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Saturday, February 27th, 2027
21601 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach CA
5K · 10K · Half · Marathon
49–63°F · low rain risk
See last 10 years
On this date: rain 3 of the last 10 years
2026
57–80°F
dry
2025
50–72°F
dry
2024
52–61°F
dry
2023
44–54°F
rain
2022
45–69°F
dry
2021
48–64°F
dry
2020
56–73°F
dry
2019
52–60°F
dry
2018
46–54°F
rain
2017
51–59°F
rain
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About this race
The SOCAL River Marathon has four distances. Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K.
This is a fun course in Southern California. This course runs on the Santa Ana River Trail from Yorba Linda to Huntington Beach State Park. This route truly spans Southern California from the dryer desert land to areas near Disneyland to the Beach. The course is primarily flat and straight but has a gradual downhill slant following the river to the ocean. This route is two years ago was cleaned up from homeless tents and is not fenced in nightly.
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