Delaware Running Festival

🏃‍♀️ Race Overview

• Event Date: April 19, 2026
• Location: Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park, Wilmington, DE
• Event Link: Delaware Running Festival
• Race Types: Full marathon, Half-marathon, 10k, or 5k

🌆 Scenic Course

• Course Experience: Experience a scenic race course that takes you throughout historic downtown Wilmington.
• Participant Feedback: “The course has a lot of variety, and gives visitors a tour of many of the most interesting and beautiful parts of the city,” said one past participant from Pennsylvania.
• Route Highlights: Travels across beautiful Brandywine Park on the Brandywine River, along prestigious parkways, through historic neighborhoods of Wilmington, and past downtown’s Rodney Square.
• Course Design: Designed without some of the confusing turns and crossovers.

🎉 Community Experience

• Referral Rewards: Bring a friend to take advantage of our referral rewards to earn cash and gear.
• Non-Runner Fun: Non-runners can join us at the start/finish line at Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park for a great party.
• Party Features: Live music, vendors, and activities for the whole family.

🏅 Certification Details

• Marathon Certification: We believe this is your best chance to run a certified 26.2 mile road marathon in Delaware!
• USATF Certified: We are a USATF certified Boston Marathon Qualifier.
• BQ Statistics: Historically, 10%-12% of our marathon runners have qualified for the Boston Marathon.