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Historic Drawbridge Running Festival

November 16, 2024 St Michaels, MD 21663 US

Time To Play!

PRICING (all fees included):

 

MARATHON - $91.60 

HALF MARATHON - $75.70

5K - $33.30

Information

NEW this year, we are expanding to a full blown running festival with the addition of a Marathon (Share the first 10.5 miles of the half marathon course) and a 5k (out and back from the finish line). Be sure to check out all of the options available. 

ALL COURSES WILL BE USATF CERTIFIED COURSES!!!

Have trouble with course maps? Afraid of missing turns? Looking to set your PR with an all-out effort? Have we got the race for you!!!

The Historic Drawbridge Running Festival will take place on Saturday, November 16th, 2024. The half will navigate from Tilghman Island, straight up Route 33, and to St Michaels, making one of the only true turns of the race in to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum!! That's a 13.1 mile STRAIGHT RUN with little to no elevation or turns!!!

The NEW full marathon will follow the same course, but turn right on Bozman-Neavitt Rd (MD Route 579) and travel through tiny Bozman, and turn around right before Neavitt, before you turn around and return to St Michaels, rejoining the marathon course around mile 24. 

Our 5k event, starting at 830am, will start and finish from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum!!!

THE EVENT WILL START FROM THE WYLDER HOTEL ON TILGHMAN ISLAND AT 8AM!! RUNNERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE MAT WITHIN THE FIRST 5 MINUTES (8:00:00 TO 8:05:00) TO PROPERLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES. ALL RUNNERS MUST BE ON SITE AT THE START BY 7:45am.

We encourage participants to take advantage of the buses that will be available at the Maritime Museum on race morning to transport you to the start line at the Wylder Hotel in Tilghman Island, which is where the race starts.  This way your vehicle is available for you upon your finish at the entrance to the Maritime Museum.  From the start at Wylder Hotel, we will begin as a group, with traffic briefly shut down on the Island, until we can get everyone safely over the FIRST OF TWO DRAWBRIDGES and on to the shoulder of MD Route 33. Aide stations will be located along the course for your hydration and nutrition needs. 

A eight (8) hour cutoff, for the marathon and half marathon, will let you move as fast as you like, all the way to an 18 min 30 second pace. Perfect for those recovering from a long season, or just pushing their limits at the end of the year. 

Our friends at the marathon distance will get a whopping 8 hours to complete the event!!! 

We are working with the TIlghman Island Volunteer Fire Department and the St Michaels Volunteer Fire Department to bring you a safe and fun event! A portion of the proceeds will go to EACH of the departments to assist with their annual fundraising efforts. 

 

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8 hour cutoff for ALL COURSES!!!! 

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Marathon and Half Marathon shuttle service to the start line (from the finish)

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Free entry to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum for EVERYONE!

Schedule of Events

Friday, November 15, 2024 - LOCATION TBD

5pm-7pm - PACKET PICKUP

Saturday, November 16th, 2024

0600 -0715 am  Packet pickup as participants arrive @ Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (213 N Talbot Street) 

0715 Begin bus loading for Marathon and Half Marathon

0730 All buses leave for Wylder Hotel from CBMM

0715 - Those staying on Tilghman Island or being dropped off - Arrive at Wylder Hotel (21499 Chesapeake Acc Drive, Tilghman Island)

0800 - First wave of run begins (Marathon and Half Marathon) 

0805 - Last runners begin from Wylder

0830 - 5k Begins from CBMM

1000 - 5k Awards

1030 - Half Marathon Awards

1200 (Estimated) - Marathon Awards

0400 pm - Last runners finish - 8 hour finish cutoff!!!!!

 

COURSES

LODGING

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