5K
Running
- Distance
- 7K
- Start time
- 09:00
- Entry fee
- $35.00
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You are invited to join us for Big Beach Marathon in beautiful Gulf Shores, Alabama the weekend of January 30th & 31st, 2027. The courses are scenic, flat, and FAST, running on the fully paved trails through the Gulf State Park. Our course is also a USATF Certified Boston Qualifier for those who are hoping to score a coveted Boston qualifying time (and potentially snag a spot at the world major).
The marathon and half marathon take place Sunday, with the start and finish located beach side at The Hangout. Enjoy stunning views of the Gulf Shores beaches, a gorgeous backdrop for your race weekend! And a celebration that brings runners back year after year.
In addition to Sunday's marathon and half marathon, the Safari 5K and Family Fun Run/Walk on Saturday provides an opportunity for those not up to the marathon or half marathon distances the ability to participate, as well as giving those looking for an added challenge, the opportunity for TWO days of racing in your weekend. Take on the Shark or Dolphin challenge by choosing to participate in the 5K on Saturday and the full marathon (Shark) or 5K Saturday and then half marathon on Sunday (Dolphin)! Challengers receive finishers medals from both races PLUS a third challenge medal, extra beer tickets, and the ultimate in bragging rights.
All race participants are welcome to The Hangout after party on Sunday to celebrate! Participants will receive post-race food, beer, and a great time near the beautiful Gulf Shores beaches! We can’t wait to see you at Big Beach!
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Official finishing times from previous editions of Big Beach Marathon, Half Marathon & Safari 5K.
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Roosevelt Giles | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Kayleen Beccard | — |
| 🥈 | Lena Rybak | — |
| 🥉 | Brian Patsos | — |
| 4 | Stephanie Cabral | — |
| 5 | Marley Pailet | — |
| 6 | Jessica Ellzey | — |
| 7 | Becky Adams | — |
| 8 | Cole Bensinger | — |
| 9 | Luann Ainsworth | — |
| 10 | Jill Bensinger | — |
| 11 | Keeyum Kilroy | — |
| 12 | Tawanna Dennis | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Marina Byrd | — |
| 🥈 | THOMAS YAPP | — |
| 🥉 | David Robison | — |
| 4 | Suzanne Branch | — |
| 5 | James Smith | — |
| 6 | Ellen Thimme | — |
| 7 | Adam Richman | — |
| 8 | Daniel Burzynski | — |
| 9 | George Hernandez | — |
| 10 | Kia Fatt Quek | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Chadwick Hunt | — |
| 🥈 | Vinnie Krikac | — |
| 🥉 | William Ryan | — |
| 4 | Bradley Slott | — |
| 5 | Jennifer Power | — |
| 6 | Eric Rupp | — |
| 7 | Kristin Lee | — |
| 8 | Anne Rappold | — |
| 9 | Kay Moore | — |
| 10 | Christina Resmondo | — |
| 11 | BESS BOOTH | — |
| 12 | Alexa Lowrey | — |
| 13 | Amy Hayes | — |
| 14 | Melinda Smith-Swoboda | — |
| 15 | Sonia Rodrigues | — |
| 16 | Rebecca Brennecke | — |
| 17 | Kim Shuksta | — |
| 18 | Natasha Garg | — |
| 19 | Sabrina Marchand | — |
