The Annual Scallywag 5K/10K & 7th Annual Blackbeard’s Half Marathon on Ocracoke returns to the spring timeframe and will be held Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27.
Ocracoke Island Weekend Runfest includes the “Lt. Maynard’s Challenge,” where participants complete either the 5K or 10K on Saturday and then the Half Marathon on Sunday.
Participants wishing to participate in Lt. Maynard’s Challenge need to select that option during half marathon registration and sign up for either the 5K or 10K.
Top three male and female overall finishers and top three male and female finishers in age groups will receive awards.
Both Saturday and Sunday runs will be open to walkers and running strollers. Strollers must start behind runners and walkers.
No pets allowed other than service dogs, and no bikes or skateboards are allowed.
For details and to sign up online, visit https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Ocracoke/OcracokeIsland10K5K.
Proceeds of this event benefit Ocracoke Community Radio WOVV, Ocracoke School Athletic Boosters Club and Ocracoke Community Park.
Last year, the race revealed a new contender in Henry McFall, 17, of Pittsboro, Chatham County, who won two of the three races, the 5K and the half-marathon.
MacFall and his twin sister Lily have run the Ocracoke race before, and last year, McFall’s time in the 13-mile half-marathon was 1:28:58 and his 5K time was 18:16. Lily was first place in her 14-19 5K age group at 26:33.
Following close behind him in both races were the Dominguez brothers of Ocracoke.
Gerardo Dominguez came in second in the half-marathon at 1:33:17 and Denis Dominguez came in second in the 5K at 19:19.
Kristin Herring, 45, of Newport News, Va., was the top female in the half-marathon at 1:34:07.
In the 10K, which is two times around the 5K course, Adam Siegers, 43, Booneville, New York, was first with a time of 38:28.
Race Director Angie Todd was thrilled last year that the race, which was the13th, had the most ever to sign up for all three races.
For the 5K, 252 signed up with 87 of those for the 10K. In the half marathon, 160 signed up, which was the limit and a first, Todd said, but only 131 actually ran it.
“(Since 2021) you guys have helped us raise $120,000 for the Ocracoke Boosters, WOVV radio and the Ocracoke Youth Center,” Todd told the cheering racers before the 5K started.
