Alabama Half Marathons

Today we are featuring Alabama Half Marathons. Half Marathon Calendar USA currently has Alabama half marathons 2026 and the remaining Alabama half marathons 2025. There are currently over fifty 13.1 mile half marathons in the state of Alabama to choose from.

Of the 53 or more official 13.1 mile half marathons in the state of Alabama, there are only nine known walker friendly half marathons in the state. Per Half Marathon USA - Half Marathon Calendar rules, officially walker friendly half marathon requires the race allows a minimum of 4 hours for the course time limit (which is a 18:32 min pace per mile, or longer). The half marathon races that allow 4 hours or longer in Alabama are Rocket City Half Marathon in Huntsville, the PRG KultureCity Birmingham Race Half Marathon, the Centerpoint Half Marathon in Prattville, the BHM26.2 Half Marathon in Birmingham, Helping Hands Half Marathon in Florence, Boston or Bust Half Marathon in Huntsville, Run the Cove Half Marathon in Owens Cross Roads, Mainly Marathons Appalachian series Half Marathon in Eufaula, and We Run the Beach in Gulf Shores!

Races in Alabama that allow MORE than four hours for the half marathon are:

We Run the Beach Half Marathon (4 hours and 15 minute course time limit)

Mainly Marathons Appalachian Series Half Marathon (no course time limit to finish!)

Boston or Bust Half Marathon (5 hours course time limit)

BHM26.2 Half Marathon (6 hours course time limit)

The remaining Alabama walker friendly half marathons listed above are all a 4 hour course time limit, which is the very minimum to be designated as a walker friendly event.

There are many amazing running events in Alabama, including a slew of other races that call their events half marathons, but are not a 13.1 mile distance. As always, we encourage events that are 12 miles or 14 miles, as an example, not to call their events half marathons and to just list their race as it is, a 14 miler, or a 12 miler.

Alabama has a variety of half marathon courses to choose, from green ways to historical cities and neighborhoods, to beaches and the Gulf Shores. Observation concludes a lot of flat fast courses in the state of Alabama, but also some challenging courses with some rollers, many of which are certified as well.

Researching, we attempted to figure out what was the very first half marathon in Alabama, and when. If we have any Alabama historians with the knowledge of this information, we would love if you could email us this information via our www.halfmarathonsearch.com contact page.

Alabama half marathons 2026 are already rolling in! Start planning for your 2026 Alabama half marathons! https://www.halfmarathonsearch.com/half-marathons-alabama