Historic Drawbridge Running Festival

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Historic Drawbridge Running Festival runsignup.com
Date 31 Oct, 2026
Races 3 distances
Entry fee $30.00 – $75.00
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Historic Drawbridge Running Festival

About the event

We can't wait to show off one of Maryland's FLATTEST courses, with our Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k events, we welcome you to beautiful Talbot County! Our marathon and half marathon share the first 10.5 miles of the half marathon course) and a 5k (out and back from the finish line). Be sure to check out all of the options available. 

 

ALL COURSES ARE USATF CERTIFIED COURSES!!!

 

Have trouble with course maps? Afraid of missing turns? Looking to set your PR with an all-out effort? Have we got the race for you!!!

 

The Historic Drawbridge Running Festival will take place on Saturday, November 8th, 2025. The half will navigate from Tilghman Island, straight up Route 33, and to St Michaels, making one of the only true turns of the race in to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum!! That's a 13.1 mile STRAIGHT RUN with little to no elevation or turns!!!

 

The Full marathon will follow the same course, but turn right on Bozman-Neavitt Rd (MD Route 579) and travel through tiny Bozman, and turn around right before Neavitt, before you turn around and return to St Michaels, rejoining the marathon course around mile 24. 

 

Our 5k event, starting at 830am, will start and finish from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum!!! The course will be 1.55 out and back on the same course as the Full and Half. 

 

THE EVENT WILL START FROM THE WYLDER HOTEL ON TILGHMAN ISLAND AT 8AM!! RUNNERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE MAT WITHIN THE FIRST 5 MINUTES (8:00:00 TO 8:05:00) TO PROPERLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES. ALL RUNNERS MUST BE ON SITE AT THE START BY 7:45am.

 

We encourage participants to take advantage of the buses that will be available at the Maritime Museum on race morning to transport you to the start line at the Wylder Hotel in Tilghman Island, which is where the race starts.  This way your vehicle is available for you upon your finish at the entrance to the Maritime Museum.  From the start at Wylder Hotel, we will begin as a group, with traffic briefly shut down on the Island, until we can get everyone safely over the FIRST OF TWO DRAWBRIDGES and on to the shoulder of MD Route 33. Aide stations will be located along the course for your hydration and nutrition needs. 

 

A eight (8) hour cutoff, for the marathon and half marathon, will let you move as fast as you like, all the way to an 18 min 30 second pace. Perfect for those recovering from a long season, or just pushing their limits at the end of the year. 

 

Our friends at the marathon distance will get a whopping 8 hours to complete the event!!! 

 

Races offered

31Oct

Historic Drawbridge Half Marathon

Running

Distance
13.1 Miles
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$60.00
31Oct

Historic Drawbridge Marathon

Running

Distance
26.2 Miles
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$75.00
31Oct

Historic Drawbridge 5k

Running

Distance
3.1 Miles
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$30.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for October in St Michaels.

Temperature13.3° / 19.7°
Feels like10.2° / 17.2°
Sunshine hours9h 18m
Rainfall1.0 mm
Snowfall—
Wind15.5 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity67.8%
Max UV indexModerate (4.0)
Sweat lossModerate
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise07:15
Sunset18:25

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Historic Drawbridge Running Festival.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 Christian Utara M 53 Drayden, MD —
🥈 Lori Heggelke F 41 Easton, MD —
🥉 Susan Reitz F 41 Middletown, DE —
4 Luis Flores M 36 Middletown, DE —
5 Jennifer Pope F 51 Severn, MD —

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