The Chick-Fil-A & Big Peach Running Co. - Cartersville Half-Marathon & Pinwheel Pursuit 5K

Saturday, May 16, 2026    JOIN US! 

5th Annual "Cartersville Half-Marathon"

21st Annual "Pinwheel Pursuit 5K" (formerly the “Duck Dash”) 

Presented by Chick-fil-A & Big Peach Running Co.

Proceeds Benefiting Advocates for Children! (www.advochild.org)

 

• Custom-designed Medals for Half Marathon finishers
• Both races have been designed to be fast
• Traditional Age Group awards for the 5K

PLEASE JOIN US for one of two GREAT Races - on the Same Day!  The Cartersville Half-Marathon Presented by Chick-Fil-A & Big Peach Running Co.'s or the 21st Annual Running of the "Pinwheel Pursuit 5K” (formerly the “Duck Dash”)  Big Peach Running Co. knows a thing or two about running!...and Chick-Fil-A knows a thing or two about customer satisfaction! So combine the two and you get one of the most amazing road racing days annually in NW Georgia!  

This Half-Marathon/5K tandem promises to deliver a first-class running environment that you and your friends will want to be a part of.  The 5th Annual running of the Half-Marathon will be combined with the 21st. Annual running of the legendary “Duck Dash” now the “Pinwheel Pursuit 5K” with proceeds from BOTH races going to benefit Advocates for Children! To Learn More about Advocates...(Click Here)

 

2025 Race Results: https://www.wire2wirerunning.com/051725-cartersville-half-marathon-5k

2024 Race Results: https://www.wire2wirerunning.com/051824-cfabig-peach-half-5k

2023 Race Results: https://www.wire2wirerunning.com/051323-cfabig-peach-half-marathon5k

2022 Race Results: https://www.wire2wirerunning.com/cfabig-peach-half-marathon-5k

 

Parking:
1.) (RECOMMENDED) Directly Across the Street from Start / Finish Link Locations, in the Crosspoint City Church lot located at 325 Old Mill Rd. 
2.) In the Cartersville Elementary School Parking lot located at 340 Old Mill Rd.

*Please note you also MUST enter EITHER lot from the Old Mill Road Entrance as ALL other entrances to each lot will be closed.

For those Parking in the Crosspoint City Church Lot, PLEASE cross Old Mill Rd. where you see the Cartersville Police Department Officer FOR YOUR SAFETY!!!  

Pre-Race Packet Pick-up:
Pre-Registration Packet Pick-up will be held Friday, May 15th from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM at the Big Peach Running Co. in Cartersville, located at 402 E. Church St., Suite 107, Cartersville, GA.  More information on Pre-Registration Packet Pick-up will be provided to all runners via email the week prior to the race!

Race Information Recap:
Date: Saturday May 16th,  2026
Location:  Georgia Quick Start - Cartersville Campus, located at 315 Etowah Drive, Cartersville, GA 30120 (i.e. The "Old" Cartersville Primary School)
Schedule of Event: 
     *7:00 AM Chick-Fil-A / Big Peach Half-Marathon Start
     *7:10 AM Pinwheel Pursuit 5K Start
     *8:20 AM Pinwheel Pursuit 5K Awards Presentation 
     *9:45 AM Half-Marathon Awards Presentation 

[Please Note: For the Half-Marathon, the roads will be controlled for 2.5 hours, at which point the roads will then be opened back up for normal traffic flow.]

Half-Marathon (Rates & Awards):

$75 -- EARLY Pre-Race Registration (until Sunday evening, March 1st, at 11:59 PM) 
$95 -- March 2nd. Through May 11th, at 11:59pm (when Pre-Registration ends.)
$115 -- Race Day Registration 

Overall Awards given to Top 3 (Female/Male), as well as the Top 3 Masters (Female/Male) finishers.
Additionally, AWESOME custom-designed Medals will be provided for ALL FINISHERS of the Chick-Fil-A / Big Peach Half-Marathon!!

 

Pinwheel Pursuit 5K (Rates & Awards):

$35 -- Pre-Race Registration  (until Sunday evening, March 1st at 11:59 PM) 
$40 -- March 2nd through Sunday May 11th, at 11:59 PM (when Pre-Registration ends)
$45 -- Race Day Registration 

5K Overall Awards
Top 3 (Female/Male), as well as the Top Masters (Female/Male) finishers. 

5K Age Group Categories
Medals to TOP 3 in each of the following age categories:
*10-and-Under,11-14,15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-and-Over

 

PLEASE NOTE:  This is a Rain or Shine event!!! And there is a 2.5 hour time limit for the Half-Marathon

Remember WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE...Proceeds from the race go toward preventing and treating child abuse in all its forms through the programs and services that Advocates for Children serves. Please see www.advochild.org for more information and thank you for planning to join us!