Hendy Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon
Next Race: 23/02/2025
Fusion Sports Centre, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9TX
Overall Rating
4.6/ 5
108 reviewsExtremely well organised event, a good course with some demanding bits, friendly crowd.
As a novice runner it was a pleasure to join the friendly crowd at the TW half for a well organised race day. From arrival through bag-drop to the starting position, water stations, directions and finish it was all smooth sailing. The course itself is pretty good with mostly decent country and village scenery. The mid-way point has the "infamous" uphill section which, if you prepare for, isn't quite as bad as I had expected (still a tough challenge though). Really enjoyed the event.
great value friendly half marathon
This is the second time I've done the Tunbridge Wells half. I've done around 20 and it is close to being my favourite half. Not badly priced, good route and beer at the end. Will be back.
Great half marathon!
Fantastic organisation!
Brilliant atmosphere, very well organised, lovely course! Training runs leading up to the event were great too, 10 minute PB!
Well organised and scenic
Enjoyable
A pity its t shirts not long sleeve tops which would suit February running. Cutting cost here is not great
No results publication. Why?
Challenging but rewarding
Great race, tough hill
Fantastic race, well organized by the club with brilliant facilities, hilly for a 1st timer.. but once you're in!
Well organised
Fantastic marshals
Very well organised, excellent marshalls. Road closures were superbly managed.
Top work all around.
Very well organised and supported with lots of Marshall’s
Significantly undulating
Such a very well organised race over a challenging but scenic route. Some great support out on the course, I would definitely recommend this race!
Perfectly undulating PB course
Lovely half marathon with good countryside views and plenty of support on route, with excellent Marshalls. Some big hills, but plenty of downhills meaning course is great for a PB. Would not recommend to a beginner runner though due to the 3 hour cut off and said hills. Would be nice to have a 2 hour 30 pacer, and was good to be able to collect race number and T-shirt ahead of the event!
A lovely half marathon which I will politely call undulating!
A lovely half marathon with fantastic organisation and really friendly marshals. Its fair to say the course is undulating with a killer hill at the 8 mile mark! I will definitely be doing it again.
Great day
Tough
Can you flattern the hill at mile 8 lol
Great day, good organisation, very friendly villagers cheering and clapping, several bands - a choir, a reggae band, and free beer in the final mile. The Harriers smothered themselves in glory.
Great event and well organised.
I thought it was the best medal I have received after a run!
Good atmosphere, well organised race
Really appreciated the plentiful marshals (and their support) and the numerous water stops. Also the well organised bag drop and checking that we had all taken the correct bags at the end. Great to have changing facilities available and plenty of loos.
Only complaint was about the ambulance that crawled just ahead of us for a couple of miles during the race. Understand the need for health and safety, but exhaust fumes were unpleasant and off-putting, and proximity of moving vehicle to runners was sometimes intimidating, especially if you are a slower runner.
In all, though, positives outweighed the negatives by a long way. It was a very enjoyable event.
