The New Bedford Half Marathon is an annual 13.1 mile race held in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The number of runners continues to grow each year, with last years event attracting 2,730 runners.

Restaurants, pubs and sandwich shops will be offering discounts, special menu items and free samples of their specialties.

Spectators can watch the beginning of the race on Purchase Street, walk down Union street to approximately the five mile mark (Rockdale Ave) and then walk back to the finish.

Another place for spectators is at the top of the County Street hill (around the 12.2 mile mark) – from this vantage point spectators will appreciate the make-or-break point for the runners as they near the end of the course.

Many make this trek between the start, the five mile mark and return to catch the County Street hill, then the finish on Purchase Street.

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