This was the first year for the Runner's World Half and Festival. My husband and I found out about it via various internet channels. Bethlehem is less than an hour from us and we had hotel points. Also, we had just had our second child about six months prior so we were due for a getaway weekend without kids and what's more romantic than running 3 races, attending running seminars and running movies all in one weekend?!
The weekend turned out even better than we expected! Being the first year of an event can be a little rough but Bart Yasso and Runner's World had things running nice and smooth. Everything was well organized, extremely runner friendly/focused and everyone regardless of ability or race they were running was made to feel special. Aside from running all 3 races (yes the Hat Trick) we attended a movie and several seminars and met Dean Karnazes!!
So about the races. There is a 5K and 10K on Saturday and a half on Sunday. All 3 races were great! Nice scenery, some hills, enthusiastic volunteers and even some crowd support. We left that weekend knowing we would be back and if you follow me on here, you will know that I've already been back in 2013 & 2014!