Dumb Dutchman Half Marathon & Quarter Marathon Reading, PA   Jun 13, 2026

Dumb Dutchman Half Marathon & “Half a Half” is the region’s flattest, fastest & most affordable half marathon. Rail trail course – 85% packed cinder surface and 15% paved, virtually no traffic!

They’re in fields all over PA all summer; the Pennsylvania Dutch, working in the blazing heat while wearing long pants & long sleeve shirts. Often, they farm or build structures without using motorized or electric devices, using only horse drawn plows or hand tools. Some call these Dutchmen “industrious, hardy, hardworking, etc.” Other think that they’re just plain “dumb!” We in Berks Co. are proud to be “Dumb Dutchmen” and we think that it’s right to name our race after us (and them) since the only other folks that go out and work that hard in the hear are runners! Come join us for what may be one of the FEW half marathons in the area and one of the ONLY ones in what most define as “summer” Or PR in the more sensible 6.55M race, a distance so rarely run that your may PR just bey entering it. Then, enjoy the day on the deck of the area’s BEST Irish pub & eatery.