Half Marathon Race Day Tips and Logistics

Running your first (or 10th) half marathon?! Use these half marathon race day tips and logistics for that next PR!

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[BobbyKelsey]

Watching this 1 hour before my half marathon, time to warm up then fly! 😅

[huntr-]

I'm 80 days out for my first Sub 2 Hour Half Marathon and I'm glad I found this Video it's insane. Thank you :)

[Psalm-]

Thanks for the upload. For me, getting my calves stretched is the most important of all. Makes a big difference. Sometimes I stop running to stretch them, even when I don’t feel any tightness, and I feel new again

[privette]

Doing my 1st race and 1st half on Saturday. Thanks for all the great info

[dixitk]

Holly, the warmup which you start around 4:40 - 9:05 is really great! I think you should make a separate video out of this and expand maybe?

[northernninjarunner]

First half marathon is booked for September thanks for the advice 👍

[MaryaPoweroftheHeart]

Holly, you're a great instructor! Thank you!

[ivytran]

Thank you a lot! your video really comes in handy. I just start running recently and spend too little time on warming up, which cause knee injury. Definitely will follow your advice. big thanks

[nawafalrusayyis]

Thank you for sharing with us these great points. My first half marathon is tomorrow and surly will follow your advice!

[stephanietucker]

Planning on using all these tips for my first half!

[christab]

So great- Thanks for these great tips!

[aspdarchitects]

first half marathon booked...thanks for advice

[adsdoestri]

I’m 54 days out from my first event, this helped heaps thanks !!

[waynevowell]

Going to try and implement this warmup as best as I can before a trail half marathon in a couple of days. It will be my first time to really warmup properly before a race so I'll be interested to see how my 62 year old body holds up. Thanks for the great video!

[xgvtqwd]

Thanks for the advice. Got my first half marathon in the morning.

[kylecoursey]

Running my first Half Marathon in about a Month. The Glacier Half Marathon in Montana!

[calvinkang]

Nice video and for me its perfect time to watch this two days before my first half marathon race, already feeling nervous and exciting, can't wait...

[Jasmine-phfs]

This was great advice. My first half marathon is tomorrow and this video will help me a lot 😊😊

[SudarsanMahalingam]

Great video...Could you also share a few pointers on how to manage the "rehydration"... what to eat/drink, when to eat/drink before and during the run, so that the body is optimally charged for a good run... the indications from the system are usually when it has run out and without the anticipation that the run is going to continue, hence the question...!!!

[nilsp]

Thanks for these great videos. A little tipp: the written text is not terribly helpful while following her talk. So consider either leaving it out or breaking it down to something that gives more orientation. Maybe a small list at the side, reading something like "1) Start location 2) Bib 3) Spare time 4)..."