New Bedford Half Marathon

New Bedford Half Marathon is run in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on March 21, 2027, over the single half marathon distance of 13.1 miles. It is a volunteer-organized event held under the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick with the support of the city, and one of the oldest half marathons in the Northeast. The course is a loop that starts and finishes on Pleasant Street in downtown New Bedford.

Many runners here are using the race as a tune-up on the way to the Boston Marathon, and that is a sensible way to approach it: run it as a hard, controlled effort about a month out from your goal race rather than an all-out one. If New Bedford is itself your target, plan a 12-week build with a weekend long run rising to 11 or 12 miles and one weekly tempo of four to five miles at half-marathon effort.