Available parking will be at the West and South Beach Parking Lots as well as on-street public parking near Narragansett Town Beach.  The parking lots will fill up so we recommend arriving early.  Once they are filled, there is plentiful on-street parking available.  If you arrive after 6:30am, we recommend utilizing the on-street parking near The Towers before you arrive at the Beach as the beach lots will be filled.

Yes.   All races are chip timed and will have starting mats. Both gun time and chip time will be provided.  We have partnered with RaceJoy to provide a comprehensive race communication experience.  One feature of this robust app is live athlete tracking using your smartphone.  Click here to learn more.  You can also sign up for text alerts for when you pass by timing mats.  Please click on RESULTS NOTIFICATIONS from your registration - https://oceanstate.rhoderaces.us/Race/FindARunner/?raceId=32300

You may pick up your bibs at the following times –

• Friday - 5pm - 7pm at Rhode Runner, 657 N. Main St. Providence, RI. 

• Saturday - noon - 5pm at the OrthoRI, 10 High St., Wakefield, RI

• Sunday - 5:45 am - 7:45 am at Narragansett Town Beach, North Lot.

Every runner needs to show a license when picking up their race packet. When picking up a packet for a friend, you need a signed note from the runner and a photocopy of their license.

Registration fee will include entry into the race, event T-shirt, finishers medal, Bib, Timing Chip, GPS Athlete Tracking via RaceJoy, finish line food and beverage, post-race massage, parking and free photos.

Yes. All participants will receive a shirt, sizes are only guaranteed before June 1st.  Medals will be awarded to all finishers of the full and half marathon.

Yes, we will have an awards ceremony once most of our age group categories have filled in. 

Yes, the full marathon course is USATF certified and a Boston Qualifier, as well as an Abbott World Marathon Major qualifier.

Aid stations are located throughout the course.  Please reference course maps for exact locations.  Aid stations will have water and Nuun.  Some additional aid stations will have HoneyStinger energy gels and bananas.

https://rhoderaces.com/events/narragansett/

There will be a gear bag check at the start of the race.  All gear must be placed in labeled bags and any unattended bags will be discarded.  You must provide your own bags.  Please do not leave anything valuable in our gear check, as Rhode Races & Events is not responsible for lost or damaged items.  Clothing discarded at the start of the race or along the course will be collected and donated or disposed.

The course is relatively flat for the half marathon with a hill in and out of Bonnet Shores at miles 4-7 and another short hill between mile 8 and 9. For the full marathon, the course shares the half marathon with a split at mile 8, rejoining around mile 21.  There are some rolling hills along Snuff Mill Rd around mile 11 and again at mile 18. You can go to our website to check out the elevation map under the tab “Course Details.”

https://rhoderaces.com/events/narragansett/

There will be finish line medical and roving on course support.  Please let an Aid Station volunteer know you need medical aid and a sag vehicle or ambulance will be called.

Yes, there will be pacers running the marathon for various finishing times. There will be pacers running at marathon paces of: 3:30, 3:45, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00. Our goal is to also have Half Marathon pacers at 1:40, 1:50, 2 hrs, 2:15, 2:30, and 2:45.

Our race officially has a time limit of 6 hours. However - we do have an early starters option for those marathoners that need extra time, the start time for the early starters is 6:30am.

While the course is not yet supported and secure, it does allow you an extra hour to finish, we feel it is better to have more support at the end, rather than in the beginning.

A couple notes about this - the course is not yet supported but is still getting set up.

We just ask that you stay on the sidewalks until we officially start at 7:30a.

The route is marked but it will be important to be familiar with the first few miles.

Aid station supplies will be in place but the volunteers may not arrive until a bit later.

Finally, you would be ineligible for Age Group Awards and if you finish in under 4 hours, you may risk being disqualified.  The Early Start is for those needing 5 hours or longer.

Just some FYIs.

No.  This area is a popular destination and our permit does not allow us to close roads.  We do create coned running lanes.  For your safety and the consideration of the community in which we run, we do require that you stay within these coned running lanes.

The small community of Narragansett has a number of wonderful lodging choices.  To find the recommendations on where to stay, click on the “Travel” tab on the web page.

https://rhoderaces.com/events/narragansett/

Pre-registration closes at 6pm on the Wednesday before the race, this is also the last day for shirt selection and to defer or transfer.  After this time, you can still register online, up until 15 mins before the race start, or until we run out of space.  Our registration page will count down the number of bibs left once we are under 100.

As part of our sustainable initiatives, we encourage a bring-your-own hydration option as this means fewer cups and bottles as part of our event.

While earphones are not banned, we discourage their use in the race for the safest experience for you and your fellow participants

No.  Dogs and strollers are not permitted in the race due to insurance and safety precautions for our participants.  As much as we love babies and pets, you will be removed from the race if you are running with either a stroller or a dog. Please make other arrangements.

