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Join us March 21-22, 2026 at the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon Weekend ☘️

Green means go...all the way to Boston. ☘️ Con

Green means go...all the way to Boston. ☘️ Congratulations to the 116 finishers who qualified for the 2026 Boston Marathon at the 2025 Yuengling Shamrock Marathon!We’ll be cheering for you all the way to Boylston Street next year!#shamrockmarathon #bostonmarathon #bostonqualifier #bq

Barbie dream house? Try Barbie dream party tent!

Barbie dream house? Try Barbie dream party tent!*All accessories included. Action figure and accessories not to scale.#shamrockmarathon #runshamrock #shamrockon #runner #actionfiguretrend

Happy National Beer Day! Dance your way to a @yuen

Happy National Beer Day! Dance your way to a @yuenglingbeer today 🍻#nationalbeerday #yuengling #shamrockmarathon

🌟 The 2025 Shamrock Marathon Weekend was truly

🌟 The 2025 Shamrock Marathon Weekend was truly unforgettable, and it wouldn’t have been complete without the @operationsmile Shamrock Final Mile! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💚 The energy was absolutely electric as thousands of students from 100+ schools took over the Virginia Beach Boardwalk to run their final mile and cross that finish line! 🎉Each year, J&A Racing presents donations to the schools with the most participation - with these year introducing small and large school categories. These funds are used to purchase new PE equipment, encouraging more students to stay active 💪SMALL SCHOOLS
1st: Creeds - 70% (223 students)
2nd: Norfolk Collegiate - 42% (98 students)
3rd: Corporate Landing - 33% (124 students)LARGE SCHOOLS
1st: Alanton - 45% (274 students)
2nd: Kingston - 41% (218 students)
3rd: Cooke - 38% (228 students)

22,000 runners painting the Virginia Beach Oceanfr

22,000 runners painting the Virginia Beach Oceanfront green is just the start. Let's look at some of the other numbers that make race weekend unforgettable 😎#shamrockmarathon #runshamrock #shamrockon

The Starting Strides’ program provides scholarsh

The Starting Strides’ program provides scholarships to schools with economically disadvantaged communities to help eliminate the barriers that prevent students from running the @operationsmile Shamrock Final Mile, like running shoes and transportation.All of this cannot be done without the support we receive from our Starting Strides’ Sponsors: @murphysvb @adp @hakuapp @wolcottriversgates @dominionenergy @otf.hilltop @alwaysadvancing_ @virginianaturalgas @lovatoelectric Anthem @woodsrogers.law @bags.buddies Amy Johnson, The Cooper Family, Tom & Joanne Markley, Pat and Cathy BowlerAnd a big thank you to Mike from @runningetc for visiting 17 schools to measure the feet of 803 students!

Congratulations to Jerry on his first-place finish

Congratulations to Jerry on his first-place finish at the 2025 @yuenglingbeer Shamrock Marathon — for the 2nd year in a row! Not only did Jerry defend his title, but he also shaved nearly a full minute off his time."This was my 18th marathon, and I wasn't going to do it since it was my 3rd marathon in 4.5 months but since I won last year and I had fun I was like, yeah I'll go back! Really glad I did. The hype during the race is a ton of fun. Winning was/is always cool, especially in front of my wife and daughter."@justjerryg

Staci joined us from Florida to take home the titl

Staci joined us from Florida to take home the title of first place female finisher of the 2025 @yuenglingbeer Shamrock Marathon AND a PR!"For me, this is not an individual success, it’s the success of a team of people that have supported me in varying ways to achieve my goals...winning the first place female finisher feels really great and has energized me in setting new goals to chase!"

David Zion Gregory claimed victory in this year's

David Zion Gregory claimed victory in this year's Anthem Shamrock Half Marathon, adding another impressive win to his resume after taking first in the 2022 TowneBank Shamrock 8K!“Winning the Shamrock ½ was meaningful to me being from Virginia Beach as it has always been one of the premier to-do events in this area running related or not. It was cool to represent our local community generally and running community in that kind of way here at our biggest local hometown race. There were many people I knew around before the race, during, on the sides, and at the end which made it easy to feel well supported.”

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