Hatfield and McCoy Blackberry Mountain Half Marathon

Be ready for a run through the hills and hollows of eastern Kentucky at the Hatfield-McCoy Marathon & Half Marathons — the event begins with a shotgun start at 7:00 AM at the Food City grocery store in the eastern Kentucky town of Goody, near South Williamson.

The first half is called the Blackberry Half Marathon, and follows a point-to-point route that starts with the full marathon in Goody, near the Food City grocery.

From there, runners follow Highway 119 south through the town of Toler, after which the course takes runners through the coal camps of Goody, and through the real “Hatfield-McCoy” feud country — past the homestead of Randolph McCoy and the gravesite of many of his relatives.

After the run through Toler, the race leads participants past the foot of Blackberry Mountain, near the home site of Rev. Anderson Hatfield, where much of the origin and legends of the feud got their start.

The half and full marathon participants run the same course along Route 1056, to the Tug River, where runners will cross the bridge at Buskirk, Kentucky, into the historic village of Matewan. Here, the half marathon runners cross the finish line.