| 20 | nancy taylor | — |
| 21 | Anonymous Anonymous | — |
| 22 | Lynne Deshazo | — |
| 23 | Susanne Cox | — |
| 24 | Roberta Dunnaway | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Anonymous Anonymous | — |
| 🥈 | Shelley Polotto | — |
| 🥉 | Kendra Powell | — |
| 4 | Josefina Stepper | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Chase Soring | 16:07.47 |
| 🥈 | Troy Maddox | 18:32.79 |
| 🥉 | Noah Overstreet | 18:56.08 |
| 4 | Nicholas Prieto | 19:00.89 |
| 5 | Joshua Falgout | 19:06.58 |
| 6 | Griffin Riner | 19:11.9 |
| 7 | Mark Van Der Wegen | 19:18.5 |
| 8 | Jaron Gray | 19:23.01 |
| 9 | Jim Merry | 19:24.63 |
| 10 | Angel Overstreet | 19:41.59 |
| 11 | Ken Fay | 19:41.99 |
| 12 | Jesse Putnam | 19:51.49 |
| 13 | Allyn Dawson | 19:52.31 |
| 14 | Ivan Chavez | 20:19.38 |
| 15 | Amir Downey | 20:25.37 |
| 16 | Anthony Smith | 20:25.57 |
| 17 | Patrick Sherrod | 20:33.19 |
| 18 | Robert Weinacker | 20:37.77 |
| 19 | Joshua Phillips | 20:49.04 |
| 20 | Kaseleigh McCarley | 20:52.66 |
| 21 | Jack Stokes | 20:53.51 |
| 22 | Harold Enclarde | 20:59.85 |
| 23 | Haley Agee | 21:11.46 |
| 24 | Will Stimeling | 21:11.5 |
| 25 | Sam Kornegay | 21:21.63 |
| 26 | Kieran Ryan | 21:22.66 |
| 27 | Mark Arnold Jr | 21:30.47 |
| 28 | Paul Baudean | 21:35.45 |
| 29 | Daniel Pittman | 21:35.96 |
| 30 | Loren Eggert | 21:36.31 |
| 31 | Michael Deason | 21:38.53 |
| 32 | Brandon McQueen | 21:49.8 |
| 33 | Jon-Michael Devine | 21:52.31 |
| 34 | Wyatt Boutwell | 21:55.41 |
| 35 | Mary Root | 21:57.34 |
| 36 | John Van Duser | 21:59.28 |
| 37 | MATTHEW HEEMAN | 22:03.85 |
| 38 | April Coupe | 22:07.1 |
| 39 | Guisel Berry | 22:10.02 |
| 40 | Brittney Edwards | 22:14.56 |
| 41 | Michael Pearson | 22:27.25 |
| 42 | Trent Hubbard | 22:43.43 |
| 43 | Zachary Williamson | 22:48.45 |
| 44 | Stephen Barnett | 22:56.12 |
| 45 | Angela Henry | 22:58.03 |
| 46 | Johnny Lifka | 23:01.07 |
| 47 | Archie Wall | 23:04.3 |
| 48 | Matt Musselman | 23:08.73 |
| 49 | Derek Benson | 23:09.73 |
| 50 | Brooke Barnett | 23:31.93 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Aaron Widman | 1:25:17.73 |
| 🥈 | Kenny Pfeiffer | 1:28:28.63 |
| 🥉 | Daniel Gardner | 1:29:39.75 |
| 4 | Zach Mcnair | 1:29:58.26 |
| 5 | Sam Gardner | 1:30:34.81 |
| 6 | Kayla Floyd | 1:31:18.61 |
| 7 | Brandon Rouse | 1:31:59.38 |
| 8 | Alastair Stevenson | 1:32:39.29 |
| 9 | Charles Wambolt | 1:34:41.57 |
| 10 | Jill Johnston | 1:34:49.19 |
| 11 | Reed Fendley | 1:34:50.85 |
| 12 | Pierre Betton | 1:34:56.82 |
| 13 | Brandon Duwe | 1:35:22.57 |
| 14 | Kevin Jones | 1:37:00.59 |
| 15 | Michele Williams | 1:37:13.79 |
| 16 | Ryan Goldin | 1:37:18.9 |
| 17 | Madison Pralle | 1:39:57.23 |
| 18 | Chris Lawson | 1:40:02.54 |
| 19 | Domenick Risola | 1:42:11.41 |
| 20 | Jeff Winter | 1:42:15.47 |
| 21 | Alex McClantoc | 1:42:18.13 |
| 22 | David Combs | 1:44:20.35 |
| 23 | Carl Goolsby Jr | 1:44:58.6 |
| 24 | Collin Nunez | 1:45:05.55 |
| 25 | Allan Seibert | 1:45:58.83 |
| 26 | Samantha Stanley | 1:46:02.33 |
| 27 | Gabriel Bordenave | 1:46:44.5 |
| 28 | David Carter | 1:48:08.23 |
| 29 | Kathy Henderson | 1:48:15.86 |
