Reading Half Marathon

Reading Half Marathon

The Reading Half Marathon is a half marathon road running event held on the streets of the English town of Reading. The race is normally held on a Sunday in March or early April of each year. The race is open to everyone from fun runner to elite athletes, and was one of the first town races to include wheelchair athletes. In 2005 the race had 12,000 registered entrants, and the 2006 race had 13,500 places available.

The race was first run on the 13 March 1983. The next race takes place on Sunday 29 March 2009.

Course

The Reading Half Marathon has had several courses over its life.

The current course starts in GreenPark Business Park and proceeds north to the town centre via a loop of University of Reading's Whiteknights Campus. It then loops around the town centre and West Reading before heading back south to a finish at the Madejski Stadium adjacent to GreenPark.cite web | title = Asics Reading Half Marathon 2008 Course Map | url = http://racepayment.mirrorservers.co.uk/readinghalfmarathon/info/ARHM%2008%20Course%2008.pdf | publisher = Asics Reading Half Marathon | accessdate = 2008-02-06]

Records

The current male course record is 61 minutes 19 seconds, by Patrick Makau in 2008. The female record is 69 mins 35 seconds, set by Liz Yelling in 2008. The male wheelchair record is 45 minutes 59 seconds, set by David Weir in 2006, while the female wheelchair record is 66 minutes 37 seconds, set by Shelly Woods in 2004.cite web | url = http://racepayment.mirrorservers.co.uk/readinghalfmarathon/history/records.htm | title = Course Records | publisher = Asics Reading Half Marathon | accessdate = 2007-01-24 ] cite web | url = http://racepayment.mirrorservers.co.uk/readinghalfmarathon/history/results2007.htm | title = 2007 Results | publisher = Asics Reading Half Marathon | accessdate = 2008-07-09 ] cite web | url = http://racepayment.mirrorservers.co.uk/readinghalfmarathon/results08/results08.cfm | title = Search 2008 Results | publisher = Asics Reading Half Marathon | accessdate = 2008-07-09 ]

Dates and Winners

References

External links

* [http://www.asicsreadinghalfmarathon.co.uk/ Reading Half Marathon website]


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