Rockaway Half Thanksgiving

Rockaway Half Thanksgiving is a half marathon (13.1 miles) run at Rockaway Park in New York on November 21, 2026, starting at 7:00 a.m. The USATF-certified course is two full loops of 6.55 miles: from the boardwalk at 108th Street you head east for three miles, turn at 38th Street and come back west to 108th, then repeat the loop and finish there. Water and sports drink are available at several points. Every participant receives a bib, an event shirt and a medal, and check-in and late registration take place at Healy's Pub on Rockaway Beach Blvd.

An out-and-back repeated twice is one of the easiest courses to pace, because you cover the same ground four times and can compare each three-mile section directly. Use the first turnaround to check your split and treat the start of the second loop as the real beginning of the race. A 12-week build with a weekly long run climbing to 11 miles will get you ready; with only one distance on offer, there is no shorter fallback on the day.