Surfside Beach Marathon & Half Marathon

 

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Address

Surfside Beach Texas
2300 Blue Water Highway

Fees

Early Registration for 2009 now available at www.surfsidemarathon.com

Brief Description

The only Marathon and Half Marathon in the US run entirely on a beach! Scenic Surfside Beach Marathon starts as the sun rises over the water and follows the public beach to San Luis pass, then returns. The entire course is on the firm, smooth sand of the beach. Much of the beach is pristine and undeveloped. The race begins and ends at the Stahlman Park pavilion, on the beach. Start time for both marathon and half is 8AM, Sat. Feb. 9 2008. Non-competitive division for walkers at 6:45

Field Limit

To maintain the quality of the event, the field is limited to 600 total, for both the marathon and half. Your registration includes our famous after race BBQ, our technical shirt, and our trademark coaster. Come see why Surfside Marathon is one of the most highly acclaimed medium sized marathons.

Time Allowed

Course close time: 3 PM. This allows a generous 7 hours for runners, and 8:15 for walkers who may elect to start at our early 6:45 walker start time. We had an 86 year young finisher last year who completed well within this time. THANKS

Awards:

We have another unique surprise planned for the three deep awards, for both the marathon and half marathon this year.

Medals

Custom medals for all finishers of Marathon and Half Marathon

Sponsors

Title Sponsor: OverNite Software Founding Sponsor: ConocoPhillips

Benefits:

Through the generosity of our sponsors, the race benefits SAVE OUR BEACH ASSOCIATION, which works to keep the beach clean. We also gave 4 college scholarships to runners from the area last year. (All that, AND we keep the cost down)

Complete information brochure

Send and e-mail to surfsidemarathon@yahoo.com, and we will send further information, such as lodging and travel.

Additional Information

Runners tell us that the things they like best about this event are: - Unique shirt to commemorate the event - Surfside Marathon and Half Marathon stone drink coasters - Custom designed finisher medals - Our imaginative Age group awards - Texas BBQ after the event - Our 26.2 miles of uninterupted beach - Friendly helpful volunteers What is it like to run on our sand? Surfside Beach is extremely flat, with little camber, and the sand is firm. Typically, you will leave prints about 1/2 inch deep as you run. Most runners have times about :30 per mile slower on the sand. Only a few have ever broken 3:00 hours in the Marathon on our course! Where do we stay? We are located 65 miles south of Houston Hobby airport. Runners may stay in Surfside or nearby in Lake Jackson or Clute. Packet Pickup? Friday evening before the race at Stahlman Park (race HQ), or on race day morning starting at 6 AM. See pictures of last years event at http://www.michaelbayer.com/images/sports/sbm/sbm.htm

More Information

Click here to view the event organizer's website