Craft Beer Half Marathon - Relay & 5 Miler

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

North Carolina's BEST SPRING HALF MARATHON celebrating running and Craft Beer!

Running is your Craft! Join us for Charlotte's Premier Spring Race...the 7th Annual Craft Beer Half Marathon & 5 Miler presented by Ivy Rehab is on March 29, 2025. Celebrate running and the HUGE Charlotte Craft Beer scene with fantastic course through miles of the greenway in North Charlotte. The Half Marathon will run on HALF Greenway and HALF roads. This event has SOLD OUT all 5 years, so register early. The Half Marathon & 5 Miler will only accept 1,500 runners.

REGISTER NOW to guarantee your spot! Check Out our TRAINING PLANS

🎉 Race Details

Run the race and stay for the FREE beer. Local breweries will have beer.

Race Start Times:

• Location: David Taylor Corporate Center, 10101 David Taylor Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262
• Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025
• 5 Miler: 7:45 AM
• Half Marathon: 8:00 AM

🎁 Participant Benefits

The Most Swag for any Half Marathon in the area!

• Long Sleeve Shirt
• Custom Bibs with your name on it
• Medal Coaster Finisher Medals (do this race 4 times and you’ll have a set of coasters)
• Pint Glasses for the first 1,000 registered - Half Marathon participants only

Now that is a TON OF SWAG!

📦 Packet Pick Up

You can pick up for friends and family. NO RACE DAY PACKET PICK UP...unless you purchased Will Call.

• Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025: 12PM – 6:00PM
• Location: Run For Your Life – Midtown, 901 South Kings Drive, #100, Charlotte, NC 28204
• Friday, March 28, 2025: 2PM - 8PM ---- PACKET PICK UP PARTY at Armored Cow Brewing, 8821 JW Clay Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28262
• For more info: click HERE

🏅 Course Details

This Half Marathon is HALF on the roads and HALF on the beautiful greenway paved trails.

*START - We will stage the start in the David Taylor Corporate Center parking. Please be mindful of cars, curbs, speed bumps, etc. Your official time will be based off of your chip time (from when you cross the start mat until you cross the finish mat), so no need to panic at the start...we promise there will be beer left for you at the finish. HA!

After the first 400 meters the runners will turn right onto Governor Hunt Rd. where they can spread out a bit before turning right onto Mallard Creek Rd. At close to the 1 mile mark 5 MILERS TURN LEFT onto Colvard Park Way and half marathoners stay straight. After following more roads, you will enter the greenway at around mile 2.75! Ahh…shade, cool temperatures, and great scenery! You will then stay on the greenway until mile 9.3 where you will turnaround and head back towards the finish. At mile 12 you will hop off of the greenway, take a right onto David Taylor, and head to the start/finish area. Time to celebrate with a ton of different local craft beers. RUN LOCAL, DRINK LOCAL.

Course Maps

⏱️ Timing and Pacers

We have partnered with Start 2 Finish. All Half Marathon and 5 Miler participants will be timed and will receive their disposable timing tag during packet pick up.

We are excited to have the Charlotte Running Club Pace Team. Pace groups will be 1:35, 1:45, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45, and 3:00. You do not need to sign up for a group, just show up to the start line and look for the pacer signs.

📚 Training Plans

We are excited to partner with Charlotte Running Company to provide training plans for our athletes....AND some FREE SWAG!

• Coached Group Runs: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays each week
• More Info: HERE

🚫 Rules and Regulations

Dogs and Strollers will NOT be allowed.

Registration fees are non-refundable. Event registrations are non-transferable between individuals, events, or years.

🏆 Awards and Recognition

Top 3 Males and Females in all divisions will receive awards.

As results become available, runners will be able to claim their awards at the awards ceremony prior to the last participant finishing. We do NOT ship unclaimed awards.

☔ Weather Policy

Races are held, rain or shine, unless Sisu Events determines that conditions are too dangerous. This will be based on a prudent decision made on race weekend or race day by Sisu Events and local law enforcement officials. If the race is canceled due to inclement weather there will be neither refunds nor transfers.

🧊 Post-Race Information

Every participant will be guaranteed a race shirt that signed up before March 15th. You will have a choice between long sleeve or short sleeve. Shirts are ordered based on the sizes indicated during online registration.
NO SWITCHING SIZES – NO EXCEPTIONS!