Run Myrtle Beach

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ IT’S FINALLY RACE WEEK! 🌴

The 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5K, presented by Kia of Myrtle Beach, is almost here! Here’s everything you need to know to get ready for race weekend:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
8:00AM
✉️ Check your inbox for your Bib Check-in Pass Bring it with you to the expo!

4:00–8:00 PM
📋 Day 1: Packet Pickup
John T. Rhodes Myrtle Beach Sports Center
2115 Sports Center Way
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 | 7:30 AM
🏃 Myrtle Beach Mini Shake Out Run
Mini Start Line
8th Avenue North & Ocean Boulevard
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

We’ll run the final 1–2 miles of the Mini course, take in some oceanfront views and have a little fun before race day.

Be ready to strike your best Wiz Khalifa running pose! 😎📸

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 | 4:00–8:00 PM
📋 Day 2: Packet Pickup
✉️ Do you have your Bib Check-in Pass from yesterdays email?

John T. Rhodes Myrtle Beach Sports Center
2115 Sports Center Way
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
🏁 17th Myrtle Beach Mini-Marathon & Coastal 5K, presented by Kia of Myrtle Beach

📍 Myrtle Beach Boardwalk / Ocean Boulevard
8th Avenue North & Ocean Boulevard

7:00 AM — Mini-Marathon Start
7:15 AM — Coastal 5K Start

Then it’s time to celebrate at the finish! 🎉🌴

Get your shoes ready, your bib picked up and your race-day playlist queued up.

Myrtle Beach, we’ll see you at the starting line! 🏃‍♀️🌊

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**Expo: Thursday and Friday, Oct 8-9 from 4-8pm at John T. Rhodes Sports Center (2115 Sports Center Way, MB)
**Shake Out Run: Friday, Oct 9 at 7:30am near the start line on 8th Ave N/Ocean Blvd. We will run the last 1-2 miles of the Mini course! Come with your fav Wiz pose!
**Race Day: Saturday, Oct 10 at 7:00am for the Half Marathon and 7:15am for the 5K. All systems go!!

2026 Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon
Course Preview:

Next Saturday 1600+ people will be taking to the streets of Myrtle Beach! Here is a preview of where you will be running and what you are likely to see:

Miles 1-3:
You will begin your day looking toward the ocean as the sun rises. Get those cameras ready, it’s an amazing start to the day.

After 3 turns you will be on Ocean Blvd. As you settle into a good starting pace. Around 3/4 of a mile, as you turn onto Mr Joe White Ave, you will hit your first hill. This slight incline will last for around a mile and will help you keep the pace slow early on.

Miles 4-6:
After having settled in, these are the miles you can make time. It’s straight, flat, and fast with minimal turns.

Around mile 5 1/2 you will be directed onto Perrin’s Path which is a paved walkway through a wooded area, providing shade as the sun begins to come up.

Miles 7-9:
You are hitting those often dreaded middle miles of a Half Marathon, but here these miles offer some of the best views of the course. With ocean views on your left and some of the most luxurious homes in Myrtle Beach on your right, it’s a great time to turn the mind off and take in the miles.

Btw: these miles also have a slight incline that’s somewhat noticeable but shouldn’t affect pace.

Miles 10-13:
Once you hit the mile 10 mark you are starting to get into the downtown area of Myrtle Beach. The hotels will begin to appear and the crowds will get larger and more vocal. Let the energy push you forward and take it all in, after all running down Ocean Blvd and finishing on the Boardwalk is the reason many of you chose this race.

We wish you the best of runs and the best of times as you tour our city!

We are just a week away! Let’s Go!!!

RUNNING ALERT: WIZ KHALIFA HAS ENTERED HIS RUNNING ERA. 🚨

We’re not saying Wiz Khalifa is a running influencer…
…but we’re also not NOT saying it. 👀😂

So naturally, we’re taking inspiration from the man himself at our Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5K Shake Out Run!
📅 Friday, October 9
⏰ 7:30 AM
📍 8th Ave N & Ocean Blvd

We’ll run the last 1–2 miles of the Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon course, soak up some oceanfront views, and then it’s time for the important part…

📸 STRIKE YOUR BEST WIZ POSE.

Your mission:
🔥 Pick your favorite Wiz pose
🔥 Practice it before Friday
🔥 Show up and recreate it
🔥 TAG
🔥 Help us get Wiz to follow Run Myrtle Beach! 😂🙌

Because if we can get runners to show up at 7:30 AM on a Friday… surely we can get Wiz to hit that Follow button. 😎

Go study up. 👇
https://www.instagram.com/wizkhalifa/

Come run. Come pose. Come make the internet notice us. 😂🏃‍♀️📸🌴

Don’t miss out! 🐶 There’s still time to sign up for the 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5K presented by Kia of Myrtle Beach. 👟

Missing the Mini would be ruff. 😅

Register now and come run with us! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
👉https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/MyrtleBeach/MBMiniMarathon

Presenting Sponsor!
Kia of Myrtle Beach

Post Race Party Sponsor!
Grand Strand Brewing Co

Ocean Sponsors!
Shoe Center by Rachel
Professional Rehabilitation Services
United Bank