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Half marathons in East of England

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Your race, your pace, your distance! Utilising the Gallops route at the amazing Suffolk Running Centre which takes you through to Newmarket so you may get to see the race horses in training!
  • Sat 20 Sep
  • £27-£32
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK

The Lucky Horseshoe | Half Marathon

Your race, your pace, your distance! Utilising the Gallops route at the amazing Suffolk Running Centre which takes you through to Newmarket so you may get to see the race horses in training!

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 13.1 miles trail running
Entries close tomorrow
Starting and finishing at Portman Road Stadium, home to Ipswich Town FC, runners will cross the finish line to a roaring crowd of admirers to receive an exclusive event medal and goody bag!
  • Sun 21 Sep
  • £35-£49
Ipswich, Suffolk, UK

Larking Gowen Ipswich Half Marathon

Starting and finishing at Portman Road Stadium, home to Ipswich Town FC, runners will cross the finish line to a roaring crowd of admirers to receive an exclusive event medal and goody bag!

  • Wheelchair users
  • Newcomers
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Fancy dress
  • Event village
  • Urban
  • Free venue entry
  • Sustainability policy
  • Public transport links
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles road running + 540 ft ascent
Enjoy the stunning route, push your limits, and, of course, earn your race bling over half marathon distance. Runners will love the fuel and encouragement with every lap!
  • Sun 28 Sep
  • £30-£32
Dereham, Norfolk, UK

The Wensum Way Trail | Half Marathon

Enjoy the stunning route, push your limits, and, of course, earn your race bling over half marathon distance. Runners will love the fuel and encouragement with every lap!

  • Enter online
  • Age 18 & over
  • 13.1 miles trail running + 62 ft ascent
Enjoy the stunning route, push your limits, and, of course, earn your race bling over a 'heavy' half marathon distance. Runners will love the fuel and encouragement with every lap!
  • Sun 28 Sep
  • £36-£38
Dereham, Norfolk, UK

The Wensum Way Trail | Heavy Half Marathon

Enjoy the stunning route, push your limits, and, of course, earn your race bling over a 'heavy' half marathon distance. Runners will love the fuel and encouragement with every lap!

  • Enter online
  • Age 18 & over
  • 13.1 miles trail running + 62 ft ascent
The popular Welwyn Half Marathon starts and finishes on the impressive 400m athletics track at Gosling Sports Park with an ideal, traffic-free, disused railway line in between.
  • Sun 28 Sep
  • £35-£37
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK

ATW Welwyn Half Marathon

The popular Welwyn Half Marathon starts and finishes on the impressive 400m athletics track at Gosling Sports Park with an ideal, traffic-free, disused railway line in between.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Traffic free
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles road running + 400 ft ascent
Don't miss out on one of the biggest running events in Essex; it's something special! Join runners as they go race, run, jog, and walk through Central Park and into the Essex countryside.
  • Sun 12 Oct
  • £30-£44.50
Chelmsford, Essex, UK

Chelmsford Marathon & Half Marathon | Half Marathon

Don't miss out on one of the biggest running events in Essex; it's something special! Join runners as they go race, run, jog, and walk through Central Park and into the Essex countryside.

  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles road running + 380 ft ascent
Thousands of runners of all abilities and ages will be welcomed back to the streets of Peterborough City Centre, for the return of the Great Eastern Run!
  • Sun 12 Oct
  • £37-£39
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

AEPG Great Eastern Run | Half Marathon

Thousands of runners of all abilities and ages will be welcomed back to the streets of Peterborough City Centre, for the return of the Great Eastern Run!

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles road running + 65 m ascent
This Halloween, run as far as you can during the 6-hour event through Ferry Meadows on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.
  • Sun 26 Oct
  • £31-£36
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Pumpkin Plod | 6 Hour

This Halloween, run as far as you can during the 6-hour event through Ferry Meadows on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 6 hrs multi terrain running + 299 ft ascent
This Halloween, run as far as you can during the 4-hour event through Ferry Meadows on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.
  • Sun 26 Oct
  • £31-£36
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Pumpkin Plod | 4 Hour

This Halloween, run as far as you can during the 4-hour event through Ferry Meadows on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 4 hrs multi terrain running + 299 ft ascent
Welcome to the Fireworks Festival of Running! Come and tackle the track to see whether you can complete a half marathon over multiple laps of the 400m circuit - and how fast you can do it.
  • Sat 1 Nov
  • £33-£35
Ware, Hertfordshire, UK

Catherine Wheel Canter | Half Marathon

Welcome to the Fireworks Festival of Running! Come and tackle the track to see whether you can complete a half marathon over multiple laps of the 400m circuit - and how fast you can do it.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 13.1 miles track and field
Welcome to the Fireworks Festival of Running! Come and tackle the track to see whether you can complete a half marathon over multiple laps of the 400m circuit - and how fast you can do it.
  • Sat 1 Nov
  • £33-£35
Ware, Hertfordshire, UK

Guy Fawkes Gallop | Half Marathon

Welcome to the Fireworks Festival of Running! Come and tackle the track to see whether you can complete a half marathon over multiple laps of the 400m circuit - and how fast you can do it.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 13.1 miles track and field
This chip timed event is a sure-fire guarantee to give you the best chance of a PB in the Half-Marathon or 10K while supporting the Blues Foundation.
  • Sun 2 Nov
  • £35-£37
Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK

ATW Blues Foundation Bedford Half Marathon

This chip timed event is a sure-fire guarantee to give you the best chance of a PB in the Half-Marathon or 10K while supporting the Blues Foundation.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • Age 17 & over
  • 21.1 km road running + 0 ft ascent
Join ATW for the Half Marathon Remembrance Run at The Carver Barracks, (Formerly Debden Airfield), in Essex to help honour our fallen heroes and raise money for this fantastic military charity.
  • Sat 8 Nov
  • £35-£37
Saffron Walden, Essex, UK

ATW Remembrance Runs | Half Marathon

Join ATW for the Half Marathon Remembrance Run at The Carver Barracks, (Formerly Debden Airfield), in Essex to help honour our fallen heroes and raise money for this fantastic military charity.

