Midzomernacht Halve Marathon

About the race

The Midzomernacht Halve Marathon sets off at nine in the evening from the Waalkade in Zaltbommel, on the longest day of the year. That late hour is the whole point: you run along the dike to a turnaround beyond Rossum and come back as the light drains away, so the finish falls in twilight rather than darkness. There is one distance, twenty-one kilometres and a hundred metres, to be run individually or as a pair with each taking 10.5 kilometres. A shorter option deliberately does not exist. Afterwards come the prize giving and drinks on the quay.