Half marathon attire in rain

Wear what you'll be comfortable in. The writers and contributors at Runnersworld aren't the ones that are going to run the race. You are. Wear what you want.

I will say that a tech shirt (non-cotton) is a good way to go. I would probably wear a tank or a t-shirt because it's not particularly cold, but that's me. Also, you might want to consider wearing a visor or a cap to keep the rain out of your eyes. And don't forget to wear non-cotton socks! Rubbing in your shoes with wet cotton socks stinks!

Good luck on the race!!

First, remember, once you are wet, you can't get wetter. Sounds stupid, but I've run twice in heavy runs, one full and one half marathon, and once you are soaked you can ignore it. Then it becomes a fun bonding thing, all of the runners against the weather. Keep your sense of humor about it, nothing else you can do.

Definitely no cotton. I made that mistake in the full marathon in the rain, it gets heavy, you get hot, it's just bad all around. Something that will not absorb all the water. For the half in the rain I wore a tech shirt and it was much better. Can't speak to whether a shirt is better than a sports bra.

Some soft of visor to keep the rain out of your eyes. You'll get wet anyway, but if you can keep the rain from directly falling in your eyes, it's good.

Remember, streets are crowned to get the water to run to the sides and the storm drains. So, the center of the roads will by the driest. The edges may have standing water. Stay to the center.

Have fun. And the pictures always make it look like it was worse than it really was. On the half marathon, we had one really heavy period of rain right at the start, and then light rain for the next hour or so, but looking at the pictures it looks like we ran through a rain and flood of biblical proportions. We all laughed, but it was fun showing them to other people who gave us way more credit than we deserved.

I'd do a tech tank and capris/shorts! If it's only a drizzle rain bring a ziplock bag to put your iPod in (if you run with one).

If it's going to be a high of 60 it might be chilly in the morning when you start. It sounds crazy but a ton of people bring a trash bag with a hole cut out for your head to wear as a poncho in the morning. Then as you're running (typically within the 1st mile for me) toss the bag and go.

Something I'm going to do for my next race is to bring latex gloves too. My hands always freeze until I start running so I can wear those, warm up them toss them too!

You've probably thought of this already but make sure you have nice dry clothes waiting for you at the finish line, I normally bring rubber soled slippers to change into, because I always get blisters in races.

Like most of the other people said, avoid anything cotton, socks, underwear, t-shirts cause once there wet, they will rub you raw. Good luck to you, let us know how you did.

I don't even think I own a non-cotton pair of socks....

I always take a cheap rain parka ($1.50 at Target in the camping section) or a garbage bag and wear that for the period of time that you have to stand out in the rain in your corral waiting for the race to start.

I don't mind running in the rain but I hate just standing there for 30+ minutes. Then you can just toss it once you start running.

Don't forget to have somebody bring you dry clothes after your race...or bring some and check it in.

excellent! way to go...and glad you didn't have to deal with the rain that much!

Woohoo! Great accomplishment.