay Marathon.
Yes! Spectators are more than welcome, and there is no admission fee. Spectators wishing to partake in the post-race buffet and open bar may do so for $50, more info to come.
All team members must arrive no later than 30 minutes before the start of your race. When you check in, you will receive a packet that contains bib numbers for your team. At check-in, teams may also pick up their participation t-shirts. Race bibs should be pinned to the front of your racing shirt.
Teams can keep their items that are not in use on any of our bleachers on the 3rd and 4th floors of the track arena.
One member from each team will start the run, and substitutes may enter the track at the completion of any lap. Each runner can take 3 turns on the track during the marathon. That is, after they first step off, they are allowed to complete their mileage by stepping back on the track up to 2 more times.
No. You can run as many laps as you wish, tag a teammate, and come off the track. After stepping off the track once, you may re-enter the oval up to 2 more times to complete your mileage. For the highest fun quotient, we recommend devising a plan so that each team member runs 3 times and can catch their breath before their next “shift”…while cheering teammates on!
You can exit the track and exchange the with another teammate inside the marked exchange zone at the finish line. If this sounds like “track talk,” don’t worry: we will explain and demonstrate this before the start of your run.
Scoreboards around the arena will count down (and up) the number of remaining laps.
Runners are prohibited from wearing any headphones for safety purposes. (Don’t worry; we will provide the soundtrack! Feel free to send us your musical requests ahead of time.)
First, you will be congratulated for completing the Team Relay Marathon! That’s no easy feat. You will pick up your medal and prize, then pose for a photo with your teammates in front of our screens that will have your team name and official time. You may want to stick around for a brief team interview. Most importantly, there will be replenishments and libations to recover and celebrate.
