{"id":141943,"date":"2025-04-24T18:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141943"},"modified":"2025-04-24T18:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:23:20","slug":"st-lukes-half-marathon-returns-april-27-to-allentown-as-regions-largest-and-most-beloved-long-distance-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141943","title":{"rendered":"St. Luke\u2019s Half Marathon returns April 27 to Allentown\u00a0as region\u2019s largest and most beloved long distance race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>St. Luke\u2019s Half Marathon returns April 27 to Allentown\u00a0<\/strong><strong>as region\u2019s largest and most beloved long distance race\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2,600+ registered for 41st running of 13.1-mile flagship race, 5k, Youth Run (4\/26)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>for fun, fitness, competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Luke\u2019s Youth Run \u2013 Lehigh Parkway, Allentown<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, April 27, 8:00 a.m. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Luke\u2019s 5k \u2013 William Allen High School (18th\/Linden)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, April 27, 8:10 a.m. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Luke\u2019s Half Marathon \u2013 William Allen High School (18th\/Linden)<\/p>\n<p>The half marathon and 5k finish in J. Birney Crum Stadium. The 5k winner will finish at about 8:15 a.m. The half marathon male winner at about 9:15 a.m., female winner at about 9:25 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>A beloved event returns: Nearly 2,000 registered racers are expected for the 41st running of the St. Luke\u2019s Half Marathon and 5k (<a href=\"http:\/\/stlukeshalfmarathon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stlukeshalfmarathon.com<\/a>), one of the largest and most beloved long-distance races in the region. More than 800 kids aged 3-14 are registered for the April 26 St. Luke\u2019s Youth Run.<\/p>\n<p>The scenic 13.1-mile course winds through Allentown\u2019s streets and parks. The half marathon begins at 8:10 a.m. (the 5k at 8 a.m.) at the corner of 18th\u00a0and Linden streets. Twelve different bands will rev up the runners with musical performances along the route. The Lehigh Valley Road Runners produces the event with over 500 volunteers. It is one of the largest races in the country run solely by volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network returns for the 15th\u00a0year as the race\u2019s presenting sponsor. The half marathon has a distance-running legacy reaching back to 1977.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMichael Drabenstott<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Luke\u2019s Half Marathon returns April 27 to Allentown\u00a0as region\u2019s largest and most beloved long distance race\u00a0\u00a0 2,600+ registered for 41st running of 13.1-mile flagship race, 5k, Youth Run (4\/26)\u00a0for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141943\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">St. Luke\u2019s Half Marathon returns April 27 to Allentown\u00a0as region\u2019s largest and most beloved long distance race<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/st-lukes-half.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}