Park paths, city tarmac and cover that keeps up

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Wet leaves underfoot, €150,000 for medical bills

October mornings leave the gravel paths slick, and one foot sliding sideways is enough for a bad ankle sprain or a broken wrist on landing. Medical costs up to €150,000 pay for imaging, surgery and any hospital stay.

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Pulled out of a crowded park and taken home

With 16,000 runners on narrow paths, reaching an injured runner takes time, and visitors still have to get back afterwards. Assistance and repatriation at actual cost cover the evacuation from the course and the journey home, wherever you live.

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Timed bib, published results, competition covered

A chip-timed half with start pens and official results counts as competition, which many policies leave out. The Competition option covers this bib and every other race on your calendar, from a spring 10 km to a winter cross country.

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One bad fall, consequences for years, €200,000

A head impact or a complex fracture on tarmac can leave permanent damage that reshapes your working life. The permanent disability capital of up to €200,000 pays out when the accident leaves lasting consequences, so you can adapt your home and your job.

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Why does a flat city half still cause injuries?

This race pulls in a lot of first-time half marathoners who trained in a few weeks for a charity place. That mix produces a start that is far too quick, elbows in the path bottlenecks, an Achilles that complains at 15 km, and October rain turning drain covers and paint lines slippery.

A half marathon is one day in a year of running, and most damage is done on dark winter evenings and rushed hill sessions. Annual half marathon insurance stays with you through every training run and every start line, in the United Kingdom and anywhere else you race.

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Royal Parks Half Marathon, the essentials

An autumn half marathon on a fast central course that strings the main royal parks together, popular with overseas runners and with charity teams. One distance only, 21.1 km, and a dense field from the first wave.

  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Next edition: next edition to be confirmed
  • Format: Half marathon, 21.1 km
  • Participants: Around 16,000 runners
  • Conditions: October in London, rain likely, park paths and city tarmac

Organising a half marathon or a charity race?

You put on a one-day half marathon with thousands of bibs and a long list of charity teams. We insure every participant through a single sign-up. While you race, our medical assistance line is reachable day and night, repatriation is included, and we can also be a partner of your race.

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FAQ

Questions runners ask about this London half

No. The surface makes no difference. A sprain on a gravel path and a fall on city tarmac open exactly the same rights to medical costs, assistance and repatriation.

Yes. A charity bib gives you the same personal accident cover. How you entered, through the ballot or through a fundraising place, changes nothing about the guarantees in the contract.

No. This is personal accident insurance, not cancellation insurance. Your bib and your trip to London are not refunded. The cover deals with bodily injury in training and in competition.

It covers your running year round. Long runs on wet paths, track intervals, easy recovery jogs: medical costs and assistance apply in the same way as they do on the course.

The price depends on the formula, how long you want cover for and whether you add the Competition option. The AxeoSport online quote gives you a figure in a few clicks, with no commitment.

Cross the royal parks in October with your cover already settled