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THE BEST DANG HALF MARATHON, 10K, & 5K IN THE SOUTH IS BACK AGAIN IN 2027! We will have long sleeve technical shirts for those racing the 10K and Half on Sunday and t-shirts for those who register for the 5K on Saturday. Anyone who registers for the CHALLENGE will receive both the t-shirt and tech long sleeve shirt + different finisher medals for each day.This is all the glory of a road half marathon, with a beautiful cave finish! Join us at the crown jewel of caves, Cathedral Caverns State Park!
The race starts on the roads of a beautiful valley and ends with a 1.2 mile finish through the Cathedral Caverns!
Everyone registered before 12/26/2026 will be guaranteed the correct size shirt.
Average Temperatures at this time of year range from 38-61 degrees
Registration: https://runsignup.com/Race/AL/Woodville/CaveRaceHalfMarathon
All participants will receive a shirt AND awesome finisher medal!
Age groups will be: 0-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65+
Our goal is for everyone to have a blast and a one of a kind experience running through a natural wonder, no matter what your experience level is. There will be a 4 hour cutoff. We ask that you please respect the state park and volunteers and adhere to this cutoff time. The race cap is 1200 runners.
Course Maps & Elevation profiles:
1/2 Marathon COURSE MAP: https://www.strava.com/routes/2736326620983246296
(Does not include the Cave Portion as GPS doesn't register the Cave) The cave is ~1.2 miles worth of running!
10K COURSE MAP: https://www.strava.com/routes/2918990362339078124
(Note it's only 11.9 miles. The last 1.2 miles will be in the cave where there is obviously no GPS data)
Packet Pickup will be on Friday February 26th, 2027 at RunningLane from 12-5pm. RunningLane is located at 2407 Memorial Parkway SW, Suite 1, Huntsville AL 35801. There will also be race day packet pickup at Monte Sano State Park from 6:30-7:45am but we encourage you to get there as early as possible!
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Cathedral Caverns State Park, Cathedral Caverns, 637 Cave Rd, Woodville, AL 35776, United States
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