Top Club and Good For Age Event Information

TOP CLUB

Top Club athletes who have ran a time which meets the below criteria receive complimentary entry.  All athletes must have run a time that meets either the Marathon or Half Marathon criteria since 1st January 2025. You must be within the time criteria to be eligible for a Top Club entry, please do not contact us if you are not fully within the time limit as we will reject your entry.  Please note that Top Club places are only available to British athletes.  Top Club entries close three days before the event date, or as soon as the race is at its maximum capacity.

Start pen allocations are made based on predicted finish time, so a Top Club entry does not guarantee a place in the front start pen. 

For a Top Club entry, please select the 'Top Club' entry method during the entry process. You will be asked for proof of achieving the below criteria, which you will be able to link to your entry. Your entry will be given a 'pending' status until one of the Event Team has checked and approved you for a Top Club entry, which usually happens within a week of you making the entry.  You will be notified by email when your entry has been approved. 

The time criteria for Edinburgh Half Marathon Top Club entries is shown below:

GOOD FOR AGE 

If you have run a half marathon or marathon after the 1st January 2025 that meets the criteria below then you can apply for a ‘Good for Age’ entry. This is a standard club entry. You must be within the time limit to get a Good for Age entry, please don’t contact us if you are not fully within the time limit as we will reject your application.  Good for Age entries close three days before the event date, or as soon as the race is at its maximum capacity.

Start pen allocations are made based on predicted finish time, so a Good for Age entry does not guarantee a place in the front start pen. 

For a Good for Age entry, please select the 'Good for Age' entry method during the entry process.  You will be asked for proof of achieving the below criteria, which you will be able to link to your entry. Your entry will be given a 'pending' status until one of the Event Team has checked and approved you for a Good for Age entry, which usually happens within a week of you making the entry.  You will be notified by email when your entry has been approved.  

The time criteria for Edinburgh Half Marathon Good for Age entries is shown below:

ELITE WHEELCHAIR & HAND BIKE PARTICIPANTS

We welcome wheelchair and hand bike participants to the event, however please note that we cannot offer an elite race for wheelchairs and hand bike users.  Due to the significantly quicker times that can be achieved by an elite wheelchair or hand bike participant, we do not have the resources on course to maintain a safe environment for all participants.  If you are planning to complete the course faster than the minimum allowable time, unfortunately we cannot accommodate your entry.  If your predicted time is within the allowable range we will be delighted to welcome you to the event, and will ensure you have all the support and information you require to participate safely.

PRIZE LIST

The prizes available at the Edinburgh Half Marathon are shown below. All prizes will be awarded based on gun time.  

Non-binary participants have their own result category, but will be included with the male/open participants with regard to prize money/voucher categories. 

The top 3 Wheelchair and Hand bike participants to finish will receive a finisher trophy provided they finish within the top 3 of their gender category, and there is a wheelchair and hand bike results category. 

All prize winners will receive an email notification of their winnings within the 4 weeks following the event.  This email will be sent to the email address in the prize winner's MyRunning account, so please make sure this is up-to-date.

For those with a monetary prize we will ask for the bank details to make the transfer to.  For charity donations we will ask you to let us know which of our affiliate charities you would like your donation to go to, you will find a list of our affiliate charities in the 'Our Charities' section of the event website.  If we don't hear back from you within 14 days we will assume you would like to make your charity donation to Macmillan Cancer Support, the Official Charity for the event.