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September 12, 2026
7AM Start Rain or Shine

Gulf Beach Recreation Area
550 Gulf St., Milford, CT 06460

AMENITIES

• Men's and Women's cut Short Sleeve Tech T-Shirts for all entrants
• Custom Finisher medals for all Finishers
• Water, Gatorade Endurance, fresh bagels, and bananas at the finish line for Finishers
• LIVE / Text / Email Results
• FREE Finish Line Photos

 

AWARDS

Custom pint pilsner glass awards

• Top 3 M/F Overall
• Top 3 M/F Age Groups : 14 & Under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+

BIB PICKUP

Please see the event staff starting  one hour before the event start time.

• You must know your bib number in order to pick up your bib. If you do not know your bib number there will be a Self Lookup area. 

COURSE

Run along the beautiful beaches of Milford featuring the Silver Sands State Park Boardwalk. This is a PR Course like no other. 

This race has sold out before race day so register now and close out Summer with the best race in Connecticut!

The flattest and most beautiful Half Marathon in CT.

Gulf Street is closed for the start of the race but other roads are open to traffic. We have police or volunteers at most intersections along the course.

USATF Certified Course #CT19028JHP

Aid stations: miles 2.75, 4.75, 6.75, 8.75 & 10.75 stocked with Water & Gatorade Endurance.

Bathrooms & Porto-Lets at the Start / Finish as well as Miles 3, 4.5, 8.5 & 10.

This race starts at 7am to avoid the heat!

Half Marathon course including elevation on Strava

Venue: Gulf Beach & lot 635 Gulf St. Milford, CT. 06460
Plenty of parking in the beach lots and on-street. See map below.

We have the permit to park in the Resident Only lots for the day.  There are 300 spots there at the venue.  There are hundreds more spots on side streets that are legal and within 1/4 of a mile.  Please do not park where it is prohibited!  You risk being ticketed and towed.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday 9/12/2026
5:15am: Registration / Bib and Shirt Pickup Opens
6:30am: Early Starters GO. (Those who need 3:00-3:30)
6:45am: Registration / Bib and Shirt Pickup Closes
7:00am: Half Marathon Starts
8:20am: First Finishers for the Half Marathon
10:00am: Final Finishers of the Half Marathon, Race Venue Closed

Gulf Beach (Goodie's)
635 Gulf St. Milford, CT. 06460

Bring photo ID

TRAVEL AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

Air Travel
Milford, Connecticut can be accessed easily from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT. (64 Miles away) as well as JFK International Airport (71 miles away) and LaGuardia International Airport, (65 miles away) both in Queens, NY.  Bradley will be MUCH easier to fly through and travel to and from the race venue, but the tickets may be more expensive. Recently Tweed Regional Airport has offered flights from various cities so check them out too. Tweed is less than 15 miles from the venue.

Hotels
The closest (2 miles from the venue) hotels to stay in for the Gulf Beach Half Marathon are:
Hilton Garden Inn 291 Old Gate Ln. Milford, CT. 06460 Phone (203) 783-9988

Hyatt Place
190 Old Gate Ln. Milford, CT. 06460
Phone (203) 877-9800

QUESTIONS

[email protected]

RESULTS & PHOTOS

• LIVE Online/Email/Text Results and FREE Video & Same-day finish line pics
• Find Misc Photos on Facebook @elitefeats