The Longest Night Half Marathon

The Longest Night

The Preserve in Mauldin SC

Longest Night of the Year!

The Longest Night Backyard Elimination Race

The Preserve at Lakewood is a 120-acre parcel of land which features forest land, rolling grass trails, parking for 150, and of course, The Sustainability Education Center. The land is home to countless plant and animal species. Upon visiting, you can see red cedar and maple, hickory and flowering dogwood trees, white-tailed deer, eastern cottontail, woodchucks, box turtles, various types of mockingbirds, woodpeckers, blue jays and more. 

This style of race is a bit different than most! You have a set number of laps to complete your race distance but you also have a set period of time you must complete each of those laps. Each lap you will be given 25 minutes to complete the 1.5 mile cross country style course at the preserve (wide grass paths). If you finish the loop in 10 minutes than you have 15 minutes to hang out by the fire! The race stage is set on an old farm that with a large barn in an open field for parking and camping. If it gets too cold or rainy feel free to bring your gear and hang out inside the barn with the rest of the crew who will be doing laps with you, ringing the bell, and watching the moon set and the sun rise as we bring in all of our amazing finishers!

Referral Program

Invite your running buddies! When you register you will be assigned a link/code that you can share with your friends & family. The link will appear in your confirmation message, your email, and in your RunSignUp profile! Use your unique referral code to share with your running buddies! For every every 2 participants that use your referral code/link to register you will receive a $5 refund to your registration! Refer enough runners and RUN FOR FREE! 

• Share Your Referral Codes - HERE

Event Details

• What: Elimination Style Race with multiple distances from 10k to 50 Miles

• Where: Lake Wood Preserve - 220 Lakewood Dr. Greenville, SC 29607. 

• When: December 21st - 22nd, 2024

  • 50miles (34 Laps) - Saturday at 6:00pm

  • 50k (21 Laps) - Saturday at 11:25pm

  • Marathon (18 Laps) - Sunday @ 12:40am

  • Half Marathon (9 Laps) - Sunday @ 4:25am

  • 10k (4 Laps) - Sunday @ 6:30am

• Packet Pickup: 1 Hour Prior to your race start inside the barn adjacent to participant parking

• Event Shirts - Our local apparel vendor (Graphic Cow) will be processing all shirt orders. Please follow the link below to pre-order a s