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Neuse River Bridge Run Half Marathon 10k & 5k

May 3, 2025
New Bern
Road
Distances
Half-Marathon, 10k, 5k
Starting Time

7:00 AM

Fees

$70+

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1-100
Fast & Flat
Urban, Riverfront
High: 76°
/ Low: 58°

Nestled here along the confluence of the Trent and Neuse Rivers, just a short drive from the nearby coastline — where the much more well-known Outer Banks islands of Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras lie — the small city of New Bern plays host to more than a thousand runners each year at the annual running of the Neuse River Bridge Run.

Peaceful and tranquil, thanks to its somewhat remote location in the region known as the Inner Banks of eastern North Carolina, New Bern offers a blend of beautiful coastal scenery and historic architectural treasures, which visitors can take in on any of the local tours offered in the city.

New Bern also boasts the pharmacy whose claim to fame is the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, where local druggist Caleb Bradham invented what he called “Brad’s Drink,” and which he later patented as the formula for the fizzy soft drink we know today as Pepsi. The course for the race shows off much of the scenery for which the city is known, as it takes runners along the streets and along the waters of the Trent and Neuse Rivers that flow past the city’s eastern and southern edges. Runners in all three races follow an out-and-back course that starts and finishes in New Bern’s Union Point Park, which overlooks where the rivers meet from the city’s southeastern corner, and from there follow a largely fast and flat route through the city’s streets.
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Nestled here along the confluence of the Trent and Neuse Rivers, just a short drive from the nearby coastline — where the much more well-known Outer Banks islands of Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras lie — the small city of New Bern plays host to more than a thousand runners each year at the annual running of the Neuse River Bridge Run. Peaceful and tranquil, thanks to its somewhat remote location in the region known as the Inner Banks of eastern North Carolina, New Bern offers a blend of beautiful coastal scenery and historic architectural treasures, which visitors can take in on any of the local tours offered in the city.
New Bern also boasts the pharmacy whose claim to fame is the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, where local druggist Caleb Bradham invented what he called “Brad’s Drink,” and which he later patented as the formula for the fizzy soft drink we know today as Pepsi. The course for the race shows off much of the scenery for which the city is known, as it takes runners along the streets and along the waters of the Trent and Neuse Rivers that flow past the city’s eastern and southern edges. Runners in all three races follow an out-and-back course that starts and finishes in New Bern’s Union Point Park, which overlooks where the rivers meet from the city’s southeastern corner, and from there follow a largely fast and flat route through the city’s streets.

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Neuse River Bridge Run Half Marathon 10k & 5k Course Map

Distances
Half Marathon, 10k, 5k
Starting Time

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Fees

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