21.1KM
21.1KM is the honest test. Long enough to demand real training, short enough to recover from. If you have a few 10KMs behind you, this is the next step.
21.1KM
TBC
16 years and above
TBC
Registration Fees — TBC
Why this distance
The benefits.
The perfect step up
Marathon discipline without marathon recovery — most runners are back training within a week.
Trains real endurance
12–16 weeks of half marathon training measurably improves aerobic fitness and running economy.
A qualifying mindset
Your 21.1KM time is the best predictor of what you can hold over the full 42.2KM.
How to do it
Your guide to the start line.
- 01
Give it 12 weeks
Four runs a week: two easy, one interval or tempo session, one long run that grows to 18KM.
- 02
Add 10% at a time
Never increase weekly mileage by more than roughly 10%. Most injuries come from jumping too fast.
- 03
Rehearse fuelling
Practise gels, salt and drinking on the move during long runs — not for the first time on race day.
- 04
Taper properly
Cut volume by about half in the final 10 days. You cannot gain fitness in the last week, only lose it.
Before you enter
Warnings & safety.
- Get a medical check-up first if you are over 40, returning from injury, or have any heart condition.
- Heat and humidity slow everyone down — race by effort, not by your treadmill pace.
- Missing the published cut-off time may mean being withdrawn from the course for your own safety.
- Cut-off time, route and fees are indicative and subject to change until officially confirmed.
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