Hamptons Half-Marathon Ranked Among Top 10 Best Half-Marathons

The Hamptons Half-Marathon was recently ranked among the top 10 best half-marathons in the world by The Active Times.

The website ranked the marathons based on votes from a reader survey, then created a scoring system that also consulted data from lists of the world’s biggest half marathons, as well as 2014 survey results from the 100 Half Marathons Club.

In addition they considered factors such as course scenery, crowd support, race organization and finisher swag in their ranking.

The Hamptons Half-Marathon ranked #7 on The Active Times’ list.

“There’s no doubt about it, runners absolutely love the Hamptons Half Marathon, at least according to our reader survey,” the article reads. “Aside from its unbelievably scenic course, perhaps the most incredible thing about this race is the size of its staff.”

The race was created and is led by Diane Weinberger and Amanda Moszkowski.

According to Weinberger, their goal each year is to create a race that they would want to run.

“Beautiful course, awesome post-race celebration and the two race directors are so personable and friendly—they make each runner feel welcome, comfortable and excited,” one survey respondent wrote about the race, according to the article.

The Hamptons Half-Marathon is a charity race which benefits local East Hampton charities including Project Most, a multi-activity after school program in the East Hampton and Springs Elementary Schools. They also support Southampton Hospital.

This year’s race will take place on September 26, 2015 starting at the Springs School in East Hampton.

Photo: Hamptons Marathon and Half Facebook Page

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