Holly Jolly Half Marathon, 10K & 5K
Camarillo, CA
- Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Holly Jolly Half Marathon start and finish will be at the Pleasant Valley Fields Park at the Village At The Park Sports Complex. This course is over the mostly flat Camarillo bike path. No auto traffic to worry about on this course. Yes we will have prizes for the … MORE
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Not as advertised, no chip !
I'll keep this short and simple: arrived at 6:30 for morning of bib pick up (which I do appreciate but with a field this small, is a no-brainer). No one … MORE
I’ll keep this short and simple: arrived at 6:30 for morning of bib pick up (which I do appreciate but with a field this small, is a no-brainer). No one was there. Gates were still closed.
Pick up bib. No chip. Bill later announced that they weren’t going to “do a big production” and they’d be taking down times manually.
The course, for a bike path, is actually very pretty! It is two loops though so … pretty boring as well.
Race director is a crook
All "Elite Sports California" races are a joke. Packet pickups are unorganized, they still use those crappy reusable timing chips, courses are painfully boring, age group "prizes" are usually cheap. … MORE
All “Elite Sports California” races are a joke. Packet pickups are unorganized, they still use those crappy reusable timing chips, courses are painfully boring, age group “prizes” are usually cheap. Races get cancelled for no reason and it’s impossible to get a refund or transfer. Race director doesn’t pay his charities. He is a crook that is just out to put money in his pocket by putting on cheap, poorly run events. Serious road racers need to avoid these at all costs.