Carolina Reaper Challenge - Mauldin, South Carolina - Running

The Carolina Reaper Challenge is a Running race in Mauldin, South Carolina consisting of a Half Marathon and Marathon and 2.6 Miles.

Welcome to the annual Carolina Reaper Marathon and Half Marathon event! We are pleased to bring a new and exciting twist to the full and half distance that will be great for the first time finishers of these events as well as give a new challenge to all the speed demons out there!

The Carolina Reaper was developed right in the the Carolina's and is now knows around the world as the hottest pepper known to man. The Carolina Reaper, originally named the HP22B, is a cultivar of the Capsicum Chinese plant. The pepper is red and gnarled, with a small pointed tail. In 2013, Guinness World Records dubbed it the hottest chili in the world, surpassing the previous record holder, the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T. Bred right here in a Rock Hill, South Carolina greenhouse by Smokin Ed Currie, proprietor of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, the Carolina Reaper was certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records since August 7, 2013 The original crossbreed was between a Bhut jolokia and a red habanero, and is named 'Reaper' due to the shape of its tail.