| 30 | James Shoaf | 1:48:31.17 |
| 31 | James Story | 1:48:38.74 |
| 32 | Sean McLay | 1:48:39.84 |
| 33 | Les Broadwater | 1:48:57.46 |
| 34 | Steve Dorrough | 1:49:10.61 |
| 35 | Tony Margherio | 1:49:12.87 |
| 36 | Mike Miller | 1:49:17.36 |
| 37 | Kristan Croom | 1:49:18.11 |
| 38 | Sara Flannagan | 1:49:26.61 |
| 39 | Shanna Houdashelt | 1:50:11.12 |
| 40 | Keith Bradley | 1:50:41.6 |
| 41 | Aaron Freesmeier | 1:50:48.23 |
| 42 | Vance Caskey | 1:50:48.32 |
| 43 | Randy Frith | 1:50:55.86 |
| 44 | Claire Cage | 1:51:14.88 |
| 45 | Abe Nowlan | 1:51:20.87 |
| 46 | Brian Mount | 1:51:49.17 |
| 47 | Barbara Wharton | 1:51:57.12 |
| 48 | Julie Houtman | 1:52:04.4 |
| 49 | Stephen Ryder | 1:52:59.62 |
| 50 | Jim Hilderbrandt | 1:53:05.28 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Chad Durrett | 23:03.67 |
| 🥇 | Michael Naff | 25:10.3 |
| 🥈 | Dallas Stricker | 27:01.55 |
| 🥈 | Reed Fendley | 28:17.5 |
| 🥉 | Noah Overstreet | 28:16.61 |
| 🥉 | Sam Lariviere | 28:25.9 |
| 4 | Joel Slominski | 28:20.81 |
| 4 | Tom Lipscomb | 28:46.6 |
| 5 | Tim Teague | 28:40.46 |
| 5 | Brent Ziegler | 28:46.7 |
| 6 | Perry McGee | 28:48.1 |
| 6 | Angel Overstreet | 29:26.87 |
| 7 | Tony Margherio | 29:10.5 |
| 7 | Kieran Ryan | 29:54.62 |
| 8 | Francisco Figueroa | 29:08.5 |
| 8 | Jordan Lymon | 29:56.51 |
| 9 | Griffin Hornsby | 29:26 |
| 9 | Riley Burns | 30:08.49 |
| 10 | Jimmy Williams | 29:27.2 |
| 10 | Nick Kuoni | 30:18.74 |
| 11 | Christopher Haynes | 29:32.4 |
| 11 | Jeff Champigny | 30:24.62 |
| 12 | Elaina Biechler | 29:42.2 |
| 12 | Shane Jahnke | 30:24.86 |
| 13 | Jeffery Capps | 29:42.5 |
| 13 | Dean Craig | 30:43.51 |
| 14 | J. Prescott | 30:05.8 |
| 14 | Erin Ding | 31:05.66 |
| 15 | JENNIE HOLSTEIN | 29:57 |
| 15 | Natalie Burger | 31:24.62 |
| 16 | Robyn Gonzales | 30:11.7 |
| 16 | Aiden Colburn | 31:31.76 |
| 17 | Randy Turk | 30:19.7 |
| 17 | Jose Alvarez | 31:33.86 |
| 18 | Nicholas Waters | 30:50.8 |
| 18 | Jonathan Golden | 31:35.21 |
| 19 | Brian Halmaghi | 31:00.6 |
| 19 | Oliver Carey | 31:38.54 |
| 20 | Kyle Harmon | 31:01 |
| 20 | Kevin Wetzel | 31:49.16 |
| 21 | Mike Arriaga | 31:05.7 |
| 21 | Brian Kugel | 31:58.37 |
| 22 | Jim Merry | 31:36.7 |
| 22 | Yoko England | 32:22.73 |
| 23 | Amanda Appel | 31:45.5 |
| 23 | Benjamin Thetford | 32:45.71 |
| 24 | Jeremy Summerlin | 31:44.6 |
| 24 | Brian Hakes | 32:46 |
| 25 | Karen Porter | 32:08.9 |
| 25 | Sam Kornegay | 32:56.63 |
| 26 | Robert Clary | 32:30.7 |
| 26 | Anil Devegowda | 33:04.04 |
| 27 | Allen Ivy | 32:17.3 |
| 27 | Josh Rumore | 33:13.16 |
| 28 | Nick Hiatt | 33:19.4 |
| 28 | Catherine Way | 33:19.7 |
| 29 | Tyler Zapisek | 33:23.15 |
| 29 | Dean Martin | 33:49.1 |
| 30 | Emily Leonhart | 33:33.38 |
| 30 | Tyler Arnold | 33:39.4 |
| 31 | Michael Garcia | 33:27.9 |
| 31 | Mike Loy | 33:52.82 |
| 32 | Sean Betty | 33:45.1 |
| 32 | Nate Nichols | 33:58.25 |
| 33 | Elkin Regina | 34:07.5 |
| 33 | Emma Overstreet | 34:19.85 |
| 34 | Clinton Gray | 34:09.3 |
| 34 | Jason Mell | 34:31.64 |
| 35 | Sarah Stephens | 34:23 |
| 35 | Brad Tidwell | 34:34.34 |
