Run In The New Year 5k/10K/Half Marathon

Run In The New Year 5k/10K/Half Marathon is held in Huntington Beach, California, on January 1, 2027, along the Bolsa Chica beach path at Huntington State Beach. The half marathon (13.1 miles) starts at 8:30 a.m., the Kid's Dash at 8:40 a.m., and the 10K (6.2 miles) and 5K (3.1 miles) together at 9:00 a.m. The course is flat and spectator-friendly with plenty of aid stations, results are professionally chip timed, and entrants receive custom shirts and medals. A live band plays, runners can write their resolution on their bib, and a pancake breakfast and food vendors follow the finish, with age-group awards.

A flat oceanfront path is about as favorable as a half marathon course gets, so if you have carried fitness through the fall this is a sensible place to attempt a personal best off a 12-week build with a weekly long run. The 10K and 5K start together thirty minutes later, which keeps the wait short for anyone racing shorter.