Tip 4 Recce - or at least check out - the route (if you can)

So is Ealing Half Marathon flat - or are there undulations or even "hills"?

There are a lot of places, even in the UK, by comparison with which Ealing is flat. One tip we've seen is "The three 'hills' (they're not terrible hills at all) are all over by mile 8, then it's flat/down from there on in. Really not worth worrying about!"

On the other hand, there is the great story of Ealing Eagles club runners training for the first Ealing Half Marathon with our normal training runs along the river and south of the Uxbridge Road and being a little surprised to find that Ealing north of the Uxbridge Road can be a little more undulating than Ealing south of the Uxbridge Road.

So, if you can, check out the route before race day.

Ealling Eagles is co-ordinating opportunities for local runners to check out the route - the first evening recce run is this coming Wednesday 19 July at 7pm meeting in Pitshanger Park by the cafe.