• Marine Corps Historic Half Celebrates Five Years

The Marine Corps Historic Half marathon celebrates its fifth anniversary with great excitement and pageantry during event weekend, May 18-20 in Fredericksburg, VA.  Since its first running in 2008, the Historic Half has welcomed 20,000 participants to the Northern Virginia Area.  Read more.

• Free Shuttle Service Available for Historic Half Participants, Spectators

The Marine Corps Historic Half is celebrating five years on Sunday, May 20 with 8,000 participants from across the U.S. and nine other nations.  Free shuttle service will be offered to and from the Historic Half start and finish for all participants and spectators.  All events start and finish on Carl D. Silver Parkway, adjacent to the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center.  Read more.

• Historic Half Debuts Runner Tracking through Social Media

The Marine Corps Historic Half is introducing new runner tracking for the 8,000 participants who will run the 13.1 mile event on Sunday, May 20 in Fredericksburg, VA. Each runner's split times can be instantaneously viewed on Facebook, Twitter or via email and mobile text messaging. Read more.

• Marine Corps Historic Half Uncorks Partnership with DelFosse Vineyards & Winery

Cheers!  To highlight the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Marine Corps Historic Half marathon on Sunday, May 20 in Fredericksburg, VA, the MCM has partnered with Faber, VA's DelFosse Vineyards & Winery to create two commemorative Historic Half labeled wines.  Read more.

• Alison Sweeney to Start and Run Marine Corps Historic Half on May 20

Alison Sweeney - celebrated host of the NBC series "The Biggest Loser," author of "The Mommy Diet" and Samantha Brady on "Days of Our Lives" - will serve as honorary starter and participant of the Marine Corps Historic Half marathon on Sunday, May 20 in Fredericksburg, VA.  Read more.

• MCM Closes Registration in Historic Time

Marking the fastest sellout in the history of marathon events, the MCM has sold out 30,000 available online entries in 2 hours, 41 minutes, besting the previous registration record of eight hours for the 2011 Boston Marathon. As the MCM opened registration today at 3:00 p.m. EST, runners registered in a fervent pace with more than 15,948 runners securing their spots in just the first hour. Read more.