THE sixth Ealing Half Marathon, a key fixture in the autumn running calendar and a focus for huge community support, takes place this Sunday (24).).

Runners will set off from Lammas Park at 9am, all keen to experience the famous #EalingFeeling and soak up the incredible atmosphere of a multi award-winning event.

They will follow a 13.1-mile closed road route through the leafy streets and parks of Ealing and can look forward to superb crowd support.

The race won the silver award in the best half marathon category (≥ 5,000) at the 2017 Running Awards and was voted the UK’s best half marathon at the same awards in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Alzheimer’s Society and Cancer Research UK are the lead charities this year and the race organisers are hoping to top previous fund-raising figures.

The Ealing Mini Mile takes place the day before, on Saturday, and should feature its biggest ever field of young runners for the route around Lammas Park. More than 1,200 places have sold out to children aged 6-16 who will compete in five separate races during the afternoon.

Saturday, September 23

13:00               Ealing Mini Mile ages 6-7

13:40               Ealing Mini Mile age 8

14:20               Ealing Mini Mile age 9

15:00               Ealing Mini Mile ages 10-11

15:40               Ealing Mini Mile ages 12-16

Sunday, September 24

07:15               Race village and baggage marquees open

08:30               Group warm-up

08:45               Runners enter start funnel according to expected finish time

09:00               Ealing Half Marathon start

10:05               First finishers

11:30               Prize presentation ceremony

12:00               Last finishers

13:30               Race Village closes

Road closures will come into effect before the start of the race, but the Race HQ in Lammas Park is well served by public transport.

The single-lap course takes in parts of Central Ealing, Montpelier, Pitshanger, West Ealing, Hanwell and St Stephens before returning to Lammas Park. There are plenty of excellent vantage points for spectators, including the following locations that runners pass by twice: Uxbridge Road, Drayton Bridge Road, Pitshanger Lane and Cuckoo Avenue.

Xempo race pacers will be available to help runners achieve their target times on race day. The pace makers will be clearly identifiable, guiding runners aiming for the following times: 1h30, 1h40, 1h50, 2h00, 2h10, 2h20 and 2h30.

Sponsors and partners of the 2017 Ealing Half Marathon include Fuller’s, ASICS, Up & Running, Mercedes-Benz Brentford, Portdevon, St Augustine’s Priory, Elan, marathon-photos.com, Xempo, Ealing Eagles Running Club and Breathe Unity.

All entries for the 2017 race are now closed.

Go to www.ealinghalfmarathon.com for further race info. You can also like the Facebook page www.facebook.com/ealinghalf and follow @EalingHalf #EalingFeeling on Twitter to keep up to date with all the latest news about the Ealing Half Marathon.