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Blackbeard’s Half Marathon

Name: Blackbeard’s Half Marathon
Start: 2025-04-27T00:00:00Z
End: 2025-04-27T00:00:00Z
Location: Ocracoke

Apr 27, 2025

Ocracoke

Road

Distances

Half-Marathon

Starting Time

7:00 AM

Fees

$60+

Perfect For

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100-500

Fast & Flat

Oceanfront

High: 68°

/ Low: 60°

You’ll get to run through a small piece of the nation’s maritime history here on Ocracoke, where the legendary pirate Blackbeard died and which is also home to the Watermen of Ocracoke, the fishermen, clammers, crabbers, oyster fishers and waterfowl hunters who have worked and lived here for hundreds of years.

Runners will start the half marathon near Gaffer’s Sports Pub along Irvin Garrish Highway, the main route that spans the length of the island. From there, runners will head back out onto Irvin Garrish Highway, and begin the long out-and-back stretch that makes up the first half of the race. This stretch unfolds past the Ocracoke Island Airport and continues all the way out to the National Park Service campground, where you’ll make a loop around the roadway and then turn back onto Irvin Garrish for second half of the race back to the airport, and back into downtown Ocracoke.

Blackbeard’s Half Marathon Results

Overview

Set for its 14th annual running overall — and its 10th with the half marathon distance — the Ocracoke Island Weekend Runfest features a 5K and 10K race on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday, which will take runners along a course that spans the length of this tiny island here at the southernmost end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. You’ll get to run through a small piece of the nation’s maritime history here on Ocracoke, where the legendary pirate Blackbeard died and which is also home to the Watermen of Ocracoke, the fishermen, clammers, crabbers, oyster fishers and waterfowl hunters who have worked and lived here for hundreds of years.

Course Description

Past Results

Blackbeard’s Half Marathon Results