The Outer Banks 100K/100 Mile Virtual Challenge

100K COURSE:

https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/3215583253

100 Mile COURSE:

https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/3215600113

COURSE GUIDE:

Start at Heritage Park – Whalehead Club in Currituck County

Mile 1.4  - Go past the wild horse grates to where Rt 12 becomes sand and head back South

Mile 4.5 -  Bonito Public Beach and Bath House

Mile 9.75 – Currituck Visitor Center

Mile 11 – Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary

Mile 13.5 – Duck Sign and Entering Dare County

Mile 18.5 -  Duck Boardwalk (stay on Duck Road)

Mile 20  - Hillcrest Beach Access/Southern Shores

Mile 23.5 – Turn onto Beach Road at Handee Hugos/ Kitty Hawk Pier (now in Kitty Hawk)

Marathon Mark – Kitty Hawk RV Park (near Kitty Hawk Road Beach Access)

Mile 28 – Hayman’s Beach Access

Mile 30 –  MP 8.5 - Wright Memorial to your right (now in Kill Devil Hills)

50k mark – Baum Street

Mile 34 – Jockey’s Ridge (East Coast's Largest Sand dune parallel to Beach Road)

Mile 36.5 – Nags Head Town Offices

Mile 38.5 – Jennette’s Pier and veer onto Old Oregon Inlet Road

Mile 43.5 – Turn left onto Cape Hatteras Park Road/Route 12 South

Mile 45 – Bodie Island Lighthouse off to your right (keep straight on Rt 12)

Mile 48 -  Cross Basnight Bridge (2.6 miles)

Mile 53- Enter Pea Island  (Visitor Center on Right)

Mile 62 – Chicamacomino Lifesaving Station / Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo

Mile 62.1 – Congratulations – 100K FINISH

Mile 72-  Enter Village of Avon

Mile 85.7 – Turn left into Cape Hatteras Lighthouse; Run around the parking lot and back out to Route 12 , Take a left headng South

Mile 89- Village of Buxton

Mile 95- Village of Frisco

Mile 98-  Enter Village of Hatteras

Mile 100 -  Graveyard of the Atlantic – 100 MILE FINISH

DAILY GUIDANCE: Go at your own pace, walking or running, but here is a suggested itinerary.  You can expect posts and videos to learn more about the points of interest on the route based on the below itinerary.

100 MILES

Week One -  July 11 - 17   Corolla to Beach Road     23.5 miles  ( 23.5 Cumulative)

Week Two – July 18  - 24    Beach Road to Basnight Bridge     24. 5 miles  (48 Cumulative)

Week Three – July 25 - 31  Basnight Bridge to Rodanthe   14.1 miles   (62.1/100k Cumulative)

Week Four – August 1 - 7   Rodanthe to Hatteras Lighthouse to Buxton   26.9 miles  (89 Cumulative)

Final Push-  August 8 - 11  Buxton to Finish  11 miles   (100 Cumulative)

100K

Week One – July 11 - 17   Corolla to Dare County Sign  13.5 miles   (13.5 Cumulative)

Week Two – July 18 - 24 -  Dare County Sign to Marathon Mark on Beach Road  12.7 miles   (26.2 Cumulative)

Week Three – July 25  - 31 – Marathon to Jennette’s Pier   12.3 miles    (38.5 Cumulative)

Week Four – August 1 - 7 – Jennette’s Pier, Across Basnight Bridge   11.5 miles   ( 50 Cumulative)

Final Push – August 8 - 11  - Basnight Bridge to Rodanthe   12.1 miles   (62.1 Cumulative)