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Sunday, January 3rd, 2027
4800 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles CA
Half · 12K · 5K · 15K
47–64°F · low rain risk
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On this date: rain 3 of the last 10 years
2026
54–60°F
rain
2025
50–66°F
dry
2024
47–60°F
rain
2023
49–57°F
rain
2022
43–61°F
dry
2021
46–60°F
dry
2020
51–69°F
dry
2019
43–66°F
dry
2018
55–75°F
dry
2017
45–58°F
dry
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About this race
Celebrate The New Year With Us! Join us for 2027 and help us make it even better! We're giving out some goodies to the first couple registrations so don't miss out and register now!
Our Half Marathon course is roughly 90% on a trail with the remaining 10% on asphalt. Below is a quick overview of the course.
The start of the course is at Shane's Inspiration in Griffith Park.
Mile 1: Upper Old Zoo Trail
Mile 2: Bill Eckert Trail (Hills with beautiful views!)
Miles 3-5: Mainly downhill on asphalt
Miles 6-8: Rolling Hills (Tetris)
Mile 9: All downhill
Miles 10-13: Quick flat trail to the finish!
Our 12K shares the same start line as the Half Marathon.
Miles 1-3: You will pass through the old Griffith Park Zoo and zoom through some hills
Mile 4: All downhill
Miles 5-7+: Quick flat trail to the finish!
Our 5K is a nice and quick route around the golf course.
15K Relay
Create a team of 3 and each run a 5K loop. Compete in any of our 3 divisions for the relay!
Coed, Male, Female
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