ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE MARATHONS IN THE COUNTRY!
• Start the race to the roar of a Space Shuttle countdown and Liftoff on a Jumbo-tron
• Awesome “Astronaut” Medals
• Electronic “Space” Certificate to all finishers
• Expo and Pre-Race Dinner at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex!
• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Discount Coupon
• “Space” Props along course and at finish line area
• “Space” Themed Water/Aid Stations all along course
• Volunteers in NASA-like uniforms and hats
• “Space” Photo opportunity with astronauts
• Opportunity to win tickets to "Astronaut Training Experience (ATX)" plus Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex admission for two people
• Official long sleeve technical T-shirt (moisture wicking non-cotton)
• Large Beach towels with race logo (instead of Mylar blankets)
• Set a PR with this year’s Pace Teams!
• A full Pancake, Egg & Sausage Breakfast and Pizza

We are very excited to announce that this year's pre-race pasta dinner will be at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Apollo / Saturn V Center. 

Marvel at a monstrous 363-foot-long Saturn V moon rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, and one of only three in existence at the Apollo/Saturn V Center. Dramatic multi-media shows and numerous hands-on displays provide an inspirational and exhilarating look into America's quest for the moon. Relive the historic launch of Apollo 8 at the Firing Room Theater, and get a rare look at the harrowing final moments before man landed on the moon at the Lunar Theater.

All of this is included while dining underneath the Saturn V Moon Rocket.  The cost of the pre-race dinner is $50.00.  The dinner is from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm and the keynote speaker presentation is approximately 7:00 pm.

The dinner menu is below:

•  Garden Salad with Cucumbers, Tomatoes,
   Croutons with Ranch and Italian
   Dressing
• Orzo Pasta Salad Olives, Artichokes and
   Peppers tossed with Basil and Oil
• Chicken Picatta with Grilled Chicken Breast
   With Linguini
• Cheese Ravioli with Marinara
• Meat Lasagna
• Garlic Bread, Dinner Rolls
• Connoli, Tiramisu, Biscotti
• Sliced Fruit Platter with Honeydew,
   Canteloupe, Pineapple, Oranges, Grapes
   And Berries
• Coffee, Decaf, Hot Tea

 Disclaimer:  There is a tentative shuttle launch in November.  If the shuttle launch occurs on Saturday, November, 27th, the pre-race dinner and Health & Fitness Expo would not be allowed at Kennedy Space Center.  We would move the Health & Fitness Expo to the race site in Cocoa Village and most likely cancel the dinner and refund all monies collected for the dinner. 

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, one of our major sponsors, has donated a prize package to the "Astronaut Training Experience (ATX)" plus Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex admission for two people.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s most interactive guest program to date, ATX® - Astronaut Training Experience®, offers participants a true taste of the space flight experience.  Developed with input from veteran NASA astronauts, the hands-on, heads-engaged half day program includes an orientation and mission briefing by a member of the U.S. astronaut corps, true-to-training simulator exercises and the culmination of the training: A team-oriented space shuttle mission from launch to landing in a full-scale space shuttle mock-up and Mission Control Center. The intensity of ATX offers a realistic look at what astronauts and mission control achieve together every time NASA launches a manned mission.

For more information on these programs, please visit www.kennedyspacecenter.com .

All participants are eligible for this grand prize drawing.

We are very excited to announce our guest speaker, sponsored by New Balance, is Dick Beardsley for this year’s Space Coast Marathon & Half Marathon.

Mr. Beardsley will by the keynote speaker at this year's pre-race pasta dinner at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Apollo Saturn V Center.  The dinner is from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Mr. Beardsley will be speaking at approximately 7:00 pm. 

Mr. Beardsley will also be part of the Sunday morning activities including the awards presentation. 

Dick Beardsley is probably best known for “The Duel in the Sun”, his 1982 Boston race against Alberto Salazar.    He finished in second place by a mere two seconds, running 2:08:53.  The race even inspired a book, “Duel in the Sun: The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America’s Greatest Marathon” by John Brant. 

All finishers receive a complimentary pancake, egg & sausage breakfast and / or Pizza. You must show your race number as proof of participation. Extra breakfast tickets are available for $5.00 for family & friends on site (cash only)

Those wearing the top two best costumes as judged by participant applause will win $50 and $25 respectively. Make sure your costume is safe to others and allows you to run easily without overheating and the ability to see clearly. There will be a costume contest after the half marathon awards presentation and another immediately after the marathon awards presentation. Any finisher of either race is eligible for either contest, but not both.

