Organised by RPM Sports and ASO, it is held in February and in 2023 attracted 21,477 runners, with 33% of the registered participants coming from abroad representing 101 nationalities.

[1] The half marathon is categorized by World Athletics as a Gold Label road race since 2018.

In 2014, Kenya's Florence Kiplagat broke the world record for the women's half marathon in a time of 1:05:12.

She beat by 38 seconds the previous mark of compatriot Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, set at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 2011.

Drassanes → Paral.lel → Entença → Gran Via → Bailén → Ronda Sant Pere → P. Sant Joan → P. Lluís Companys → B. Muñoz → Pallars → Llacuna → Perú → Josep Pla → Gran Via → Rambla Prim → Diagonal towards Llobregat → Espronceda → Diagonal towards Besós → Plaça llevant → P. Taulat → Selva de Mar → P. Garcia Faria → P. Calvell → Av.