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Flying Pirate Half Marathon
- Flying Pirate Half Marathon :- Run 13.1 Miles
- First Flight 5K:- Run 3.1 Miles
- Double Dare Challenge:- 16.2 Miles
The Next Great Flying Pirate Half Marathon
and First Flight 5K APRIL 18 & 19, 2015
Flying Pirate Half Marathon - Sunday April 19, 2015
First Flight 5K - Saturday April 18, 2015
Double Dare Challenge - Both Days! ARRRGGGH!
The Flying Pirate Half Marathon course winds its way through the natural beauty that is North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Run the 13.1 miles and cover some spectacular ground - 2015 is the 6th year for this fun filled Pirate themed half marathon! Come to the Outer Banks and join the Pirate's for this fantastic race!
Begin in Kitty Hawk and follow the course into Nags Head, along the Albemarle Sound, around the Wright Brothers National Memorial, and through the Nags Head Woods Maritime Forest. Finish with a Pirate Jamboree in Nags Head!
Details for Half Marathon and Challenge participants:
- Free parking - free shuttle service - bag check
- Free runner beer & food at the Pirate Jamboree Finish Line. (All scallywags are invited!)
- Shake yer booty with live music!
- Finishers SWAG! Just cross the Finish Line!
- Special SWAG for 5th year runners!
- And the awesome Flying Pirate Event Shirt & Medal
- Brave Double Dare Challengers will earn the 5K shirt & medal, the Half Marathon shirt, medal & other swag
- AND A COOL DOUBLE DARE CHALLENGER MEDAL!
Yo! Thats 2 Shirts and 3 Medals! Guaranteed to impress your crew with this bling!
Course Description: Begin your journey in historic Kitty Hawk, home to the birth of aviation. This part of the course is flat, but don’t run so fast that you miss the incredible Outer Banks scenery.
After just a few miles you’ll be greeted by the real Outer Banks – the people who make up this warm, close-knit community. Feel the energy boost as they applaud your run down residential Bay Drive.
At mile 8 you’ll run along the base of the famous Wright Brothers Monument, marking the location of the first flight that took place on December 17, 1903. Look up and you are sure to see planes flying overhead. You’ll be running where flight began!
Just two miles down the road, yet another surprise is in store. Around mile 10, you’ll enter the Nags Head Woods Nature Preserve. This lush maritime forest will amaze you with its understated beauty. All the beauty of trail running, along a well-packed, dirt road.
No one said this was going to be easy. At about mile 12, you’ll leave Nags Head Woods on a narrow trail with off-road conditions. Here is the final course elevation before crossing the Finish line. Take in the beauty of this awesome maritme forest and give yourself a pat on the back...you made it! Now it's party time!!
NOTE: The Outer Banks is at sea level and the point-to-point course is mainly flat. There is one point of course elevation, with the Nags Head Woods Preserve, trail run with off road conditions, around mile 12.
Norfolk International Airport (Airport code ORF) is the closest major airport, located in Norfolk, VA. Approximately a 2 hour drive from the Outer Banks. Visit their website for flight information & driving directions: http://www.norfolkairport.com/.
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (Airport code PHF) is located just off Interstate 64 at Exit 255-B (Jefferson Avenue/Route 143) in Newport News, Virginia. Visit their website at:
www.flyphf.com
Dare County Airport is located in Manteo, NC. Approximately an hour from Duck, this airport offers charter service. For information & reservations, call (252) 473-2600 or visit www.fly2mqi.com.
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