Reading Half Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Reading Half Marathon is a road half marathon through the Berkshire town of Reading, held on a Sunday in March or April and currently branded the Green Park Reading Half Marathon. It is organised by Goldline Events, and a 3km Mini Marathon is run on the same morning. The half marathon starts at Green Park in the south of the town at 10:15, heads to Whitley and runs through the grounds of the University of Reading before crossing the Kennet into the town centre. It then goes west towards Prospect Park, loops back along the A4 Bath Road and the A33 relief road, and finishes inside Reading FC's stadium, where the organisers say more than 10,000 spectators cheer runners over the line. The first race took place on 13 March 1983, with about 5,000 runners, starting and finishing at the University of Reading's Whiteknights campus; the finish has been at the Madejski Stadium (now the Select Car Leasing Stadium) since 2004. The race has been run every year since 1983 except 2001, 2018 and 2020.