RDC Marathon

The RDC Marathon and Half Marathon will draw participants from Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, as well as throughout North Carolina and across the country. The USATF certified courses will feature the beautiful American Tobacco Trail and finish at The Streets at Southpoint in Durham, giving participants and spectators the opportunity to wine, dine, shop, and run! The course was designed to showcase many of the focal points of the mall and the surrounding area, including The Streets at Southpoint, the City of Durham and the American Tobacco Trail, which has long been a favorite destination for local runners to escape for a lunchtime jog or a weekend twenty mile run. The course showcases the diversity of the local area, from modern urban city to quiet forest trails and open farmland. The start and finish will be in mall parking lot just west of AMC movie theaters. Just under 2 miles of the course will be around the Streets at Southpoint with both courses entering the trail and heading North towards downtown Durham. The course will turn around just after mile 7 coming back towards the Streets at Southpoint. Upon running over I-40 ATT trail the half marathon will take a quick left then right to the finish line while the marathon will continue straight towards the county portion of the trail then turning around before New Hope Road crossing. Return back the marathon will make a right turn off the trail head then a quick right to the finish line. The Durham Sports Commission (DSC), Title sponsor of RunRDC, is a collaboration of the City of Durham, the County of Durham, the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce and the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau (DCVB). Newly established in 2016, the DSC’s mission is to provide leadership for sports-based initiatives and create positive economic impact and quality of life in Durham and the surrounding region.