Welcome to the Larking Gowen
City of Norwich Half Marathon 2010
Sunday 28 November, Norfolk Showground, start 11am
City of Norwich AC welcomes you to the City of Norwich Half Marathon, sponsored in 2010 for a fourth consecutive year by chartered accountants Larking Gowen.
First staged in 1985, this year marks the event’s 26th birthday. It holds a UK Athletics road race licence (2010-100552) and is a BARR Gold Grade event which means that it's organised to the highest standards recognised in the UK. In 2008 we took 2,695 entries, last year the entry closed at 2,937 and we’re hopeful that over 3,000 runners will register for this year’s race.
Previously held on a variety of courses based in Norwich city centre, we moved this event to the Norfolk Showground in 1993 and it's been there ever since. It’s now run on a rural two-lap course which starts and finishes within the Showground itself and follows a reasonably flat route through the villages of Easton, Colton and Marlingford and the centre of the Easton College campus. All public roads are closed to through traffic during the race.
Current best time for this event is 63mins 59secs - set by South African runner Neo Molema in 2005 - and last year's race was won by Ian Kimpton from Lincoln Wellington AC with 68mins 51secs.
Our chosen charity for 2010 is Macmillan Cancer Support - please click here to find out how you can help their work.
Online entry to this year’s race is now open - UKA members £17, non-members £19. Please note that the use of iPods, MP3 players and similar is prohibited during this event.
We look forward to seeing you at the Norfolk Showground on Sunday 28 November and wish you all the best with your training. Good luck!