The 2023 Holiday Half and 4 miler is back and better than ever! The 9th Annual Holiday Half and 4 Miler is on Sunday, December 10. The Half Marathon will begin at 8:00 am, followed by the start of the 4 miler at 8:15 am.  This event runs through the the Annandale trail near and around Lake Accotink. The course will traverse dirt trails, gravel trails and some paved trails. 

The Half Marathon course begins by turning right onto the CCT and heads towards Americana Park, after a small loop in the neighborhood they will head back towards the lake and run clockwise around the lake until they get to the Lake Accotink parking lots. Runners run through the parking lot to get back on the trail running towards Byron Park. There will be a short dog leg, taking runners under Old Keene Mill Rd, before they complete the loop around Byron Park, putting runners back on the trail heading back towards Lake Accotink. At the Lake runners will head towards the finish line by running counter clock wise around the Lake...returning the same way runners went out. There will be 4 waterstops along the way, with the oppportunity to stop twice at most of them, the last waterstop will be roughly at mile 11. 

For the 4 Milers, runners will run along the trail to Americana Park, turn around and then had back to the finish line along the same course. 

Half Marathon Course Map

4 miler Course Map