PROS: Large, very well-organized, world-class, late-summer race; varied and generally flat loop course taking you through the heart of a great city; fantastic crowd support, better than any I have … MORE
PROS: Large, very well-organized, world-class, late-summer race; varied and generally flat loop course taking you through the heart of a great city; fantastic crowd support, better than any I have seen elsewhere; good-quality race shirts. CONS: Late start at this time of year can make for hot running conditions; long wait times at the start to get moving if your expected finish is around two hours or slower. SUM-UP: I definitely recommend the Copenhagen Half Marathon. But it would be perfect if they made it start earlier. Remember to register early, as it can sell out months ahead of race day. See my full, detailed review here: https://www.flyrun.fun/p/copenhagen-half-marathon-2023-review
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Large, flat, late-summer race
PROS: Large, very well-organized, world-class, late-summer race; varied and generally flat loop course taking you through the heart of a great city; fantastic crowd support, better than any I have … MORE
PROS: Large, very well-organized, world-class, late-summer race; varied and generally flat loop course taking you through the heart of a great city; fantastic crowd support, better than any I have seen elsewhere; good-quality race shirts. CONS: Late start at this time of year can make for hot running conditions; long wait times at the start to get moving if your expected finish is around two hours or slower. SUM-UP: I definitely recommend the Copenhagen Half Marathon. But it would be perfect if they made it start earlier. Remember to register early, as it can sell out months ahead of race day. See my full, detailed review here: https://www.flyrun.fun/p/copenhagen-half-marathon-2023-review
Fast, flat and beautiful
The course is really flat which makes it great to beat your PBs. The course runs through the beautiful city center and some industrial places as well. Organization was really … MORE
The course is really flat which makes it great to beat your PBs. The course runs through the beautiful city center and some industrial places as well. Organization was really smooth. Nice Nike t-shirt was included in the entry.
Fast, flat and flooding!
Copenhagen Half Marathon 2017 was different. We started with bright sunshine and perfect weather conditions, but weather changed while running through the streets of beautiful Copenhagen. A huge thunderstorm came … MORE
Copenhagen Half Marathon 2017 was different. We started with bright sunshine and perfect weather conditions, but weather changed while running through the streets of beautiful Copenhagen. A huge thunderstorm came up and flooded the streets with hail. The race had to be discontinued after 2 hours and a bit. Lucky who was fast enough to finish in time! I ran the race before and it´s really a nice race, especially the finish area which is a huge park is very nice to relax after the race. This time the park was flooded too, so no relaxing after the race…
Washed away in 2017
The only Scandinavian IAAF gold label race always competes over the title of worlds fastest halfmarathon with other prestigious races like Barcelona, Berlin or Dubai. So the elite field has … MORE
The only Scandinavian IAAF gold label race always competes over the title of worlds fastest halfmarathon with other prestigious races like Barcelona, Berlin or Dubai. So the elite field has all the big names and the race production is smooth as you expect it when organising a field of 22.000 runners. Unfortunately the weather gods were not with us in 2017. Starting out in the sun and almost perfect temperature it started to rain and hail so badly that the timing Mats were washed away in the finish area and timing had be done with a back up system before the organisers had to discontinue the race after about 2:10h. The course is flat and Copenhagenians were cheering and pushing. One runs a big loop through the city and I really enjoyed running the race which happened to be my 100th half. I ll probably give it a try next year again and will focus on running a fast time instead of just enjoying the race. We got a shirt and medal. Maybe due to the weather (?) there was no post race food.