Honolulu Half Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Hapalua - Hawaii's Half Marathon, often called the Honolulu half marathon, is run on a Sunday in April by the Honolulu Marathon Association, the organisation behind the Honolulu Marathon. Hapalua means half in Hawaiian. The race starts at 6:00am at the Duke Kahanamoku statue on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki and finishes in Kapiolani Park. Runners head west on Kalakaua Avenue, turn onto Atkinson Drive past the Hawaii Convention Center and follow Ala Moana Boulevard past the Ala Moana shopping centre to a turn at Aloha Tower. They return along Ala Moana Boulevard past Magic Island and over the Ala Wai canal into Waikiki, run east past the Honolulu Zoo, and then climb Diamond Head Road, passing the Diamond Head lighthouse and turning at Triangle Park before descending to the finish in Kapiolani Park. The organisers say the course is mainly flat until mile 9, where it goes up and down Diamond Head. A shorter Hapalua Iki of 8.3 miles runs on the same morning. There is no time limit and every finisher receives a medal. The first Hapalua was held in 2012 with about 2,000 runners, and more than 12,000 people took part in 2026.