Lake Elsinore Color Run

Lake Elsinore Color Run takes place on October 24, 2026 in Lake Elsinore, California, with the Littles & Families 1K starting at 8:30 a.m. The single kilometer is aimed squarely at young children and the adults running alongside them, which makes this less a race than a morning out — a distance short enough that nobody needs to have trained for it beforehand.

For a 1K with small children, the useful preparation is practical rather than physical: light shoes, clothes you do not mind staining at a color run, and a plan to walk whenever they want to walk. If you are an adult runner, treat it as a warm-up and add your own miles before or after. It is a good way to give a child a first bib and a first finish line.