Raleigh Greenway Half Marathon

The Raleigh Greenway Half Marathon is a late-fall half marathon in Raleigh, North Carolina. It starts and finishes at Anderson Point Park, a roughly 90-acre park a few miles east of downtown. The park sits near the meeting point of the Neuse River and Crabtree Creek. The race is open to runners, walkers, and wheelchair competitors. The route is out and back, with an early 3.5-mile section past Carolina Lake before the field returns toward Anderson Point Park and heads for the greenway. After the opening road section around New Hope Road, Poole Road, Old Poole Road, and Trademark Drive, the course turns south through the park and joins the Neuse River Greenway Trail. That trail runs nearly 28 miles overall, with paved path, boardwalk, bridges over rivers and creeks, historic sites, and farm fields along the way. For the rest of the race, runners stay close to the Neuse River, follow the riverbank south to a dirt road near the woods, turn around around mile 9, and retrace the same route back to Anderson Point Park. Organizers plan music along the course, so the race is not just a quiet greenway run.