Course
The Reading Half Marathon has had several courses over its life. Early courses involved use of the Rivermead Sports Centre, on the banks of the River Thames, as start and/or finish, but recent races have used Green Park Business Park and the adjacent Madejski Stadium, both to the south of Reading, for these purposes.
The current course starts in Green Park Business Park. The route initially proceeds eastwards through Whitley Wood to the University of Reading's Whiteknights Campus, where the 4-mile (6.4 km) marker is passed, before heading north. The route then passes close to the ruins of Reading Abbey, before traversing the town centre between miles 6 and 7. Leaving the town centre by Oxford Road and a steep climb up Russell Street, the course then loops around West Reading until mile 10. The course then heads back south to Green Park, which it circuits before finishing in the Madejski Stadium.
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