Oktoberfest Half Marathon & 5k

Both Courses will be USATF Certified
New course certification will take place due to destruction of greenway and roadways along the rive from Hurricane Helene. New certification maps will be availabe by summer ’25.

Course subject to change

Half Marathon runners will start and finish at the Hi-Wire Beer Garden in the River Arts District neighborhood of Asheville.

• Right turn out of the brewery onto Lyman, toward Riverside.
• The first mile is a loop through the River Arts District.
• Mile 1- 3 is a run along Riverside Drive. Be aware that debris and scars from the flood are very visable on this stretch of road.
• Around mile 4 you’ll hit the Reed Creek Greenway for just under a mile.
• Mile 5 through Mile 8 wind through the historic Montford neighborhood.
• Mile 9 you’ll hit the RAD area again as you next cross the Craven St. Bridge and head to the western side of the French Broad River.
• Mile 10 thru 11 run in an out and back on an out and back on the French Broad River Greenway.
•  Mile 12 and 13 runners return back to the River Arts District and onto the RAD greenway before returning to the brewery.

Roads will not be fully closed along the course so runners must keep right and pay attention to course directional arrows, Course Marshal instructions and Police. If you are running with earbuds please leave one ear open or use bone conducting head phones.

No dogs or strollers allowed on the half marathon course.

Half Marathon course aid closes at 10:30am.

We will continue to time runners until they are all in.

3 hour course limit for course aid. Aid stations and marshals leave the course at 10:30am.