Aramco Houston Half
Houston, TX · Sun, January 17, 2027 · 07:01 start
Great first half.
Forgiving to run · some friction to enter and reach.
How it runs
Schematic, not a course profile. The slope is the real net gradient from start to finish; the hatching is total climbing, drawn evenly because we don't yet hold where on the course it falls.
Cooler than 54% of the 39 races we track.
Drier than 64% of the 39 races we track. Dew point, not humidity — it's what actually caps how fast you can shed heat.
Flatter than 72% of the 39 races we track.
Climate: 30-year normal · NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, sampled at the start line and start hour. The morning band is climatology plus uniform typical post-dawn warming, not a measured hourly series. Elevation from the race's published course data.
Can you qualify here
M 18-34 · 4:00:00NYC Marathon TQ (via half marathon)
+30:49- Standard
- 1:21:00
- Your projection
- 1:51:49
- Chance
- 0%
Training plans for this race
Build the habit, cross the line healthy
Race-ready training, target 4:00–4:30
Chase a Boston-relevant time, peak volume
What the Aramco Houston Half really costs
A first marathon costs more than the entry fee — budget the whole weekend before you commit.
- Entry fee
- Entry fee · Medium confidenceThe organiser's registration pageThe price listed when this race was catalogued.Checked Jul 17, 2026Where this can be wrong: Most races raise the fee in tiers as race day approaches, so this is a floor rather than what you'll pay later.
- Travel + 3 hotel nights (est.)
- ~$243from South Florida
- Registration closes
- Tue, July 21, 2026
Cheaper than 72% of the 39 races we price. Entry plus travel and 1 hotel night, estimated from South Florida. Halves assume a shorter trip than the catalog's race-weekend baseline — 2 nights removed at an assumed $150/night.
The original five-axis composite. It's kept for continuity and for the methodology page, but it mixes how hard a race is to run with how hard it is to enter — which is why the four dimensions above lead instead.
9/ 10 composite
Distance and cost of getting there from home.
Field size and pacing support on course.
How hard it is to get an entry.
Climb and net gradient — how hard the ground is.
Typical race-morning heat and dew point.
USATF Half Champs occasionally. Flat. Cool January.