HalfMarathons -Recommendations?

[Debbie]

I'd add that the half marathon is a really great distance. It feels achievable, but you also get more satisfaction from achieving it than for a 10K.

I did my first this year, the Windsor half. Fantastic, very well organised event. Maximum 6,000 runners, well-marshalled, plenty of water stations and wet sponges, and the entire event was traffic-free, being run all within Windsor Great Park. It WAS somewhat undulating, but nowhere near as bad as I'd feared, and all in all it was a very enjoyable race and one I'd do again. I'd recommend it but it's in September, which is probably too late for you. Why not try a spring half, see how you get on, then you might want to enter an autumn one too!

My goal time was 2 hours but I finished in 1:51:05, which was a definite bonus!