Beach to Bay Relay Marathon

Beach to Bay Relay Marathon takes place on May 15, 2027, in Corpus Christi, Texas, starting at 7:00 a.m. The marathon distance is covered point-to-point by relay teams, and the event is among the largest of its kind in the country, drawing more than ten thousand runners each year.

A relay marathon splits the distance into legs of roughly five miles, which is short enough to race hard but long enough that going out too fast still costs you. The logistics are the real challenge: with a field that size, plan how your team moves between exchange points the day before, and agree who runs which leg according to the heat rather than the distance — the later legs are run in a Gulf-coast morning that warms quickly.