Race Details
WE ARE AN OFFICIAL USATF CERTIFIED COURSE! We have "chip" timing and medals for participants. Free hats if register before 8/16/20.
The Duxbury Half Marathon event is sponsored by the Duxbury Friends of the Council on Aging. Your registration fee benefits the Duxbury Senior Center and the Alzheimer Programs.
Where and When
***New Date & Time***
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Duxbury Senior Center
Race Start Time: 7:00am
Cost Per Runner
- $75 to 8/16/20
- $85 after that and through race day
- Last day of online registration 8/25/20
At Race Time
Registration and bib pick up:
- Thursday, August 27 from 4-7pm at Marathon Sports Norwell Store
- Friday, August 28 from 4-7 pm at Duxbury Senior Center
- Saturday August 29 from 6:00-6:45 am at Duxbury Senior Center
Participants will be directed to convenient parking locations within 1000 feet of the center and start line.
Runners must have completed the route by 10:00am.
NO REFUNDS - this is, after all, a fundraiser! If you have registered we are honoring your entry for Saturday, August 29th. If you can't make it that date, we will honor your entry for the Duxbury Half Marathon 2021 on Saturday, April 3, 2021
The Course
The course starts at the Senior Center on the edge of the town forest along Mayflower Street, originally an ancient Indian trail. The gentle hills prepare you for Bay Road, 2 miles of "heartbreak" hills, and water vistas. You'll enter "downtown" Duxbury and circle around Standish Shore, running along paths the Pilgrims walked on Captains Hill. Captain Myles Standish (the monument) will point the way to the Shipbuilders District and scenic Washington Street. Catch your breath, you have only 4 miles to finish!
This route gives you a bit of everything from scenic vistas, beautiful flats and challenging hills. This community fully supports the runners offering you orange slices, water stations and good cheers.
Start at Duxbury Senior Center, take Mayflower to East St, to Elm St, Oak St, Parks St, Bay Rd to Halls Corner, Standish St loop, Halls Corner, Washington St, Surplus St, Depot St, Halls Corner, Chestnut, Tremont St to finish back at Duxbury Senior Center.
