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RACE DATE: 10/25/2025
Key Traffic Control To Know:
- The bridge will be managed by officers on each end allowing alternating vehicular traffic in the Northbound lane from 7:10am - 10:30am. By 10:30am, all runners are off this island and the bridge will be completely opened as normal.
- West bound lane of E. First Street will be closed to vehicular traffic (Coning from High Point to Halifax) from 7:00am - 9:00am
- East bound lane of E. Second will be closed to vehicular traffic (Coning from Winston-Salem to Halifax) from 7:00am - 9:00am
- West bound lane of W. First will be closed to vehicular traffic (Coning from Beaufort to Clinton) from 7:00am - 9:30am
- One-way connector streets between E. First and E. Second will remain open including: Monroe, Concord, Newport, Raeford, Leland, & Goldsboro
- All other cross streets will be closed.
- All other roads will remain open (even with cones in place) until the race has started
- Causeway Drive will be coned from 2nd St. on the island to Culpepper and from the ABC store to Dunes Blvd (The Retreat Community behind Lowes Foods)
- No race traffic will enter the roundabout on the island or the roundabout on the mainland.
- There are 5 Brunswick County sheriffs managing traffic on the mainland roads.
- There are 6 Ocean Isle Beach police officers managing traffic around the island.
- We have over 75 volunteers supporting local non-profits throughout the course.
- Over 700 cones are used on course to keep runners safe and assist in traffic control.
We ask you to PLEASE be patient, allow extra time if traveling on the road Saturday morning 10/25 and if you live on the route - cheer on runners!
Starting at 5:00am - Participants will be arriving to park on the mainland around Lowes Foods.
7:00am - The Half Marathon & 10K start in Lowes Foods parking lot near the ABC store. Participants run a couple of miles in the Retreat before crossing Beach Dr. on Hale Beach to Culpepper and head over the bridge onto the island. Participants use the Eastbound lane of East 2nd. St. and head back West in the Westbound lane of 1st St. they cross the causeway at 2nd Ave. and continue West using the closed Westbound lane of West First St to Beaufort St. (Watertower). Runners cross the intracoastal waterway bridge using the Southbound lane while vehicles alternate on/off the island in the Northbound lane managed by OIB PD.
The 10K (6.2 miles) follows a similar path through the Retreat, bridge and East end of the island but turns from E. 2nd to E. 1st on Newport to head back over the bridge and to the finish.
Starting at 7:30am - The 5K runners and walkers follow a similar in the Retreat but stay entirely in the Retreat and off of Beach Dr. this year.
Starting at 8:00am - We have a fun 1 Mile that takes a quick loop through the Retreat.
All races take place in Ocean Isle Beach between 7:00am - 10:30am.