This year we are offering Pace Teams for both the full marathon and half marathon.

For details about this year's Pace Teams, visit the link below:

Pace Teams Link

We are very excited to announce that this year's pre-race pasta dinner will be at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Apollo / Saturn V Center. 

Marvel at a monstrous 363-foot-long Saturn V moon rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, and one of only three in existence at the Apollo/Saturn V Center. Dramatic multi-media shows and numerous hands-on displays provide an inspirational and exhilarating look into America's quest for the moon. Relive the historic launch of Apollo 8 at the Firing Room Theater, and get a rare look at the harrowing final moments before man landed on the moon at the Lunar Theater.

All of this is included while dining underneath the Saturn V Moon Rocket.  The cost of the pre-race dinner is $50.00.  The dinner is from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm and the keynote speaker presentation is approximately 7:00 pm.

The dinner menu is below:

•  Garden Salad with Cucumbers, Tomatoes,
   Croutons with Ranch and Italian
   Dressing
• Orzo Pasta Salad Olives, Artichokes and
   Peppers tossed with Basil and Oil
• Chicken Picatta with Grilled Chicken Breast
   With Linguini
• Cheese Ravioli with Marinara
• Meat Lasagna
• Garlic Bread, Dinner Rolls
• Connoli, Tiramisu, Biscotti
• Sliced Fruit Platter with Honeydew,
   Canteloupe, Pineapple, Oranges, Grapes
   And Berries
• Coffee, Decaf, Hot Tea

 Disclaimer:  There is a tentative shuttle launch in November.  If the shuttle launch occurs on Saturday, November, 27th, the pre-race dinner and Health & Fitness Expo would not be allowed at Kennedy Space Center.  We would move the Health & Fitness Expo to the race site in Cocoa Village and most likely cancel the dinner and refund all monies collected for the dinner. 

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, one of our major sponsors, has donated a prize package to the "Astronaut Training Experience (ATX)" plus Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex admission for two people.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s most interactive guest program to date, ATX® - Astronaut Training Experience®, offers participants a true taste of the space flight experience.  Developed with input from veteran NASA astronauts, the hands-on, heads-engaged half day program includes an orientation and mission briefing by a member of the U.S. astronaut corps, true-to-training simulator exercises and the culmination of the training: A team-oriented space shuttle mission from launch to landing in a full-scale space shuttle mock-up and Mission Control Center. The intensity of ATX offers a realistic look at what astronauts and mission control achieve together every time NASA launches a manned mission.

For more information on these programs, please visit www.kennedyspacecenter.com .

All participants are eligible for this grand prize drawing.

We are very excited to announce our guest speaker, sponsored by New Balance, is Dick Beardsley for this year’s Space Coast Marathon & Half Marathon.

Mr. Beardsley will by the keynote speaker at this year's pre-race pasta dinner at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Apollo Saturn V Center.  The dinner is from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Mr. Beardsley will be speaking at approximately 7:00 pm. 

Mr. Beardsley will also be part of the Sunday morning activities including the awards presentation. 

Dick Beardsley is probably best known for “The Duel in the Sun”, his 1982 Boston race against Alberto Salazar.    He finished in second place by a mere two seconds, running 2:08:53.  The race even inspired a book, “Duel in the Sun: The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America’s Greatest Marathon” by John Brant. 

All finishers receive a complimentary pancake, egg & sausage breakfast and / or Pizza. You must show your race number as proof of participation. Extra breakfast tickets are available for $5.00 for family & friends on site (cash only)

Those wearing the top two best costumes as judged by participant applause will win $50 and $25 respectively. Make sure your costume is safe to others and allows you to run easily without overheating and the ability to see clearly. There will be a costume contest after the half marathon awards presentation and another immediately after the marathon awards presentation. Any finisher of either race is eligible for either contest, but not both.

This year we are offering Pace Teams for both the full marathon and half marathon.

For details about this year's Pace Teams, visit the link below:

Pace Teams Link

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, one of our major sponsors, has donated a prize package to the "Astronaut Training Experience (ATX)" plus Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex admission for two people.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s most interactive guest program to date, ATX® - Astronaut Training Experience®, offers participants a true taste of the space flight experience.  Developed with input from veteran NASA astronauts, the hands-on, heads-engaged half day program includes an orientation and mission briefing by a member of the U.S. astronaut corps, true-to-training simulator exercises and the culmination of the training: A team-oriented space shuttle mission from launch to landing in a full-scale space shuttle mock-up and Mission Control Center. The intensity of ATX offers a realistic look at what astronauts and mission control achieve together every time NASA launches a manned mission.

