RunThrough Richmond Park Half Marathon
Sun 10th December 2023
RunThrough Richmond Park Half Marathon
From RunThrough Events
- Date Sun 10th December 2023
- Location London, Greater London
- Price £38.00 - £180.00
- Races 3 races
- Distances Half Marathon
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Event summary
Join RunThrough Events for the exciting Richmond Park Half Marathon on Sunday, 10th December 2023 in London, Greater London. This event takes place in the stunning royal deer park, providing participants with a scenic course where they might even catch a glimpse of deer along the way. The race offers a unique themed medal, free official race photos, chip-timed results, and the opportunity to achieve a great half marathon time. Lace up your running shoes and start your Sunday morning right with this fantastic event starting at 9:30 am. Don't miss out on the chance to experience this memorable race in a beautiful setting.
Organiser's Description
RICHMOND PARK HALF MARATHON
Join us at Richmond Park Half Marathon! It has been managed as a royal deer park since the seventeenth century, it’s likely you’ll spot some deer around the course!
Included in the price you get a unique themed medal, free official race photos, chip timed results and hopefully a great half time!
We hope you join us for what will no doubt be a fantastic Sunday morning.
Start Time: 9:30am
Join us at Richmond Park Half Marathon! It has been managed as a royal deer park since the seventeenth century, it’s likely you’ll spot some deer around the course!
Included in the price you get a unique themed medal, free official race photos, chip timed results and hopefully a great half time!
We hope you join us for what will no doubt be a fantastic Sunday morning.
Start Time: 9:30am
Races
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Half Marathon
£38.00
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Group Entry
6 People
£180.00
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Half Marathon Inc T-Shirt
£50.00
CLOSED
Course Details
The course will be a 4 lap loop with the runners registering chip times on each lap, lap times will be listed in the results so you can track how well you paced your run
Please be aware that there will be spectators and members of the public walking around the park on their Sunday walk. Please familiarise yourself with the course map before you start, there is a mixture of trail paths, well trodden pathway, and grass.
There will also be wild deer in the park! Please do your upmost to respect the park and it's deer, don't feed or pester them. If there are deer on the course you must give them lots of space. We recommend you do not use earphones as you need to pay close attention to everything around you.
Reviews
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22 reviews
Well organised and really friendly staff, but very disappointed with the actual race and circuit itself. Richmond is a massive park and to run around about 1/8th of it in four 5.25km loops was very disappointing. Won't be doing it again. Would not recommend booking. Apolgies to all the really friendly staff you were great!
Alex
·5 months ago
Well organised, nice route and location in the park, good medal and relatively affordable. All in all a lovely race!
I really enjoyed this event. Easy registration and pens and safety pins were available. I was not sure about doing laps but it was good to break up the run and made it go quickly. Water was available at each lap. The signs were funny and encouraging. Lots of goodies at the end and I understand medals are now wooden for most events. Only improvement would be more toilets as there was still a huge queue for the loo when the event started.
Hollie
·a year ago
The route itself was lovely, great open space and at points, a beautiful view of the London skyline. However, whilst we know the weather is out of control of the organisers, I do feel like more could have been done to support runners in the recent heatwave. Whether that's bringing the race time forward, or adding an extra water stop - there was just one on this course. I have been to 10K races with more water stops than this one and they were not during a heatwave. We all take personal responsibility for our water intake and how we pace but I do feel more could have been done by the organisers at this event.
Not a bad route, although I am never a big fan of laps. Lovely venue, easy to get to and park at as well.
Of course this year's version was very hot, with rather a fleet of ambulances in attendance by the end, carting poor souls, who had succumbed to the heat, off to hospital.
Naturally the organisers weren't to know about the weather when the run was arranged and we are all adults, so take responsibility for running. Having said that, the start time could have been brought forward an hour and an extra drinks station introduced - logistically, that would have been easy given the fact the course was 4 identical loops and just over half way round the loop was a perfect place, with good road access.
Great location and route, but the organisers needed to take more action to mitigate the excessive heat on the day either by postponing the race, or providing more than one water stop.
I would do the route again at a different time of year, but the lack of mitigating actions for extreme heat, which even required an air ambulance to attend the scene, was very concerning.
Cameron
·4 years ago
Well organised and friendly staff. This was my first run in Richmond park. It was beautiful scenery, great staff and the medal and shirt were great! I will definitely be doing this again !
Rachael
·4 years ago
Very fun and well organised. Great event, beautiful park, small enough that there are no queues but still a great atmosphere with loads of participants
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Alessandro
·4 years ago
Great race. The event was well organised, plenty of Marshall's and signage in the course.
The course itself was scenic and a beautiful day for running.
The medal t-shirt and snacks always help at the end as well.
Simply Beautiful (but muddy). Such a beautiful course with mixed terrains and hills. I really enjoyed the 4 laps as it broke down the 13.1 miles nicely! The organisers were great and the support from the marshals was amazing - would definitely do the course again (maybe in the summer to avoid the mud slides at the end!)
Adam
·4 years ago
Scenic beauty and beastly hills. What a beautiful park! I was promised a deer sighting but had to make do with luscious green and leafy surroundings that would make any visitor appreciate how good our parks are in the London.
As for the run itself, standard fare for RunThrough Events. Very well organised and seamless production. The four laps is a good way to do it as it mentally splits the run into managable quadrants. If it wasn’t for the big incline it would be my favourite race for sure. But hey, it’s great for fitness!!
Good Race and well Organised. A well structured and organised event. All the support staff were amazing from arrival, bib collection and throughout the race on the course marshals were very supportive!
only down side is the amount of plastic waste from water bottles, but for a small race series this is a problem for most races.
Philipp
·5 years ago
Well organised and awesome location. Richmond park is a really nice place to run! The event was well organised, easy to find and reach from London. Enough staff to make everything work very smoothly. This was my first half marathon and it was great!
Adrian
·5 years ago
Brilliant day.
RunThrough Richmond Park Half Marathon