The Go Hard or Go Home ​Half Marathon!

The Go Hard or Go Home Half Marathon! is a single-distance event in New York, put on by Trimara Sports on February 13, 2027. There is one race and one start: the half marathon (13.1 miles) at 8 a.m. With nothing shorter on the programme, everyone on the line is covering the same 13.1 miles, which gives the morning a focus that multi-distance events rarely have.

Take the name at face value and treat this as a race rather than a long training run. A half marathon in mid-February suits runners who held their mileage through the winter, and it makes a useful fitness marker if a spring marathon is on your calendar. Twelve weeks of preparation is enough for most people: one long run a week out to eleven or twelve miles, one session at goal pace, and everything else easy. Line up knowing your target pace per mile, since there is no shorter option to fall back on if you start too fast.