YMCA Critz Tybee Run

YMCA Critz Tybee Run is a two day running festival on Tybee Island, Georgia, held over February 5-6, 2027. It opens with the 5K on Friday at 6 p.m., then Saturday stacks four more races: the 10K at 7 a.m., Chu's Half Marathon (13.1 miles) at 8:30 a.m., a 2.8 mile beach run at noon and a one mile at 1 p.m. You can enter a single event or take on several, and the island views are part of the appeal.

Running more than one race in a weekend changes the calculation. Pace the earlier events well inside your limit if you want anything left for the half marathon, and eat and drink between them as deliberately as you would during a long run. If the half is your only entry, twelve weeks with a weekly long run is the usual build, and the beach run afterwards makes a pleasant way to loosen off tired legs.