St Michaels, MD | Saturday, October 31, 2026Registration Open
We can't wait to show off one of Maryland's FLATTEST courses, with our Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k events, we welcome you to beautiful Talbot County! Our marathon and half marathon share the first 10.5 miles of the half marathon course) and a 5k (out and back from the finish line). Be sure to check out all of the options available. ALL COURSES ARE USATF CERTIFIED COURSES!!! Have trouble with course maps? Afraid of missing turns? Looking to set your PR with an all-out effort? Have we got the race for you!!! The Historic Drawbridge Running Festival will take place on Saturday, October 31st, 2026. . The half will navigate from Tilghman Island, straight up Route 33, and to St Michaels, making one of the only true turns of the race in to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum!! That's a 13.1 mile STRAIGHT RUN with little to no elevation or turns!!! The Full marathon will follow the same course, but turn right on Bozman-Neavitt Rd (MD Route 579) and travel through tiny Bozman, and turn around right before Neavitt, before you turn around and return to St Michaels, rejoining the marathon course around mile 24. Our 5k event, starting at 830am, will start and finish from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum!!! The course will be 1.55 out and back on the same course as the Full and Half. RUNNERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE MAT WITHIN THE FIRST 5 MINUTES (8:00:00 TO 8:05:00) TO PROPERLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES. ALL RUNNERS MUST BE ON SITE AT THE START BY 7:45am. We encourage participants to take advantage of the buses that will be available at the Maritime Museum on race morning to transport you to the start line at the on Tilghman Island, which is where the race starts. This way your vehicle is available for you upon your finish at the entrance to the Maritime Museum. From the start at Tilghman, we will begin as a group, with traffic briefly shut down on the Island, until we can get everyone safely over the FIRST OF TWO DRAWBRIDGES and on to the shoulder of MD Route 33.
Available Distances
Awards & Prizes
Participant Giveaway
13.1 Miles: Hooded Sweatshirt (Unisex Size)
26.2 Miles: Hooded Sweatshirt (Unisex Size)
3.1 Miles: Long Sleeve T shirt
Registration & Pricing
Distance
Price
Opens
Closes
13.1 Miles
$60.00
Feb 21
Jun 25
$70.00
Jun 26
Aug 26
$80.00
Aug 27
Sep 25
$85.00
Sep 26
Oct 26
$90.00
Oct 27
Oct 31
26.2 Miles
$75.00
Feb 21
Jun 25
Past Results
5K
Year
Finishers
Median Time
Fastest Time
2025
69
31:20
18:31
2024
66
32:48
21:02
Marathon
Year
Finishers
Median Time
Fastest Time
2025
127
4:25:09
1:34:32
2024
106
4:27:55
2:38:25
Half Marathon
Year
Finishers
Interested in this race?
$85.00
Jun 26
Aug 26
$95.00
Aug 27
Sep 25
$100.00
Sep 26
Oct 26
$110.00
Oct 27
Oct 31
3.1 Miles
$30.00
Feb 21
Sep 25
$40.00
Sep 26
Oct 31
Packet Pickup and Shuttle to the Start
We can't wait to host you for the 2021 Historic Drawbridge Half this Saturday, and hope you are just as excited! If you haven't run this before, welcome to one of the straightest half marathons in the area! If you HAVE run with us before, welcome back, and looking forward to you getting your next PR with us! Packet Pickup We ARE expecting to have our bibs in hand in the next day or so. For those of you who did bib mailing, your fee has been refunded and we have opted to have a RACE DAY p
Schedule of Events
Friday, October 30th, 2026 - Corah's Corner (105 N Talbot St, Saint Michaels, MD 21663) 5pm-7pm - PACKET PICKUP Saturday, October 31st, 2026 0600 -0715 am Packet pickup as participants arrive @ Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (213 N Talbot Street) 0715 Begin bus loading for Marathon and Half Marathon 0730 All buses leave for Start Line from CBMM 0800 - First wave of run begins (Marathon and Half Marathon) 0805 - Last runners begin from Start Line 0830 - 5k Begins from CBMM 1000 - 5k Award