Half Marathon Calendar USA

In 2019, Half Marathon Calendar USA set out to hear what Half Marathon Walkers were thinking. We asked: "Half Marathon Walkers Only: How do you feel the Half Marathon industry has adjusted to the ever growing half marathon 'walkers' population, and what is your average time you have been able to complete a half marathon, walking? Do you feel the half marathons that only allow 3 or 3.5 hours to finish are out of touch with the changing market? Do you pay the same registrat

Race organizers often put only the longest distance as the primary name on their website, and fail to put the other distances on the visible home page of their website. This is a big no no. The primary culprits of this issue are Marathons, putting the name of the marathon on the home page of the website, and leaving the half marathon distance buried at the bottom of the page, or within inner pages. This is a huge mistake, not only for marketing, but could be missed opportu

In 2015, Halfmarathonsearch.com Half Marathon Calendar USA created a minimum standard of 4 hour course time limit, for a half marathon to be designated walker friendly. Many half marathons were calling their event walker friendly, or stated they allowed walkers, with unrealistic times suitable to affiliate with the word walker. There is even an event in the United States that has "Walking Classic" in their half marathon name, and ironically is far from walker friendly. Whi