No.  Dogs and strollers are not permitted in the race due to insurance and safety precautions for our participants.  As much as we love babies and pets, you will be removed from the race if you are running with either a stroller or a dog. Please make other arrangements.

Yes. Select the “Course Details” tab on the race website home page.  Maps are also available on Strava (Full, Half, 5k), RunGo (Full, Half, 5k) and Google.

No. If you cross the finish line twice the slower time will be recorded.

No, bicycles are not permitted on the course.  It impedes runners and our safety and security personnel.  Additionally, it is unsafe with the course open to traffic.

The results will be posted on our website within 24 hours after the event date.

Yes. There will be port-a-johns at the start and located at various locations around the course, at approximately 2 mi intervals. 

Please click here for our full policy.

You can change your race distance at any time, right up until the morning of the race.  (As a PSA - according to USATF rules - If you complete a different distance than the one you are registered for - you will be disqualified.  For example, you are registered for the full marathon but only complete the half, you are considered a DQ).

You can process this change yourself, right up until you pick up your bib, and provided we still have room in your new distance.

Here are the steps to Transfer Races

1. Sign In to RunSignUp

2. Go to your Profile

3. Click My Registered Races

4. Click Manage Registration next to the registration that you would like to transfer your event for

5. Click the Transfer Event menu item

6. Click the Start Transfer button

7. Select your new Event from the Event Drop-Down

8. Agree to the Waiver and click Continue

(Here's a link as well to help you claim your registration and merge it to your account:

https://runsignup.com/How-To/Claim-an-Account)

There is a video link here that shows the procedure - https://runsignup.com/How-To/Transfer-To-Another-Event

 You are welcome to defer your entry to next year or transfer to any race in our portfolio, within one year of your original event.  The deferral or transfer process must be completed before pre-registration closes (at 6pm on the Wednesday before the race) and there is a small fee to complete this transfer.   

To defer to the same race next year, please follow these steps:

1. Sign In to RunSignUp

2. Go to your Profile

3. Click My Registered Races

4. Click Manage next to the registration that you would like to transfer your event for

5. Click the Defer menu item

To transfer to another race within one calendar year of the original race or transfer the bib to another runner- 

1. Sign In to RunSignUp

2. Go to your Profile

3. Click My Registered Races

4. Click View/Edit next to the registration that you would like to transfer

5. Click the Transfer to Another Race or Transfer My Bib menu item

6. Find the race that you would like to transfer into and click the Start Transfer button

7. Register for the new race, and your Race Transfer Credit will be applied at the checkout

The race will occur on all occasions except in the cases of extreme weather.  These extreme cases include thunderstorms, hurricanes, and high heat and humidity.  We communicate regularly with local EMS teams to determine when to call a race.  If the need to call the race happens once the start has occurred, we will use the Event Alert System, or EAS, a color-coded method of quickly communicating to participants the potential for adverse weather conditions that can affect the race event. A series of color codes is used to indicate the increasing severity of adverse conditions as outlined below.  Flags will be hung at aid stations to match the alert needed.  The system could also be used to warn of other potentially dangerous situations, such as cold, storms, tornadoes, or even non-weather situations like auto accidents, fires, or civil unrest on or near the course.   On-course personnel, course marshals, and aid stations will be informed of the course shutdown so that they can then communicate the information to participants on course.

Littering along the course is strictly prohibited, especially gel packets and their tops.  We provide trash cans at aid stations as well as smaller buckets at every mile marker.  Please dispose of your trash in these receptacles and not on the roads, beaches or private property. We are lucky enough to be allowed to run in these beautiful locations, but we must respect our neighbors and our environment.  Any runner caught littering will be disqualified.

Bandits are those who run the race without a bib, ie they did not pay an entry fee.  Bandits are effectively stealing from the race organizers and other runners in the race.  A race is a carefully orchestrated event with allocated resources such as medals, shirts, water, nutrition, etc planned down to the participant level.  If a number of unplanned participants join the race, they take away these valuable resources from those that did pay.  Water, nutrition, hydration are in particular huge concerns when unplanned runners take from those entered.  Additionally, many of our events are capped as the course can only hold a certain number of runners for the safety of the participants and the residents.  When someone runs a marathon, every extra step counts and having unregistered runners on the course takes away from those that are legally entered into the race.  Finally, if something were to happen to an unregistered participant, we do not have their emergency contact information, or any method to determine who this participant is and how to contact their next of kin.  As a result, anyone found running without a bib will be removed from the race course immediately and banned from all future Rhode Races.

YES!  Individuals can refer 3 friends using their unique referral code and receive $15 back - or - for larger groups of 10 or more, each member of the group will receive $5 to $15 in refunds, depending on the size of the group!  Sign up on the same team for the refund to be automatically applied when thresholds are reached.

Please visit RunSignup.com/profile to verify your race entry and make any changes - profile updates, registration updates, transfers, deferrals, etc.