WHERE IT HAPPENS

Orange Beach Sportsplex
4385 William Silvers Pkwy
Orange Beach, AL 36561

 

Just off US Highway 180 (Canal Road) in Orange Beach, about 1.2 miles from the Foley Beach Express exit on Canal Road.

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, November 25th


2pm-6pm
Packet Pick-up & Late Registration
Orange Beach Event Center at the Wharf

Directions to The Wharf 

4 pm
*Race briefing; Q&A Session
Orange Beach Event Center at the Wharf

4:30-5:30 PM
*Olympians Talk, by BP
featuring Olympic Athletes Johnny Gray and Deena Kastor
Orange Beach Event Center at the Wharf

* There will be special door prize drawings before the 4 pm overview and before the Olympian Talk.

click here for bios for Johnny and Deena

Saturday, November 26th
All Saturday (Race Day) activities take place at the race site at the Orange Beach Sports Complex - see directions below
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Packet Pick Up and Late Registration OPEN

8:00 AM - Half-Marathon Starts
8:10 AM - 5K and 1 mile runs start
9:30 AM - 5k Award Ceremony: begins with prize drawings and ends with prize drawings! Be sure to stick around.
11:00 AM - Half-Marathon Award Ceremony: begins with prize drawings and ends with prize drawings! Be sure to stick around.
12:00 PM - All Half-Marathon entrants must have completed the course. This requires a pace of about 18 minutes per mile for walkers.

POST RACE ACTIVITIES On race day enjoy a great seafood brunch featuring fresh gulf seafood-post race food provided by BP

COURSE DESCRIPTION

HALF-MARATHON COURSE DESCRIPTION
A fun mix of paved trail through the Orange Beach, Gulf Shores and Gulf State Park "back-country" along with stretches on the Gulf State Park main drive - all but about 3 miles is on the beautiful, back-country paved trail system. This system has been expanded each year since this event started, so we continue to adjust the course to take advantage of these amazing, peaceful trails.

5K & 1 MILE RUN DESCRIPTION
Both the 5k run & 1 mile run start behind the soccer fields on the service road and proceed west on the trail like the Half-Marathon course. The 5k will turn around at 1.5 miles and the 1 mile will turn around at a 1/2 mile. Both runs go straight back to the start line, which is now the race finish line. The 5k & 1 mile run will be completely on the paved back-country trail.

Half-Marathon Online Course

All Inclusive PDF Course Map - shows all 3 courses with Hydration Stations, Restrooms and Gel Options Noted

Water and Energy Drink will be available approximately every 1.5 miles on the half-marathon course and at the 1.5 mile turnaround on the 5k course.

Hammergel will be offered at the several water stations on the course, around mile 4.5, mile 8 and mile 11.

There will be mile marker signs at each actual mile - note that the water stations are not located at the mile markers, but instead at the most ideal geographic location approximately every 1.5 miles for the half-marathon.

Course Restrooms - Four Course Options:
1.Portable toilet before mile 3 at Gulf Oak Ridge Trail Head

2. Portable toilet before mile 6 after you exit E. Beach Blvd. onto the Rosemary Dunes Back Country Trail.

3. Indoor easily accessible restrooms are located near mile 8 just off the running trail junction of Rosemary Dunes and Catman Trail and near mile 10 in the Orange Beach City Hall area.

Half-Marathon Online Course

All Inclusive PDF Course Map - shows all 3 courses with Hydration Stations, Restrooms and Gel Options Noted

All courses are USATF certified courses beginning and finishing at the Orange Beach Sportsplex.

PLEASE NOTE:

1. Please run AGAINST the traffic (so stay to your left) on the State Park Road 2 segment and on the E. Beach Blvd. / Hwy 182 segment.

2. Please run on the sidewalk around mile 10 as you exit the back country trail for a short distance. You will then turn left again onto some roads without sidewalks. Please stay left, running against traffic, through the area around Orange Beach City Hall.

CLICK ON THE SHOE FOR EVENT TIMING INFORMATION

All Team Magic events are timed using IPICO chip timing (also known as " shoe tags".) These timing chips are the property of Team Magic Inc. You will receive a timing chip on race morning. You must show your bib number to receive the timing chip to insure your race results are accurate. If you lose or do not return the timing chip - you will be charged a $15 replacement fee. An additional $1 a day fee is added for any chip not returned after 7 days. Volunteers will be at the finish line to collect all chips.

Helpful tips:
1. Secure the timing chip / shoe tag with provided zip ties.
2. No Timing Chip = No Time
3. Double check and make sure the timing chip is securely fastened and will stay on during your run.

AWARDS

THE HALF-MARATHON DISTANCE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 2011 ALABAMA RRCA HALF MARATHON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS INFORMATION
For the half-marathon, top male and female runners in the open, masters and grand masters categories will also receive an Alabama RRCA Half-Marathon State Championship Award.

AWARDS OFFERED
3 deep males & females in Half-Marathon & 5k as follows:

Top 3 OPEN Overall, Top 3 Masters(40+) Overall, top 3 grand masters (50+) overall & Top 3 Age Group Winners in 5-year intervals from 15 to 80+ & top 3 for 14 and under

Additional Prizes Include:

• Race logo finisher medal for half-marathon runners
• Finisher Mugs for all
• Finisher award for one mile fun run
  
  

Important Note About Our Event Awards
Team Magic hopes you will join us after each race for the awards ceremony - this is the grand finale of each event and is held very soon after the final race finisher.

Our awards are most often product awards and a recognition award of your placement. We do not ship awards or make them available for pick up after the awards ceremony is completed. Please make arrangements for someone to pick up your award at the event or plan on staying for the awards ceremony. Award categories are available on each race web page.

Preliminary results will be posted as soon as possible at the race site - the location will be announced by our race announcer. If you see that you will be receiving an award but cannot stay for the ceremony, please designate a fellow racer, friend, or volunteer to claim your award. All awards not claimed at the race site will be distributed to race sponsors, city officials, race supporters and at future race prize drawings.

Race Results: Will be posted at the event site www.team-magic.com as soon as possible and will be available online within 24 hours of the race.

Brightroom will be taking event photos - click on the logo to the left to check them out following the race!

Race Site Information: Parking, Restrooms, etc...

Click on the map for location of staging area identifying restrooms, parking, start / finish area, etc...

Overview Map
All activities are on or adjacent to the North Athletic Field - this is the first field you see when you enter the area.

Notes:
1. Please do not park in any grassy areas. There are plenty of parking spaces - keep driving to the southern lot - see map above.

2. Please use provided garbage cans for your trash - respect our host property

3. There are indoor restrooms on the south end of the staging field.

4. There are two portable toilets on the west side / adjacent to the indoor restrooms.

 

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