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
