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Certified by Bernard Conway.

Certification code: ON-2011-012-BDC

This race has a chip-timed start & finish. The Half-Marathon starts at 8:00am.

Half-Marathon Course

The certified 21.1k course starts downtown, flows through the University of Western Ontario, the Old North residential district and then back downtown via Richmond Street and the Park System.  The Half-Marathon finishes at Victoria Park in the heart of downtown London.

McFarlan Rowlands Half-Marathon: 8:00am

This months Half-Marathon Tip

Every three weeks, we will add a new tip, brought to you by Runners Choice.

Tip #4

Rules

Runners risk disqualification for failing to obey race marshals or police, or straying from marked course. Bib numbers are monitored for course completion. Bicycle “pacers”& in-line skates are not allowed, and stereo headphones are not recommended.

Click here for a more detailed race route. *Maps are approximate.

Half-Marathon Route

• Start on Central Avenue
• South on Wellington
• West on Dufferin Avenue and south Clarence Street
• West on Queens Avenue to Wharncliffe Road
• North on Wharncliffe Road through Oxford Street
• Continue north on Western Road to Sarnia Road/Phillip Aziz Drive UWO
• Right on Phillip Aziz Drive, right on Lambton Drive, right on University Dr,
• Right on Sunset Drive straight to Huron Street
• Right on Huron Street crossing The Parkway to the bike path entrance into Gibbons Park
• South into Gibbons Park to the end of St James Street
• East on St James to Colborne Street
• North on Colborne Street to Cheapside Street
• West on Cheapside Street to Waterloo Street
• North on Waterloo Street to Victoria Street
• East on Victoria Street to William Street
• North on Willliam Street to Huron Street
• East on Huron Street to Adelaide Street
• North on Adelaide Street to Windermere Road
• West on Windemere to Richmond (running on south side of road)
• South on Richmond to Thames River bridge (running on east side of road)
• Take bike path under the bridge
• South on Richmond to University Dr. (running on west side of road)
• West on University Dr. to Sunset
• South on Sunset to Huron Street
• West on Huron Street to the bike path entrance to Gibbons Park
• South on bike path, under Oxford Street to the end of Anne Street
• East on Anne Street to Talbot
• South on Talbot to Central
• East on Central to Wellington St
• South on Wellington to Dufferin
• West on Dufferin to Finish Line

NOTE: A three hour finishing time is offered for the half-marathon. Runners finishing after the 3 hour mark will be asked to move onto the sidewalk, and a chip time cannot be guaranteed.