XMiles Southport Half Marathon & 10k returns in 2026 with a new route, new Title Sponsors XMiles and venue partners at Adventure Coast Southport along with a new date making it the first run of the New Year – timed perfectly, just in time to enjoy your “taper” during the Christmas festivities and still get a race in before returning to work in January! Title Sponsor XMiles are supporting runners across every event, helping runners plan their fuelling, personalise their hydration, and earn rewards as they run. Start fuelling now and get 10% credit back on your first XMiles order click on the logo above to grab your first order. The route will include stunning views of the coast, the attractions at Adventure Coast Southport, along the Promenade, under the pier, around the Marine Lake and Kings Gardens including a traverse across the Marine Lake Bridge. It’s the perfect loop to fit in all of the best bits whilst remaining perfectly flat, extremely fast and so good that Half Marathon Runners get to do it twice! Fully UKA Licensed with HM & 10k courses accurately measured and officially certified distances. Location, Date & Time : Sunday 4th January 2026 Start = 0900hrs Adventure Coast Southport Valhalla Venue Esplanade Southport PR8 1RX what3words = piper.effort.fully How much to enter: Half Marathon (min. age = 17 years on Race Day) UKA affiliated = £37 Non-affiliated = £39 10k (min. age = 15 years on Race Day) UKA affiliated = £30 Non-affiliated = £32 Entries will close either when the event is full or on the Friday prior to race day at 12noon. Included with your Entry Fee is: Custom Designed Finisher’s Medal Feed Stations on the Route Electronic timing Drinks at the Finish Event photographs – free to download from the Official Event Photographer’s website HERE – try the Search by Selfie image function to find all of your photos in a couple of clicks Cut off Times: Due to the strict limits on timings of the Road Closures all Half Marathon runners will be required to have reached the 11 mile marker within 2.5hours of the Start Time to enable the roads to re-open as scheduled. Participant List : CLICK HERE to see the Participant List Event Guidance Notes To read more about the event and what to expect on the day, please see the Event Guidance Notes by CLICK HERE (published 2 weeks prior to Race Day) Routes for each Distance (see links or the interactive maps below ) XMiles Adventure Coast Southport 10k (1 x 6.2 mile loop) XMiles Adventure Coast Southport Half Marathon (13.1 miles = 2 x 6.55 mile loops) Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this: Like Loading...