Iron Horse Half Marathon

Presented by John's Run Walk Shop to celebrate the central Kentucky Running Community

We are so excited to bring the Iron Horse Half Marathon & 12k BACK for 2024! We invite you to join us in Midway this fall for the 15th annual Iron Horse Half Marathon and 8th annual Iron Horse 12k! We want to make your race day special by providing the following race amenities: Technical running shirt with custom Iron Horse artwork, suitable for framing Iron Horse poster by local artist Cricket Press, personalized bibs, custom age group awards , free unlimited downloading of all race photos after the race, free custom 13.1 sticker to all Half Marathon participants, and finally, one HUGE finisher medal!

"One of the Top 28 Destination Half Marathons in the U.S."

Runner's World Magazine - Feb 2013

"One of the Top 50 Races in the U.S. Worth Traveling For"

FlipKey by TripAdvisor - Apr 2014

Iron Horse News

Get up to the minute updates about the Iron Horse here

Jan 16 2018

Iron Horse 2018- What’s New!   The Iron Horse Half Marathon & 12k is back! With registration open for the 2018 race, we wanted to quickly go over some of the new and exciting things coming to Midway in Fall 2018!   1. Teams We all know that everyone loves running as a part of a team. Whether your allegiance…

May 02 2017

12k News! What’s up everybody?! There has been a TON of excitement surrounding the news that we’re now offering a 12k race option, and we’re getting loads of questions here at Iron Horse Headquarters! We wanted to take a shot at answering as many of them as possible! So lace those shoes up and try to keep…

Mar 03 2016

Virtual Training for the Iron Horse Thinking about the Iron Horse Half Marathon? Looking for a plan to help you train for the distance? Visit John's Run/Walk Shop for training information! If you are starting from the absolute beginning, training starts March 7. If you can run a 5K, training starts May 30. If you can already run a 10K, training…

Oct 14 2015

THROWBACK! 2015 Race Photos The 2015 race photos are now up! As always they are free to download thanks to our presenting sponsor Saul Good Restaurant & Pub. You can find the photos at www.ironhorsehalfmarathon.com/photos/.

Jul 11 2015

THROWBACK! 2015 Iron Horse Medal This year's medal just announced! Another great design courtesy of Always Advancing and Cricket Press.

Jun 22 2015

15 Keys to a Better Iron Horse Performance Our primary training partner, Endurance Base Camp, has come up with 15 Key Tips that will enable you to run your best Iron Horse ever. These include how to correct common race day and training mistakes, planning your training and race day nutrition, training for the specific course you will run on race day, and…

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