Details: Join us at the Annual Tache Realty Wicked Half Marathon in historic Salem, MA! Participants will have a 4 hour time cap to complete this course. The course will offer aid stations every 1.5-2 miles and there will be a ton of cheerful volunteers on the course. Everyone will receive a custom finisher medal that will be a nice addition to your collection. The event attracts close to 1000 runners, including elites to beginners traveling from all over the world. We promise the scenery in Salem and Marblehead will make these miles fly by!!
Fees:
$65 through 12/31
$75 through 5/31
$85 through 8/31
$95 through 9/14
$100 Race Week
$115 Race Day
**No Shirt Entry – **$5 off your entry
Packet Pick Up Options:
*Yes you can pick up for your friends.
Friday - 11-2PM at B&S Headquarters, 45 Congress Street, Dock 19/20, Shetland Park, Salem MA
Saturday - 12-3PM at B&S Headquarters, 45 Congress Street, Dock 19/20, Shetland Park, Salem MA
B&S Headquarters GPS: 90 Leavitt St, Salem MA. Enter Shetland Park at end of the street, veer left in the parking lot and look for Dock 19/20 where the stairs are.
Race Day(Sunday) at Race Site(129 Fort Ave, Salem MA) starting at 5:45-7AM.
Swag: Custom long sleeve shirts and bibs will be provided to participants pre-registered by September 6th. All participants will receive a finisher medal upon completion of the event. If you wish to purchase any additional swag items, you’ll have that opportunity through the registration process, post race or at packet pickup.
Course: Click here for an integrative course map. USATF certified course can be found at www.bnseventmanagement.com
Course Time Cap: 4 hour time cap beginning at 7AM (*The sunshine start has been discontinued)
Course Details (Water Stations and Bathrooms):
The course will offer an Aid Station approximately every 1.5-2 miles or so. Aid stations will have either Gatorade or Water, sometimes both. The water stations at Devereux Beach will have Gu’s, petroleum jelly, and bathrooms.
Parking: There is ample parking in and around the Willows (parking all down in the Willows casino/entertainment area), parking along Fort Avenue and at the Bentley School (25 Memorial Dr) less than a 1/2 mile away from the race site. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK IN FRONT OF ANY HOUSES OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFF FORT AVE. YOUR CAR WILL BE TOWED. PLEASE OBEY ALL PARKING SIGNS.
Age Group Awards:
Top 3 Overall M/F
Top 3 M/F in each age group: Under 19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+
Top 3 Non-Binary
**No double dipping
Post Race Details: An assortment of homemade and packaged food/drink will be available post-race, including non alcoholic beer. Coffee including cold brew, drip coffee and lattes will be available for purchase. We will have Mimosas and a beer tent sponsored by Notch Brewing for an additional $9. Post event, we encourage you to head downtown Salem where there are several restaurants, bars, cafes and boutique shops that are worth checking out. If you’re looking for Food/DRINK, we highly recommend Longboards Bar & Restaurant who will be serving up some awesome game day specials all day!!
At race site we’ll have several sponsors/vendors to keep you busy.
If you are hanging around Salem that afternoon or staying an extra day or two do yourself a favor and book a tour with our dear friends at Witch City Walking Tours! "Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 2 in the world for cultural and historic tours." - Trip Advisor 2024
Be sure to use code word "Runner20" to save 20% on your tour that weekend.
Click here to book direct!
Race Charity: The Tache Realty Wicked Half Marathon will be supporting the Salem Children’s Charity, Salem State University Women's Soccer, Fellowship Christian Academy, Salem Park and Recreation and the Salem Academy Charter School.
Accreditation’s: The Wicked 1/2 Marathon has been voted one of the top 100 best half marathons in the country by The 100 Half Marathons Club members for 2014, 2015, & 2016! The Wicked 1/2 Marathon has been voted the Best Half Marathon by North Shore Race Guide in 2015.
Questions: Please email B&S Event Management at events@bnsfitness.com or call 978-204-8588.
Sep 20, 2026
Distance — 13.1 Miles
Type — Running
07:00
$65.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Salem.
A charming New England seaside destination, Salem offers visitors the requisite bevy of enthralling elements: a world-class museum, compelling oceanfront and maritime history, quirky shops and tempting restaurants. They're all here and vying for your attention. However, one event in Salem's 400-year history looms above all else—the Salem witch trials. One of the most notorious cases of mass hysteria, the trials saw over 200 people charged with witchcraft, 25 of whom died as a direct result. Try as they might, the city was never able to memory hole the events of 1692. So eventually they changed tack, leaning into the lore of witches and magic. Today the "Witch City" plasters its civic institutions with witch silhouettes, they even built a baseball diamond atop Gallows Hill Park. The plan seems to have worked, tourists have responded and business is up. You know what they say, "time heals all wounds".
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