  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles road running + 89 ft ascent
Join hundreds of runners for an award-winning, off-road adventure through autumnal countryside. With woodland paths and canal-side tracks, it delivers challenge, beauty, and unbeatable vibes.
  • Sat 8 Nov
  • £29-£33
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK

Dirt Half Challenge

Join hundreds of runners for an award-winning, off-road adventure through autumnal countryside. With woodland paths and canal-side tracks, it delivers challenge, beauty, and unbeatable vibes.

  • Newcomers
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Event village
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles trail running + 478 ft ascent
Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a 5K remembrance running challenge! Run for at least 5K through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.
  • Sun 9 Nov
  • £31-£36
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Remembrance Run | 4 Hour

Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a 5K remembrance running challenge! Run for at least 5K through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 4 hrs multi terrain running + 98 ft ascent
Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a 10K remembrance running challenge! Run for at least 10K through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.
  • Sun 9 Nov
  • £31-£36
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Remembrance Run | 6 Hour

Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a 10K remembrance running challenge! Run for at least 10K through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 6 hrs multi terrain running + 98 ft ascent
Run as far as you can during the 4-hour event through the lovely Surrey countryside on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.
  • Sat 22 Nov
  • £31-£36
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK

Turkey Trot | 4 Hour

Run as far as you can during the 4-hour event through the lovely Surrey countryside on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 4 hrs trail running + 361 ft ascent
Run as far as you can during the 6-hour event through the lovely Surrey countryside on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.
  • Sat 22 Nov
  • £31-£36
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK

Turkey Trot | 6 Hour

Run as far as you can during the 6-hour event through the lovely Surrey countryside on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 6 hrs trail running + 361 ft ascent
Join the return of this much-loved half marathon in the heart of Norfolk, taking place this autumn on flat, fast, closed roads and complete with an awesome Event Village and medal!
  • Sun 23 Nov
  • £35-£37
Norwich, Norfolk, UK

Larking Gowen Norwich Half Marathon

Join the return of this much-loved half marathon in the heart of Norfolk, taking place this autumn on flat, fast, closed roads and complete with an awesome Event Village and medal!

  • Wheelchair users
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Event village
  • Urban
  • Rural
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles road running
The patron saint day of St Andrews falls on a weekend so there's now an event to support it! Run for as long as you can, rest, then head out for some more.
  • Sun 30 Nov
  • £31-£36
Brandon, Suffolk, UK

St Andrews Day Challenge | 6 Hour

The patron saint day of St Andrews falls on a weekend so there's now an event to support it! Run for as long as you can, rest, then head out for some more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 6 hrs multi terrain running + 299 ft ascent
The patron saint day of St Andrews falls on a weekend so there's now an event to support it! Run for as long as you can, rest, then head out for some more.
  • Sun 30 Nov
  • £31-£36
Brandon, Suffolk, UK

St Andrews Day Challenge | 4 Hour

The patron saint day of St Andrews falls on a weekend so there's now an event to support it! Run for as long as you can, rest, then head out for some more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 4 hrs multi terrain running + 299 ft ascent
Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a festive 4 or 6-hour running challenge! Run as much as you want through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.
  • Sun 7 Dec
  • £31-£36
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Bauble Bimble | 6 Hour

Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a festive 4 or 6-hour running challenge! Run as much as you want through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 6 hrs multi terrain running + 98 ft ascent
Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a festive 4 or 6-hour running challenge! Run as much as you want through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.
  • Sun 7 Dec
  • £31-£36
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Bauble Bimble | 4 Hour

Back to Ferry Meadows Country Park for a festive 4 or 6-hour running challenge! Run as much as you want through the forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, then head out for some more.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 4 hrs multi terrain running + 98 ft ascent
Run as far as you can during the 6-hour event through Brandon Country Park in the very heart of Thetford Forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, head out for more and enjoy some festive fun!
  • Sun 14 Dec
  • £31-£36
Brandon, Suffolk, UK

Twas The Run Before Christmas | 6 Hour

Run as far as you can during the 6-hour event through Brandon Country Park in the very heart of Thetford Forest on a multi-terrain loop. Run, rest, head out for more and enjoy some festive fun!

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Traffic free
  • Age 18 & over
  • 6 hrs multi terrain running + 299 ft ascent
Starting and finishing on the fantastic Ridlins Stadium athletics track, the route winds its way around the superb traffic-free tarmac routes that cover the town of Stevenage.
  • Sun 14 Dec
  • £29-£31
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK

ATW Stevenage Winter Half Marathon

Starting and finishing on the fantastic Ridlins Stadium athletics track, the route winds its way around the superb traffic-free tarmac routes that cover the town of Stevenage.

  • Enter online
  • Age 17 & over
  • 13.1 miles road running + 285 ft ascent

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