Fort Jackson Half Marathon

Fort Jackson Half Marathon is held in Columbia, South Carolina, on November 14, 2026, starting at 8 a.m. It is a single-format road race over the half marathon distance (13.1 miles), run at Fort Jackson, with one start and one finish rather than a program of parallel events.

Races that offer only one distance take the decision out of your hands, which is useful. Give yourself a 12- to 16-week block, anchored on a long run that grows week by week to 11 or 12 miles, and add one weekly session at your target race pace so the effort feels familiar. An 8 a.m. start is civil enough for a normal breakfast about three hours out. Anyone racing on a military installation should check access and identification requirements with the organizer well ahead of race day rather than at the gate.