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The Marathon and Myrtle Beach Community loses a dear friend and founder of the Myrtle Beach Marathon (February 2010)
One of the original marathon founders, Tom Gardiner, passed away in the early morning hours of February 18th. Tom was a great man, who was one of the great people in our community. The marathon sends its deepest condolences to his family and friends. Tom will be dearly missed. Click here to read more about Tom Gardiner. Chick-fil-A's Best Herd Award (February 2010)
The Best Herd Award given by Chick-fil-A will be presented with Chick-fil-A for a YEAR. To Win: Runners who come dressed with cow spots or representing Chick-fil-A in any way have the opportunity to win Chick-fil-A for a YEAR as the winners of the BEST HERD award. The winners will be chosen the morning of the race and winner will be announced during the marathon awards ceremony. Chick-fil-A Volunteer of the Year (January 2010)
The Volunteer of the Year is Gail Revisky!
Gail has organized mile 25 water station since the marathon began. She recruits staff, parents, families and students from Seaside El. School to work at mile 25. She arrives early to begin setting up and is the last to leave each year. She truely sees the first and the last participant every year! She is the "Spirit of Mile 25" and takes great pride in making sure everyone who runs by is supported and hydrated. Mile 25 involves a long day for Gail and her crew, but they work together and always have a great time! As Gail prepares for the 13th year, she is as exicited as ever to make mile 25 the place where everyone feels the energy they need to get to reach the finish line.
Gail also assists in race preparations. Gail and her husband, Wayne, deliver volunteer t shirts to other organizations volunteering. She is always willing to offer her assistance in any way she can. She has been very supportive of the charities supported by the marathon and realizes the goodwill the marathon provides to the community.
Marathon, Half Marathon and Bike Rides get New Courses (December 2009)
After much planning and measuring, The Myrtle Beach Marathon and Half Marathon recieve a new course. You will notice a stunning change to the first half of the course, encompassing the new Market Commons area. Our Bike Rides have also moved locations - now being held in the historic Conway. Please check out our maps tab to your left to view the changes. Active offers a Training Program made just for you (October 2009)
By clicking on the logo below, you can sign up to receive help getting into tip top shape for this years Myrtle Beach Marathon, Dasani Half Marathon, or RBC Bank 5K. It's like having your own personal trainer right at home with you. This program gives you access to an easy training calendar, fun route maps, simple training tools, detailed training reports, daily emails about your workout, and much more.
Palmetto Goodwill Signs on for the Shoe Drive (August 2009)
Last years Shoe Drive was such a sucess that we went searching for help for 2010. Thankfully, the Palmetto Goodwill happily offered thier services. For more information please visit www.PalmettoGoodwill.org.
The Myrtle Beach Marathon is Officially a Green Marathon (July 2009)
The Myrtle Beach Marathon has worked with Active.com and their Go Green Program to become an Official Green marathon by practicing standard eco-friendly steps to better our environment. We pledge to do the following and ask for your help in keeping our Green status and helping our environment:
Over 95% of our registrations will be done online (In 2009 we had 99.7% of our registrations done online!)
We will not offer downloadable paper registrations on this website
We will not be mailing out paper registrations
We will have on-site recycling bins at the expo and start/finish line
There is a shuttle offered from area hotels
There will be a shoe drive through the Goodwill: www.palmettogoodwill.org
We will be giving out reusable bags at the expo again
All of your updates and information will be facilitated through emails and/or website updates
We will be reusing signage
New Pricing Structure for 2010 Events (July 2009)
Marathon: 8/13/9-10/12/09 is $70, 10/13/09-12/12/09 is $90, 12/13/09-2/2/10 is $110
Half Marathon: 8/13/09-10/12/09 is $60, 10/13/09-12/12/09 is $80, 12/13/09-2/2/10 is $100
5K: 8/13/09-10/12/09 is $25, 10/13/09-12/12/09 is $30, 12/13/09-2/2/10 is $35, Expo is $50
Bike Rides:
10 Mile: 8/13/09-10/12/09 is $20, 10/13/09-12/12/09 is $25, 12/13/09-2/2/10 is $30, Expo is $30
30 Mile: 8/13/09-10/12/09 is $30, 10/13/09-12/12/09 is $35, 12/13/09-2/2/10 is $40, Expo is $45
63 Mile: 8/13/09-10/12/09 is $30, 10/13/09-12/12/09 is $35, 12/13/09-2/2/10 is $40, Expo is $45
Family Fun Run is $15
Recycling Update (March 2009)
The combined efforts of everyone (marathon volunteers, marathon staff, and City staff) to establish an effective recycling program for the waste generated by Saturday’s Marathon events appear to have been successful. Weigh tickets show that 3.10 tons of recyclable materials were processed at the City’s transfer facility. Weigh tickets for regular trash destined for the landfill totaled 1.54 tons. Thank you for your efforts in helping keeping our environment clean and safe.
BiLo Raises nearly $2000 at Expo for Charity (February 2009)
The BiLo mini store at this years expo raised $1,956.00 for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
New Timing System (November 2008)
The Myrtle Beach Marathon and RMS Sports are proud to announce the use of a new timing system. We will be using the Chronotrack system, which promises 99.8% accuracy. The best part is, you simply tear your chip off your bib and place it on your shoe. It is disposable. This means no more worrying about returning your chip or having to stop at the finish line to get it taken off. You can cross that finish line and thoroughly enjoy the moment. To learn more about the Chronotrack system or for more information please visit www.Chronotrack.com or www.RMSSports.com.
Click here to watch a video on how to use your new timing chip.
New Expo Location (October 2008)
We are excited to announce that the Expo will be held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center this year, located at 21st Ave North and Oak St. The venue allows for more space, which means more vendors and more fun!
The Myrtle Beach Marathon is "Going Green" (October 2008)
- As some of you may have noticed, our mail in registrations are and extra $25 this year. In trying to cut down on paper use, we encourage you to register online.
- We would also like to thank our volunteers in advance for helping us recycle water bottles and cups at the water stations
- The Myrtle Beach Marathon will be participating in the "Reuse a Shoe Event" at the expo this year. Please bring your old running shoes to the expo where we will be collecting them and will have them recycled for you. All parts of the shoe (rubber, foam and fabric) are ground up for different parts of sports surfaces for communities around the world. For more drop off locations and information please visit www.letmeplay.com/reuseashoe.
- As in years past, we will be providing transportation from participating host hotels for Marathon race day. And if you are staying at the Sheraton Hotel (at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center) the walk to the start line is only about a half mile away...great warm up!
No Marathon Relay this year (August 2008)
There will be no Marathon Relay this year. By taking the relay out of the weekend events we were able to increase the number allowed in the Marathon and Half Marathon. Although we do expect both of these events to sell out early, so please register as soon as possible.
Lynn Welden receives Volunteer of the Year Award (July 2008)
Lynn Welden receives the Surfside Beach Rotary Club Volunteer of the Year Award for Service above self. Lynn has been the Volunteer Director for the BI-LO Myrtle Beach Marathon since its inception in 1998. Lynn also teaches children with Special Needs at Seaside Elementary School, has been a board member for the SC Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and teaches Life Saving skills.
CONGRATULATIONS LYNN!
Myrtle Beach Marathon hits Zambia, Africa (June 2008)
The Myrtle Beach Marathon donated past race medals to Palmetto Shores Church and the 2008 Africa Mission Team. These medals were presented to the kids of Zambia, Africa who all speak fluent English and focus largely on thier studies. Receiving these medals was a huge boost to the self esteem of these Zambian kids. The Myrtle Beach Marathon is proud to be a part in these kids lives.
 
  
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