We’ve gotten a few questions from Unplugged veterans now that registration has opened, so I thought I’d do a quick Q&A… Q: During online registration, where is the section where I sign up for my bus to the start? A: The short answer is that there currently is no option to get a bus ride […]
Half Marathon Unplugged 2020
Registration is now open for the 14th annual Half Marathon Unplugged presented by Switchback Brewing. Mark your calendar for Saturday April 11, 2020, click the registration link, make that commitment to yourself that 2020 is your biggest year of training and racing yet and that all your pr’s better watch out because here you come! On the operations […]
Half Marathon Unplugged-A 13 Mile Journey
A slight drizzle and brisk 30-degree April air could not move the runners of RunVermont’s Half Marathon Unplugged out of their deep focus. One could see the nerves and anxiety slowly subside as Director of Race Operations, Joe Connelly, called the 638 runners up to the starting line. The ensemble of half-marathoners moved as one—with […]
Catered Long Run – Half Marathon Unplugged
Looking for a fun way to get your long run in on April 13? If you are training for the People’s United Bank Vermont City Marathon chances are you need to get a 20 mile run in on the weekend of April 13. A fun way to do this would be to sign up for […]
2017 Half Marathon Results
Such a great day! Thanks to all of the runners, volunteers, sponsors and community members that made this race so much fun! The Easter Bunny even came to help out! 2017 Results Here
2018 Half Unplugged – Transportation Details
The growth of this race has led to some growing pains over the years. After our 2015 race, our city’s safety officers as well as the neighborhoods where we start and finish asked us to come up with some ideas to minimize the impact on those areas. To address that, we changed the way runner […]
Half Marathon Unplugged – What’s New?
My how times have changed! In April 2007 we produced the inaugural Half Marathon Unplugged, 216 people ran, we had a single wave for starters, rented 3 buses, had 5 Course Monitors, and 2 water stops – Talk about low-key! Fast forward to year nine, 2015; we were fortunate enough to entice Switchback Brewery to […]
Half Unplugged x 2 – Double Trouble
During a long group run in December a conversation emerged about the different opportunities to run two half-marathons in one weekend. I never have attempted that feat, but it has been an item on my runner’s bucket list. I thought the best local opportunity would be GMAA’s Rollin Irish Half Marathon & Plattsburgh Half Marathon […]
