Plan a half on the way to your Spring marathon
With just fifteen weeks to go until the Virgin London Marathon it's time to start planning your training and racing.
It's a good idea to do at least one half marathon before you attempt the full thing so that you can monitor your progress and check that you are still on track to achieve your target.
Here are a few that might fit in with your plans:
5 February
20th Blackmore Vale Lions Half Marathon
This is the 20th half-marathon organised by the Blackmore Vale Lions Club. Known as the Half Marathon with the famous finish.
19th February
This is a well established and well organised Gold rated event. The course is fast and generally flat, all roads are closed to traffic. Due to the large number of runners, there will be no entries on the day. Chip to chip timing & Start to Finish chip timing. All profits go to charities. Showers, toilets, changing facilities, kit storage and refreshments.
26th February
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service Half Marathon
All proceeds go to the Fire and Ice Team charities.
11th March
Set to become an annual event in the local and national race calendar the starting gun will sound for the very first Blackminster Half marathon at 9:30 am on Sunday 11th March 2012. The organisers are taking every care to ensure that this event provides an enjoyable course for competitors and to also entertain the dedicated others whilst they wait. The event has been limited to 300 runners as this is a new race so don’t miss out on what promises to be a fast course where competitors can look forward to an entirely rural route, snaking through some of the Vale of Evesham’s most picturesque villages. The race is a not for profit event, with surplus funds being distributed between two local charities, Evesham Cardiac Rehab and the Evesham branch of the Round Table.
Start and finish from Ordsall Road Rugby Club. T shirts for all finishers
A flat, fast course for beginners and experienced runners alike looking for that half marathon PB. The course follows the quiet lanes north of the town centre.
Newton's Fraction Half Marathon
The race features an almost 3 mile section along the Grantham-Nottingham canal towpath and two challenging climbs. No entries on the day.
25 March - Don't forget the clocks spring forward by an hour into 'Summer Time' on the morning of Sunday 25 March 2012!
Chip timed and open to all entrants aged 17 years or older on race day with a course suitable for racing wheelchairs. The route takes in some of Suffolk's quietest rural country roads through undulating scenic countryside.
The 2012 Stafford Half Marathon will start in Stafford Street in Stafford town centre at 10am. The route will head out from the town centre into Stafford's surrounding countryside on traffic-controlled roads, incorporating two steady climbs before returning to the Market Square via Victoria Park.
1 April
The second year of this succesful event on a popular route now sponsored by Streets Ahead in aid of Nightwatch.
This is the first race in the runbritain Grand Prix. There are not many places left so don't delay - get your entry in quickly!
