A Merry Christmas Run 5K/10K/13.1 LOS ANGELES

A Merry Christmas Run 5K/10K/13.1 LOS ANGELES is run in Los Angeles, California, on December 26, 2026, with the half marathon (13.1 miles), the 10K, the 5K and a family one-mile fun run all going off at 7:30 a.m. The point of the morning is shared celebration rather than a fast time, and timing is voluntary, done through your own app or not at all. Entry includes a race shirt, a finisher medal and a gift bag.

For runners with a spring marathon on the calendar, a half on December 26 lands at a convenient point in the year, early enough to be a base check and late enough to feel like a reward for a consistent fall. Run it at long-run effort and you lose nothing from the week that follows. If you are attempting 13.1 for the first time, ten to twelve weeks with one long run a week is the runway, and the finish-line medal is the same either way.