Providence Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K

Sunday, May 5, 2024 • Providence, RI • Course Map

Set for its 16th annual running this year, the Providence Half Marathon features a full marathon, a half marathon and a 5K race that typically see more than 2,700 runners cross the finish line in all three races combined, including just under 1,300 runners in the half marathon.

Like the full marathon, the half marathon follows an out-and-back course that starts and finishes in downtown Providence, on Exchange Terrace next to Burnside Park. From there, the race takes runners on a course that’s shaped roughly like the letter “J,” along the Providence River and the Providence Harbor waterfront toward India Point Park, where the course then makes a left and heads north along Gano Street.

Runners will make their way north along Gano — and within just a few blocks of the Brown University campus — on their way toward Blackstone Boulevard, the city’s famous tree-lined roadway that leads north up to Lippit Point Park.

There, the course makes a right again onto East Avenue, and continues north in the direction of Pleasant Street Park, taking runners almost all the way into the neighboring city of Pawtucket.

Next, after runners make the turn from Pleasant Street to Spencer Street and then again onto Taft Street — which marks approximately the half-way point of the half marathon — runners then begin the trek south back toward Providence.

Then, runners pass by a pair of cemeteries along the waterfront of the Blackstone River as it empties into the Providence Harbor, and then rejoin Blackstone Boulevard for a second, mile-and-a-half-long stretch south toward Blackstone Park.

Here, the course makes a left and brings runners along the waterfront again, along the edge of the park on East River Street. They’ll follow it all the way down past the Henderson Bridge and then turn onto Pitman Street, which is followed by a left turn back onto Gano Street.

There, runners will hit what should be familiar terrain, as they’ll run in reverse the first couple of miles they ran early in the race, back along Indian Point Park and the Providence River waterfront.

The home stretch of the race brings runners back to where they started, as they head past the Brown and Rhode Island School of Design campuses to City Hall Park, where they’ll cross the finish line.

Race Weather & Climate

Located in eastern Rhode Island at the mouth of the Providence River and the northern end of Narragansett Bay, about 50 miles southwest of Boston, Providence typically sees cool to mild weather in May, a month that has brought record temperatures here as low as 29 degrees (in 1956) and as high as 95 degrees (in 1996).

On race day (May 5), the average low is 45ºF and the average high is 64ºF.

Providence Marathon Past Results

• 2023 Results
• 2022 Half Marathon Results
• 2019  Half Marathon Results
• 2018 Half Marathon Results
• 2017 Half Marathon Results
• 2016 Half Marathon Results
• 2015 Half Marathon Results
• 2014 Half Marathon Results
• 2013 Half Marathon Results
• 2012 Half Marathon Results

Providence Marathon Course Map

See the race route map for the Providence Half Marathon here.

Starting Time

• 7:30 AM – full marathon
• 8:00 AM – half marathon
• 8:15 AM – 5K

Course Time Limit

• 3.5 hours – half marathon
• 6 hours – full marathon
• 1 hour – 5K

Providence Marathon Fees

• $49 – $89 for the half marathon
• $69 – $109 for the full marathon
• $19 – $39 for the 5K

Registration

To reserve your spot in the 2024 running of the Providence Half Marathon, register online at Enmotive.com here.

Providence Marathon Official Race Website

providencemarathon.com

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