Atlantic Beach Historic Fun Run

Atlantic Beach Annual Fun Run 

RACE DATE:  Saturday, October 12, 2024 

RACE SCHEDULE:

7:00 AM – 7:45 AM - Pre-race activities (i.e., registration, t-shirt distribution, etc.)

7:45 AM - 8:00 AM - Warm-up

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Race

Atlantic Beach, South Carolina, fondly known as The Black Pearl, is a historically rich African American community in Horry County, South Carolina. 

Dividing the Town of North Myrtle Beach along the Grand Strand, Atlantic Beach is the only remaining African American owned and governed beach municipality in the country.

This community was founded on October 11, 1934, when George Tyson, an astute African American business owner, purchased 47 acres of land along the ocean front to provide residences for the “colored workers” who served the white establishments along the Grand Strand. With that purchase, Mr. Tyson developed a segregated beach community for the “colored” workers, their families, and their friends along the South Carolina Grand Strand.

Today, even with continued physical barriers between the communities, economic challenges and independent governing bodies, we celebrate the fact that Atlantic Beach has been sustained as a historic district owned and governed by African Americans for 90 years.  This year’s Atlantic Beach Annual Fun Run highlights the community’s storied 90-year history and celebrates the thriving community of the future being created.

RACE COURSE: 

·         Begin at 30th Avenue cul-de-sac and head South to 32nd Avenue

·         Turn right onto 32nd Avenue toward highway 17

·         Cross US Highway 17 and turn right onto 4^th Street

·         Turn right onto 29^th Avenue going East

·         Turn right onto Seaview Avenue going South

·         Turn right onto 30^th Avenue going West

·         Turn left onto 3^rd Avenue going South

·         Turn left onto 31^st Avenue going East

·         Turn left onto Seaview going North

·         Make right on Ocean Boulevard back to the cul-de-sac

PROJECTED PARTICIPANTS: 100

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATE:  $25/pp through September 30, 2024. 

REGULAR REGISTRATION RATE:  $30/pp starting October 1, 2024 

RACE SWAG:

• Participant T-Shirt

• Medals for race winners