The Reading Half Marathon is a half marathon road running event held on the streets of the English town of Reading. The race is normally held on a Sunday in March or early April of each year. It was first run on March 13, 1983, and has been run every year since except for 2001, when it was cancelled as a result of concerns over that year's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
The race is open to everyone from fun runner to elite athletes, and was one of the first town races to include wheelchair athletes. The 2012 race was held on 1 April, and had 16,500 places available.
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