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SeaWheeze Half Marathon

Vancouver
Canada Place
Canada Place. Photograph by Nicolas Untz, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 21.1 km route starts on Hastings Street at Hornby Street and finishes on Pender Street at Bute Street, with False Creek, Kitsilano, English Bay and Stanley Park in between.

The course in short 2 lines
  • From Hastings Street to Coal Harbour by way of the seawallDowntown, False Creek, Kitsilano, English Bay, Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.
  • A 7:00 start, four waves and a 3:30 cut-offFour corrals from 7:00 to 7:37; 7 aid stations about every 3 km.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryFrom Hastings Street to Coal Harbour by way of the seawallDowntown, False Creek, Kitsilano, English Bay, Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.

The organiser describes the route in five stretches. Runners head east through the downtown core toward Gastown and the waterfront, then south along False Creek through Olympic Village. They continue west through Kitsilano and along the waterfront, loop through English Bay and Stanley Park on the seawall, and come back through Coal Harbour to finish near the Convention Centre.

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Whole courseTacticsA 7:00 start, four waves and a 3:30 cut-offFour corrals from 7:00 to 7:37; 7 aid stations about every 3 km.

In 2026 the waves went off at 7:00 for finishers under 1:59, 7:12 for 2:00 to 2:09, 7:23 for 2:10 to 2:29 and 7:37 for 2:30 and slower, and runners were in their corral 30 minutes before their wave. The course had 7 aid stations about every 3 km, stocked with water and electrolytes. Strollers were not allowed on the course. The 2027 race is on 7 August 2027, and entrants must be at least 18.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Vancouver, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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At a glance

distance
21.1 km13.1 mi
Half marathon

Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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