Love this video! I would love to go on similar travels too one day! Ever considered the Stockholm Halvmarathon? It's a bit of a slower course but such a pretty one!
Thank you! If you ever need help planning a European race, please let me know! I help runners travel to Europe for races. And I haven't looked at Stockholm yet, mostly because that area is a bit pricy and I am hoping to do the Sea Ice Half in Lulea
I run my first half marathon in april (Bergen City Marathon, Norway) and I'm hooked!! Not that long after I joined the Bilbao one, in October, looking forward to it! And running and traveling more :D especially The Midnight Sun one I want to do, probably will do it next year! This video was so useful and fun, and your blog is great! Keep up the good work , cheer for you! The fb group is an amazing initiative too, so cool!
Thank you Elena and congrats on your first half! I've only done Midnight Sun in Norway, but I have heard the country in general produces some great races. I will have to check out the Bergen one. And Bilbao sounds beautiful! I've always wanted to run in Basque. I tried to sign up for the San Sebastien but they sell out over a year in advance
Thanks for the video. Great synopsis. Ireland is windy. I regularly run out by Clontarf and it can be pretty wild. If you can handle the wind and don’t mind hills the Kilkee Half Marathon is beautiful. Running by the coastal cliffs along the Atlantic. It’s out and back and hilly but worth it for the views. I ran the Midnight Sun Marathon this year… spectacular
I honestly didn't mind the wind once I got used to it, I will have to check out the Kilkee Half, I did the WAW a few years back driving and I loved it. Can't imagine how beautiful it must be on foot.
@@jetsetting_runner I made a video of the Kilkee event...I drove and recorded the entire course on the GoPro and the footage is in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-56gII2U43YA.html
Had the same experience at Clontarf in 2023, it was also one of the hottest days of the year. Heat and strong wind in face with no shade was hellish, bodies dropping everywhere the last few Km. View was also pretty boring. Been searching for some continental half marathons to do so thanks for your great guide!
Wow, so many unique locations for a half marathon! I ran Prague Half Marathon and besides some little organisational hickups (same as Copenhagen, like you said Sadie!), I found it magical. And I live here, so I didn't see anything new, but it was just so cool to experience the city this way.
Well, here I was contemplating running the Funchal half in January :(( Anyway thanks, great list. I highly recommend the Vilnius half in September, lovely course and atmosphere despite very few onlookers.
You're the third person to mention Vilnius to me in the last month, I'll have to check it out! And thinking more on Funchal, I do think it has two good things going for it: it's all flat/downhill, and it's a tropical race in January! The course might not be stunning, but the break from the cold winter weather might still be worth it.
@@saintsaens21 I think everyone is a bit biased with races depending on the memories they associate with the race, but I have heard great things about Vilnius!
Fingers crossed Copenhagen can figure things out this year, I have heard that they have solutions to all of the issues that arose last year. And Budapest will be amazing! The views of Parliament are stunning, just drink lots of water!
@@jetsetting_runner CPH clicked in 2024. Start and finish back at the usual spot near Faelledparken, start time a bit earlier than 2022. 28018 starters, 27784 finishers. Perfect weather (14 deg, sunny and almost no wind). I was in the 1:50 start group and crossed the startline 28 minutes after the elite runners. 2023 was marred by a new route, new location for start and finish but also very hot conditions, causing WAY too many to overheat, and require medical assistance. I was spectating, and had to provide immediate help to a middle aged man, that had opted not to use any of the water stations. He had professional help within 5 mins, despite being about 4,5k from the finish. The finish was brutal, mostly due to many runners collapsing in the final 500m or so, causing many spectators to assist them. I saw 4 ambulances on the final 400m or so. You could hardly blame the organizers for runners not being able to cope with the heat?
I actually did, and then I reached out to the organizers to ask how many Whiskey stops there are and they said "we don't serve it during the race as we don't want folk falling into The Spey". But I have also put together a list of every wine race in Europe, plus a few other boozy ones that I am slowly working my way through. jetsettingrunner.com/2024/05/31/european-wine-marathons/
