Female Inclusion Policies
At the Cambridge Half Marathon, we are dedicated to making our event as inclusive as possible. We are committed to providing support and ensuring inclusive treatment for women. While some practices will be newly introduced, others have long been part of the TTP Cambridge Half Marathon.
We recognise the challenges of returning to training postpartum, which is why we will offer women who become pregnant, before the race the option to defer their participation to a later race for up to 3 years for free, until the withdrawal deadline. We would also like to extend this offer to any women who are going through IVF treatment.
We will supply each aid station with sanitary products for anyone who may need them. Additionally, there will be specific porta-loos designated for female use on the event site and along the route.
We will be creating a specific area within our event site for breastfeeding with a baby-changing area.
Our ‘Race Buddy’ scheme will be offered to all females competing in the race. This will include a pre-race live zoom session to answer any questions or worries, along with a Saturday walk-through of the event site, with a briefing of the starting sequence and a further opportunity for joining in a 5km shake-out run with the Official Coaching Partner Coopah.
The finish line will close 3.5 hours after the last participant crosses the start line, equating to a pace of approximately 16 minutes per mile. We hope this timeframe allows many of our athletes of any gender to reach the finish line.
Our new finisher t-shirts are offered in a choice of men’s or women’s cut and both are available in a wide range of sizes, to ensure a comfortable and stylish fit. Made from a highly technical fabric, these t-shirts are ideal for your post-race training. The t-shirt sizing guide will be available to athletes when entering the race. Furthermore, those who wish to opt out of receiving a t-shirt can choose to plant a tree through the Trees Not Tees project instead.
To give our leading women more space at the start of the race and to ensure leading female athletes also receive recognition, we invite women who believe they are contenders to be in the top Female finishers to contact us. If you would like to be included in this advanced starting wave, please reach out to us with your predicted finish time at info@cambridgehalfmarathon.com.