| 36 | Steve Bishop | 34:31.5 |
| 36 | Blake Hoena | 34:40.46 |
| 37 | T. Morris | 34:42.86 |
| 37 | Tony Trischler | 34:55.2 |
| 38 | Carla Brown | 34:40.5 |
| 38 | Jacob Helfert | 34:49.67 |
| 39 | Rick Cauley | 34:50.39 |
| 39 | Chad Lomas | 35:19.6 |
| 40 | Austin Nutt | 35:02.7 |
| 40 | Paula Farmer | 35:53.7 |
| 41 | Kolt Anthony | 35:05.17 |
| 41 | Raiden Robins | 35:16.3 |
| 42 | Kyler Antalek | 35:11.15 |
| 42 | Shelly Regina | 35:57.7 |
| 43 | Christopher Lamb | 35:16.61 |
| 43 | Keeley Hoffpauir | 36:05.1 |
| 44 | Jason Carnley | 35:17.36 |
| 44 | Mark Medina | 36:09.9 |
| 45 | Alexis Carter | 35:34.49 |
| 45 | Raina Mesibov | 36:35.4 |
| 46 | Evan Tidwell | 35:35.51 |
| 46 | Julie Landrum | 36:20.4 |
| 47 | Jeff Overstreet | 35:49.91 |
| 47 | Donna Summerlin | 36:36.7 |
| 48 | Alejandro Castellanos | 35:51.86 |
| 48 | Jennifer Wolf | 36:47.1 |
| 49 | Jenifer Munson | 35:53.9 |
| 49 | Michael Tierce | 35:57.3 |
| 50 | Gary Harmon | 35:53.96 |
| 50 | Ken Rieck | 36:48.8 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Perry McGee | 3:18:07.75 |
| 🥈 | Christopher Hicks | 3:19:50.31 |
| 🥉 | Andrew Rothfeder | 3:19:54.28 |
| 4 | Troy Godbee | 3:19:58.8 |
| 5 | Sheridan Ames | 3:20:15.61 |
| 6 | James Reynolds | 3:21:53.66 |
| 7 | Daniel Sontheimer | 3:22:02.75 |
| 8 | Jason Wheat | 3:35:22.34 |
| 9 | Jason Hughes | 3:35:44.99 |
| 10 | Scott Lamparek | 3:37:45.91 |
| 11 | Rebecca Bell | 3:39:12.31 |
| 12 | Christopher Gillette | 3:39:45.35 |
| 13 | Steven Orr | 3:40:45.71 |
| 14 | Jared Dent | 3:41:03.84 |
| 15 | Elizabeth Burch | 3:41:08.43 |
| 16 | Amy Hatley | 3:41:22.36 |
| 17 | Charles Ross | 3:44:03.41 |
| 18 | Eric Spadgenske | 3:48:34.37 |
| 19 | Doug Lego | 3:48:36.49 |
| 20 | Ivan Wills | 3:48:37.77 |
| 21 | Sarah Lane | 3:48:55.09 |
| 22 | Brian Wright | 3:51:08.37 |
| 23 | Daniel Malik | 3:51:59.39 |
| 24 | Andrew Martin | 3:53:19.76 |
| 25 | John Specht | 3:54:10.32 |
| 26 | Nicole Specht | 3:54:10.33 |
| 27 | Nicole Dieckow | 3:54:41.34 |
| 28 | Jake Reed | 3:55:55.86 |
| 29 | Rodger McAlister | 3:56:08.14 |
| 30 | Buzz Deckard | 3:56:54.93 |
| 31 | Jennifer Castille | 3:56:59.13 |
| 32 | Joe Langford | 3:58:23.41 |
| 33 | Adam Olive | 3:58:40.66 |
| 34 | Martin Tousovsky | 3:58:44.26 |
| 35 | Gabriela Garza | 3:59:49.02 |
| 36 | James Paul | 4:00:18.9 |
| 37 | Bradly Kline | 4:00:22.28 |
| 38 | Patrick Fay | 4:00:54.22 |
| 39 | Amr Abdel-Motaleb | 4:02:06.31 |
| 40 | Robert Toonkel | 4:02:39.32 |
| 41 | Collin Connett | 4:08:11.17 |
| 42 | Mark Edwards | 4:08:28.01 |
| 43 | Jason Miller | 4:08:39.61 |
| 44 | Cynthia Phillips | 4:08:54.5 |
| 45 | Barbara White | 4:10:34.4 |
| 46 | Nicole Solana | 4:10:40.61 |
| 47 | Sam Wyatt | 4:11:41.06 |
| 48 | Alison Ellis | 4:12:18.11 |
| 49 | Michael Klee | 4:12:31.16 |
| 50 | Jen Warden | 4:13:40.98 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Arthur Cronenberg | 3:33:11.15 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Glenda Adams | 4:13:29.07 |
| 🥈 | Joree Railey | 4:26:51.84 |
| 🥉 | Paul Matroni | 4:42:12.1 |
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