Running Is For The Birds

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

Amigos De Bolsa Chica, in conjunction with Bolsa Chica State Beach is hosting a run/walk/beach cleanup. The categories include:

• Distance Options: 5K, 10K, 1K fun run, 5K Plogging, 10K Plogging, and Beach Clean up only.
• Date: April 26, 2025.
• Location: Bolsa Chica State Beach, 17851 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA.
• Start Time: 8:00 AM.

🌊 What to Expect

Run and Walk along the beach on a flat and fast course. Proceeds help Amigos de Bolsa Chica's (a 501c3 non-profit established in 1976) efforts to offer environmental leadership roles to all by providing community-based education programs centered on Bolsa Chica that create greater awareness of coastal California's threatened biodiversity.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Friendly Expo

There is a family friendly expo at the basketball courts with demonstrations, showing what Amigos de Bolsa Chica is all about. Look at Bolsa Chica water samples through microscopes, learn about the wetlands and the birds that visit there, and explore what we can do to protect the environment and the wildlife of the wetlands.

🕖 Event Schedule

Check in begins at 7 AM at the basketball courts at Bolsa Chica State Beach.

• 5K and 10K: Begins at 8 AM.
• Kids fun run: Starts at 9 AM.

🏅 Additional Information

• Course: All-American, flat and fast race course.
• Timing: Chip timing for 5K and 10K run and plogging (not for the kids fun run).
• Race T-shirts: Guaranteed only for pre-registration by March 15.
• Participation Medal: Awarded at the finish line.
• Parking: Free parking at Bolsa Chica State Beach when in parking lot before 8 AM. ($15 dollar value).

For more information, visit the race page: Running Is For The Birds.