The annual Ealing Half Marathon is back again, this year taking place on Sunday September 27 at 9am.
The 13.1-mile course starts and finishes in Lammas Park, and is a single lap through Central Ealing, Montpelier, Pitshanger, West Ealing, Hanwell and St Stephen's.
The Ealing Half Marathon is one of only three fully road closed half marathons in London, and in 2014 and 2015 was voted best Half Marathon in the UK.
If you're running the race this year, it's important to be prepared. Here's the day timetable and some last-minute top tips from the Ealing Half Marathon:
Timing | Event |
7am | Race HQ including baggage marquees open |
8.30am | Group warm-up |
8.45am | Runners enter the start funnel according to expected finish time |
9am | Ealing Half Marathon Race start |
9.15am | Ealing Mini Mile Race start |
10.05am | First finishers |
11.30am | Prize presentation ceremony |
12pm | Last finishers |
1.30pm | Race HQ closes |
Ealing Half Marathon's last minute top tips!
Ealing Half Marathon have provided a list of their last minute top tips for runners on the day... Make sure you're prepared!
- Ensure you have trained appropriately. You should be able to run comfortably for 10 miles (around 16km) at least three weeks before the event!
- Listen to your body - if you're not well on the day, please do not run! There will be plenty of other races, but you only have one life.
- Drink a sensible amount of fluids.
- Stick to your tried and tested diet on race day - this is not the time to try new foods or mealtimes.
- Make sure your friends know your race number and likely finishing time.
- If you do have to drop out, please notify the nearest marshal/first aid point so supporters waiting for you can be informed.
- Start the race well hydrated and drink whenever you can, especially in the first half of the race, but do not gulp down large volumes of liquid.
- Upon finishing, do not stand about getting cold - keep walking and drink a sensible amount of fluid.
- Change into dry warm clothes as soon as possible.
- Keep taking fluid on-board and have something to eat after the race.
Fancy a delicious meal after all your hard work training and running? Here's our guide to Ealing restaurants.