The WA State Half Marathon Championship was held on the 8 November in partnership with the West Australian Marathon Club (WAMC) as part of the Fremantle Running Festival. The Festival, managed and conducted by the WAMC returned to the heart of the Fremantle CBD, starting and finishing on Fremantle’s cafe strip. The Championship race was hotly contested, with a field of approximately 1,000 half marathoners, making the event the biggest Fremantle Running Festival in its 36 year history.