For more information on these programs, please visit www.kennedyspacecenter.com .

All participants are eligible for this grand prize drawing.

We are very excited to announce our guest speaker, sponsored by New Balance, is Dick Beardsley for this year’s Space Coast Marathon & Half Marathon.

Mr. Beardsley will by the keynote speaker at this year's pre-race pasta dinner at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Apollo Saturn V Center.  The dinner is from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Mr. Beardsley will be speaking at approximately 7:00 pm. 

Mr. Beardsley will also be part of the Sunday morning activities including the awards presentation. 

Dick Beardsley is probably best known for “The Duel in the Sun”, his 1982 Boston race against Alberto Salazar.    He finished in second place by a mere two seconds, running 2:08:53.  The race even inspired a book, “Duel in the Sun: The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America’s Greatest Marathon” by John Brant. 

All finishers receive a complimentary pancake, egg & sausage breakfast and / or Pizza. You must show your race number as proof of participation. Extra breakfast tickets are available for $5.00 for family & friends on site (cash only)

Those wearing the top two best costumes as judged by participant applause will win $50 and $25 respectively. Make sure your costume is safe to others and allows you to run easily without overheating and the ability to see clearly. There will be a costume contest after the half marathon awards presentation and another immediately after the marathon awards presentation. Any finisher of either race is eligible for either contest, but not both.

This year we are offering Pace Teams for both the full marathon and half marathon.

For details about this year's Pace Teams, visit the link below:

Pace Teams Link

We are very excited to announce our guest speaker, sponsored by New Balance, is Dick Beardsley for this year’s Space Coast Marathon & Half Marathon.

Mr. Beardsley will by the keynote speaker at this year's pre-race pasta dinner at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Apollo Saturn V Center.  The dinner is from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Mr. Beardsley will be speaking at approximately 7:00 pm. 

Mr. Beardsley will also be part of the Sunday morning activities including the awards presentation. 

Dick Beardsley is probably best known for “The Duel in the Sun”, his 1982 Boston race against Alberto Salazar.    He finished in second place by a mere two seconds, running 2:08:53.  The race even inspired a book, “Duel in the Sun: The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America’s Greatest Marathon” by John Brant. 

All finishers receive a complimentary pancake, egg & sausage breakfast and / or Pizza. You must show your race number as proof of participation. Extra breakfast tickets are available for $5.00 for family & friends on site (cash only)

Those wearing the top two best costumes as judged by participant applause will win $50 and $25 respectively. Make sure your costume is safe to others and allows you to run easily without overheating and the ability to see clearly. There will be a costume contest after the half marathon awards presentation and another immediately after the marathon awards presentation. Any finisher of either race is eligible for either contest, but not both.

This year we are offering Pace Teams for both the full marathon and half marathon.

For details about this year's Pace Teams, visit the link below:

Pace Teams Link

All finishers receive a complimentary pancake, egg & sausage breakfast and / or Pizza. You must show your race number as proof of participation. Extra breakfast tickets are available for $5.00 for family & friends on site (cash only)

Those wearing the top two best costumes as judged by participant applause will win $50 and $25 respectively. Make sure your costume is safe to others and allows you to run easily without overheating and the ability to see clearly. There will be a costume contest after the half marathon awards presentation and another immediately after the marathon awards presentation. Any finisher of either race is eligible for either contest, but not both.

This year we are offering Pace Teams for both the full marathon and half marathon.

For details about this year's Pace Teams, visit the link below:

Pace Teams Link

Those wearing the top two best costumes as judged by participant applause will win $50 and $25 respectively. Make sure your costume is safe to others and allows you to run easily without overheating and the ability to see clearly. There will be a costume contest after the half marathon awards presentation and another immediately after the marathon awards presentation. Any finisher of either race is eligible for either contest, but not both.

This year we are offering Pace Teams for both the full marathon and half marathon.

For details about this year's Pace Teams, visit the link below:

Pace Teams Link

This year we are offering Pace Teams for both the full marathon and half marathon.

For details about this year's Pace Teams, visit the link below:

Pace Teams Link