The Shamrock Half in Virginia Beach during St Patricks Day weekend is a good one.

Also, the Rock and Roll Half Marathon at VA Beach  at the end of summer.

My favorite Virginia half marathon is the Colonial Half Marathon which is held the last Sunday in February in Williamsburg at the College of William and Mary.  It's hilly and scenic -- alot of it on a small untraveled road through woods.  One nice thing is that is starts at 1:00 p.m. allowing runners from Northern Virginia to drive down and back in the same day.

The Parks Half Marathon in Rockville (alright Maryland) is also nice.  It's a one way route through Rock Creek Park and ends in downtown Bethesda. The organizers give you a metro card at the end so you can get back to your car in Rockville.  That is in mid-September.

Haven't run the Danville Half Marathon but I was just in Danville last week.  If the course is along the paved bike path by the Dan River, it will be very flat.

I'm still trying to figure out why I did so much better at the Charlottesville Half Marathon last month than I did at this one.

A huge second on the Fleet Week (which this year will be called the Naval Station Norfolk Half Marathon). This is an incredibly well organized race.

Also agree on the Shamrock Half. There's also the Dismal Swamp Half, and not VA but close, the OBX Half.

I'm a VB native, I ran the RnR Half last year, and unless I lose a bet or something there's no amount of money you could pay me to run the RnR Half again. It was a miserable humid day, lots of people dropped out (and dropped). Also the race course support, for what you pay for this event, is lacking.

HTH

I liked that HM so much that a couple weeks ago I e-mailed the race directors to find out when it would be. They e-mailed back with the name change and a confirmation it would be on October 4th this year. So unless something changed in the last couple of week's it's on!

The Rock N Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach is the best! Can be a bit warm since it's in September but not hilly. A great run event from start to finish!