SOCAL River Marathon

The SOCAL River Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K or Southern California Marathon starts in the Inland Empire in Yorba Linda and runs along the Santa Ana River passing through Southern California, Anaheim, Angels Stadium and finishes at Huntington Beach State Park on the beach. The course is primarily flat with a slight downhill of 380 feet over 26.2 miles.

Southern California is a diverse landscape. It ranges from desert and dry to beach and moist. This race will show the range of diversity only known by those who make Southern California their home.

Aid stations are around every 2 miles starting at mile 3. Potty, water, electrolyte at all. Gels and fruit at select miles. They will not be exactly at the mile markers due to course access for aid stations. Generally they will be close to Miles 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25. As we get closer to the race day we will have a more formal locations announced for these aid stations.

Boston Qualifier – Being a Boston Qualifier is based on being a USATF certified course, meaning it was measured by USATF personally on highly calibrated bikes. Being a Boston Qualifier means you can qualify for the Boston Marathon on this course.