Half-Wit Half Marathon - Reading, Pennsylvania - Running

The Half-Wit Half Marathon is a Running race in Reading, Pennsylvania consisting of a Half Marathon Trail Run.

If you're looking for a race with an irreverent spirit and attitude, Pretzel City Sports' Half-Wit Half Marathon is probably the perfect fit. For proof of what we're talking about, look no further than the race organizers' own description: Really smart people have a ton of places at which to congregate; the Library, Mensa meetings, the taping of the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions, guest conductor lectures, any place that broadcasts National Public Radio over its sound system... But where can the truly dim people of our time get together and look into the eyes of another clueless individual?... This collection of the senseless is the Half Wit Half; an event headed by individuals ALMOST as lame brained as the entries.

The course for the race - which usually draws between 400 and 600 intrepid souls out to run it each year - provides all the proof you'll need to divine what they mean when they say the race is for half-wits: 13.1 miles of trails filled with obstacles like downed trees, plentiful bugs, rocks everywhere, and the 128 steps from Hell. It almost goes without saying that there are almost no bathrooms along the course, except of course the ones that nature provides.