SOLDIER HALF MARATHON

Ft. Benning, Georgia, Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama provide the perfect backdrop for a very scenic and fast half-marathon course.

Course Map

Marathon is Certified - Certification Number USATF# - GA11068WC

Time: 7:00am ET

Packet pickup on Friday, November 9th from 11:00 am to 7:30 pm and Saturday, November 10th from 5:30 am to 6:45 am.

The Soldier Half Marathon course is a 13.1 mile course that starts at the National Infantry Museum and finishes at the National Infantry Museum. The start line and finish line are on the Avenue of Flags along the East side of the National Infantry Museum. The first 7 miles of the course are on Ft. Benning. The remaining 6.1 miles are out and back on the RiverWalk. The 6.1 miles section begins at the National Infantry Museum and continues on S. Lumpkin Road in a Northerly direction and turns left onto the public road that leads to the Water Works Treatment Facility. The course turns at the Water Works Treatment Facility and returns on the RiverWalk to Oxbow Meadows and then to the Infantry Museum.

The specific details of the course for certification purposes are as follows:
Start on north edge of gray brick of Flagpole 30A on East side of Infantry Museum Avenue of Flags. Proceed North thru remainder of Avenue of Flags and driveway along East side of Infantry Museum Parking lot. Turn Right out of Parking lot drive and Right again (South) onto Ft. Benning Rd. Follow Fort Benning entrance road (Ft. Benning Rd.) which becomes Sigerfoos Rd., turn gentle Right off Sigerfoos onto Lumpkin Rd – going South, then Left on Zuckerman Ave. to Left on Bjornstead St., then Left on Yeager Ave., then Right (North) on Lumpkin Rd., then Right onto Running Ave., then Left onto Baltzell Ave. Then Right onto Lumpkin Rd. and Ft. Benning Rd., then Left onto Custer Rd. for short distance to Right (North) on Riverwalk. Turn North (Right) on S. Lumpkin Rd. to Left on Columbus Water Works (CWW) Access Rd., to slight Right onto Columbus Riverwalk to the Turn-around. Then follow CWW Access Rd. to reconnect onto Columbus Riverwalk at North-West corner of Oxbow Golf Course. Follow Riverwalk to S. Lumpkin Rd., turn Left (North) on S. Lumpkin Rd. to Infantry Museum Parking Lot Entrance, then Right onto Avenue of Flags to the Finish.