100 Half Marathons - Club Challenge of Fifty States Half Marathon Club - Utah Running Clubs

Utah half marathon runners and walkers!  Join a great club with lots of challenges to work on, as well as lots of discounts and great members.  Many half marathon runners and walkers out there can’t alway afford to travel around to all 50 states.  The 100 Half Marathons Challenge™ is a perfect alternative!  Join Fifty States Half Marathon Club and work toward your 100 half marathons, and take your time on the other challenges.  All members can work toward all the challenges.

Fifty States Half Marathon Club hosts a big annual meet up in a new state every year, which includes the big annual awards night for all the club members that finish a challenge.  From the 100 Half Marathons Challenge™ to the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, or 50 States Endurance Challenge™, runners and walkers will enjoy a great group of members, with lots of opportunity to meet members at races.  Paint your journey on the cool 100 Half Marathons shirts, designed by Fifty States Half Marathon Club, or the map back design as you work toward 50 states.

 
 

Additionally, there is the 500 Endurance Challenge™, the 7 Continents Endurance Challenge™, and the new Canada 10 Provinces Half Marathon Challenge™.  A description of each challenge can be found at the official website of Fifty States Half Marathon Club.

Beautiful, classy awards when you finish a challenge!

Join the club and start working toward your 100 half marathons, or 50 states, at www.50stateshalfmarathonclub.com

If you Like to Run at NIGHT, Then THIS is the Half Marathon for YOU

On Friday NIGHT August 23rd 2013, runners will hit the streets for the Annual Moonlight Half Marathon!


Instead of running in the heat of mid-morning, ever wanted to run a half marathon race in the middle of the night, under a full moon? You can get your chance at the sixth annual running of Utah's Moonlight Half Marathon, which is run in the thick of summer but at night, so the air should be cooled off by the time runners begin their race.

The thing that makes this race different is that this is a race to see who can cross the finish line closest to midnight without crossing it too early. There will be no timing devices allowed. You start when you think it will be the right time so you can cross the finish line at midnight.

www.moonlighthalf.com

Additionally, Fifty States HALF Marathon Club members receive a discount to this event!

Utah Half Marathon Runners, Marathoners & Triathletes - Join the Challenge!

Join in Utah runners & triathletes, and take the Challenge!  Whether you are a half marathon runner, a full marathon runner, a half ironman triathlete or go long for the full ironman triathlons, OR like to do a little bit of all, ... we have a challenge for you!  Choose from 3 challenges .........

www.halfmarathonclub.com

Half Marathons Reach a Milestone and Surpass the 2000 total mark in 2012

The year 2012 has been a year of tremendous growth for half marathons and marks a new milestone of surpassing over 2000 half marathons across the United States.  Half Marathons are being formed as fast as we can add them to the online calendar directories.  Halfmarathonsearch.com analyzed, searched, and compared the top half marathon directory listings across the United States and came to a total of 2005 half marathons for all US States totaled, reported on August 26, 2012.  California leads the way with the top number of half marathons, surpassing the 250 mark this year and new half marathons being added almost weekly, with Florida following as second with a total of 105 half marathons reached in 2012.  Not too far behind Florida follows Utah, Texas, and the state of Washington for most half marathons in the United States.  Both Florida and Texas hit their 100 milestone this year in 2012.

As events grow, the importance for Race Directors and Event Management companies to understand their audience, not only from a race day perspective, but also an online perspective in presenting the event website is critical.  A past article Event Websites in our Changing World of Technology, Social Media, and Accommodating the Traveling Athlete written by Nicole Blomgren, Founder and President of Fifty States HALF Marathon Club and Halfmarathonsearch.com, provides good insight into what events should be cognizant of in presenting their information for runners, to make finding an event so much easier.

The rate of half marathon additions does not seem to be slowing as we approach this last quarter of 2012, predicting half marathon totals to likely grow to between 2300 to 2500 by the end of 2013.  Half Marathon clubs and training organizations have also seen growth in 2012, such as the national running club Fifty States HALF Marathon Club www.halfmarathonclub.com , which has more than doubled over the past year, and the training organization  PRSFIT Nation www.prsfit.com which also continues to grow, training runners and triathletes, of all levels, globally.

Furthermore, the half marathon 13.1 mile distance event is a nice event to travel on the weekends to. Runners can typically experience a quick recovery after finishing a half marathon, one may not encounter when participating in a full marathon, presenting the half marathon experience to be very enjoyable running distance event for runners.

 ~ Copyright 2012 - Nicole Blomgren

Utah Grew in 2012 to 94 Half Marathons

Totals are in for UTAH!  Halfmarathonsearch.com analyzed, searched and compared all half marathon directories in the United States for the state of Utah, and Utah grew in 2012 to a total of 94 half marathons!  This now puts Utah in the top 5 states for total number of half marathons, with California and Florida as the #1 and #2 total half marathons in the United States.

Additionally, as of 8/26/2012, Halfmarathonsearch.com Utah Half Marathons appears to be the most up to date largest list of half marathons for Utah compared to any other directory available:

UTAH HALF MARATHONS

Half Marathons Selling out in Utah - August - September 2012

The half marathon is definitely popular across the United States, still growing, and races are selling out all over!  Both the Park City Half marathon in August and the Top of Utah Half Marathon for September are sold out!

Upcoming events that are still open......

How bout a LABOR DAY HALF Marathon in Utah! Prestige Half Marathon will take place Monday on Labor Day Sep 3rd http://www.prestigehalfmarathon.com/

Just a couple weeks away, September 8th the Little Grand Canyon Half Marathon will take place in Price, Utah http://mammothmarathons.org/

A tough choice between TWO AWESOME scenic half marathons on September 8th. Nebo Half Marathon starts in Payson Canyon, downhill course and drops 3000 feet! http://www.runtheslam.com/run-the-slam-races/nebo-half-marathon

Spanish Fork Half Marathon coming up Sept 8th in Spanish Fork, Utah http://www.spanishforkhalf.com/

Round Valley Trail Head at Quinn’s Junction Sept 15th, Run? Events Trail Half Marathon will take place http://www.r-u-nevents.com/2011/11/hooray-for-a-half-marthon/

Saturday Sept 15th, the 2nd Annual Uintah Half Marathon takes place following the canyon road down scenic Dry Fork Canyon http://www.uintahrecreation.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BD3428F51-0C1F-4999-BC05-BA377D6302E1%7D

Coming up on 9/22 the Big Cottonwood Marathon & Half Marathon claimed as "the fastest course in Utah" will take place in Cottonwood Heights, Utah http://www.bigcottonwoodmarathon.com/

TO VIEW MORE UTAH HALF MARATHONS

VISIT Halfmarathonsearch.com Utah Page

Utah Half Marathon Calendar

HALF Marathon Runners and Race Directors in UTAH

Feel free to post favorite races, half marathon events, and anything and everything related to HALF Marathons in Utah!

For Race directory of Utah HALF Marathons, go to
http://www.halfmarathonclub.com/Upcoming_Races.html

If interested in taking on a 50 STATE CHALLENGE or a 100 HALF ANYWHERE CHALLENGE, please check out Fifty States HALF Marathon Club at www.HalfMarathonClub.com