The SuperHalfs series has published its 2027 line-up, and the headline change is a second collection of races. A new six-race Europa series sits alongside the established Originals, giving runners two separate sets of half marathons to complete. The Originals comprise the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon on 7 March, the Generali Prague Half on 3 April, the Generali Berlin Half on 4 April, the Copenhagen Half on 19 September, the Cardiff Half on 3 October and the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso on 24 October.
The Europa series begins with the Coelmo Napoli City Half Marathon on 21 February and continues with Warsaw on 14 March, Belgrade on 17 April, the Wiener Städtische Half Marathon in Vienna on 18 April, the Rimi Riga Half Marathon on 16 May and the Adidas Stockholm Half Marathon on 21 August. Between them the two series offer twelve races across Europe, several of them clustered in the spring, which will test runners hoping to complete both.
The format is simple. Runners can finish the races in any order, record each through a free SuperPassport number entered at registration or when claiming a result afterwards, and receive a SuperMedal for completing every race in a series. Finishing all the races in a second series earns the next medal, a structure that rewards repeat participation and is likely to appeal to the collectors who have helped drive the series’ growth.
Demand has been the other story. The series said earlier this year that more than 150,000 runners had registered to complete the SuperHalfs, and that all six original races had moved to ballot entry. In that environment charity places have become the main alternative route for those who miss out. Realbuzz, which has renewed its exclusive multi-year partnership with the series from 2027, recruited thousands of runners in 2025 and raised more than £1.2 million, and projects more than £2 million in 2026.
The SuperHalfs site gives no ballot dates for 2027, directing runners to its social channels for registration and ballot information. As with the New York Marathon’s record finisher numbers this month, the pattern is of mass-participation running growing faster than places can be released, and of organisers responding by adding events and series rather than simply enlarging existing ones.