The Houston Half Marathon & 10K is a “rain or shine” event.
However, if weather conditions threaten the safety of participants, the race would be cancelled without refund as a portion of all proceeds benefit Memorial Park Conservancy and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department as well as numerous other area nonprofits.
Yes! Your personal finish line video will be viewable through a link on your race results page the week following the race.
Race photos will be captured with FREE photo downloads for all participants.
If you would like to obtain your free race photos after the event, please make sure you wear your bib on the front of your body so the photographer can easily identify you in the gallery.
The Houston Half Marathon & 10K course closes at 11 am. Roads will be reopened to traffic in a staged manner after race start based on a 4 hour finish timeline.
Participants will be assigned to corrals to help with race flow at the start of the event. Later corrals will cross the starting some period of time after the official event start, which can impact how much time those individuals have to finish.
Runners/walkers still on the course when roads are about to reopen will be either be picked up and transported to the finish line or offered the opportunity to finish using pedestrian sidewalks along the course rather than the roadways. Please note: this could apply to half marathoners with a pace of over 17 mins/mile or 10k participants with a pace of over 30 mins/mile depending on when they cross the starting line.
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No refunds will be issued
This is a rain or shine event and a portion of all proceeds benefit numerous area nonprofits.
Options available to those who cannot participate:
1. Transfer your bib to someone else (see transfer option here) by October 15, 2025
2. Convert registration fee as a tax deductible charitable donation to Houston Striders, the organizing 501(c)(3). Contact info@houstonhalf.com for more information on this choice.
Please note: all donors must be removed from the participant list and must not claim a bib, shirt, or medal to meet the requirements of a charitable donation. If a donation is requested after packet pick-up begins, the assigned bib must be collected by race registration coordinator before the donation will be accepted. Requests for charitable donations will not be accepted on or after race day.
Bib Numbers, Coral Assignments & Packet Pickup Instructions will be emailed out twice, in the days approaching the race.
No, we are not offering virtual races this year.
We are a Road Runners Clubs of America (RRCA) with our races and other activities insured by them. To quote from their “Baby Stroller Guidelines for Events”, “The RRCA strongly recommends against the use of baby strollers/joggers by participants in road races” and “The inclusion of strollers in races increases the potential for injury to race participants and children. ”
We recognize that their guidelines leave race directors with some latitude depending on the particular race. For the Houston Half-Marathon and 10K, it would be difficult for strollers to navigate the course, and pre- and post-race areas. These areas are gated and the sidewalks narrow with runners tightly packed together. As organizers of the race, we do not see any configuration that would safely allow strollers to participate in the race.
Yes, both the Houston Half and the Houston 10K are USATF Certified Courses and were most recently measured in August 2023.
Houston 10K: USATF Certified Course TX19014JH
Houston Half Marathon: USATF Certified Course TX19012JH
