Race Perks
- Two-day Sports & Fitness Expo
- Finish Line Celebration with Live Entertainment
- Yuengling included in your registration
- Technical race shirts
- Unique bottle opener Medal for all finishers
- 2024 Finisher Item: Coming Soon!
- Earn extra bling by running the 8K on Saturday to complete the Whale Challenge (You must register for the Challenge, not each individual race.)
Marathon Course Information
Course Highlights
Marathoners begin by heading north from the Virginia Beach resort area through welcoming neighborhoods. The course then traverses tree-lined Shore Drive as it winds along First Landing State Park on its way to Joint Expeditionary Base, Ft. Story. In Ft. Story participants will pass by the site where John Smith, Christopher Newport, John Rolfe and the other Jamestown colonists first landed in America in 1607, and by Cape Henry Lighthouse–the oldest standing lighthouse in the United States. The course then heads south into the resort area, across Rudee Inlet–the gateway to the Atlantic Ocean–and through stately neighborhoods and the Camp Pendleton military base. Participants return north before finishing on the world famous Virginia Beach Boardwalk. The finish line awaits you just past the majestic figure of King Neptune with the beautiful Atlantic Ocean as a backdrop.
Course Map
Marathon Course Support
- Water Stops | approximately every 1.5 miles on the course
- Nuun | available at every water stop
- GU | Energy Gel available at Mile 5.5 and 19
- Port-a-Potties | Start/Finish Line and adjacent to every water stop
- Pace Groups | Join one of our pace groups on race day, and allow the Running Etc. Pace Team to help you achieve your goal
Quick Facts
- 7:30am start at 42nd Street and Atlantic Avenue
- Minimum Age: 16
- Dogs are not permitted on the course
- Course Time Limit: 7 hours 30 mins (17:09 mile pace)
- The 2024 marathon is a 2025 Boston Marathon Qualifier
- Course Certification #VA22008RT
Course Records
Men’s Record
2:25:58, Luke Rovenstine, 2022
Women’s Record
2:49:34, Catherine Medvene, 2022