location_city Playa Del Rey
location_on California
flag United States
calendar_today 29 Aug, 2027
directions_run Running
language Official Website
RegisterOur 14th Annual 5K & 13K are held on a fully paved course next to the sand in Playa Del Rey on August 30th, 2026
6:00am: Parking Lots Open (LA County charges $13, bring cash). The line backs up so arrive early.
7:00am: Registration and Vendor Booths Open
7:05am: Warm up for Bike Tour
7:10am: Bike Tour Starts
7:30am: Costume Contests
7:40am: Warm Up for 5/13k
8:06am: National Anthem 🇺🇸
8:10am: 13K start (2 hour time limit, 15 min per mile pace or faster)
8:30am: 5K start
10:00am: Kids Run starts (time is approximate and depends on when the last 13K walkers are off so kids can run clear)
10:10am: Awards Ceremony
Share your photos on social media! We are @brarunla and @runmercury and our official hashtag is #brarunla. We will be resharing your posts whenever we can.
In its 14th year, The BRA Run supports Evelyn’s BFF, a charity that helps breast cancer survivors get back to their new normal while supporting counseling, reconstruction, and other items that people are often not able to get covered by their insurance. Most of our grant recipients have bills going into 6 figures! This event is the biggest fundraiser for this all volunteer organization and determines how many people they can help this year.
Evelyn, the founder of the Evelyn's Breast Friends Forever (BFF), a 501(c)3 non-profit public benefit charity foundation, started this event in 2013 and in her honor we have a 5K and a 13K at the BRA Run. We have the unusual distance of 13K because women have a 1 in 8 risk (or 13%) of having breast cancer in their life. A 13K is also slightly more than 8 miles.
Join us for Evelyn's party so we all can help other breast cancer survivors and their families. Our event spreads awareness of breast cancer reconstruction to the community by encouraging men and women to run and walk in their BRA (Breast Reconstruction Awareness) in honor and in memory of those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Donate to Evelyn's BFF.
Dress up in celebration of the BRA Run! Our participants get creative with their attire and we have awards to celebrate. Wear a decorated bra (sports bra, lacy bra, nursing bra, any type of bra) or dress up your shirt! You can wear the bra on its own or over a shirt. Looking for ideas? Here are some of last year's costumes.
Winners will be announced in the following categories:
Female Individual: Best Decorated Bra
Male Individual: Best Decorated Bra
Team*: Best Dressed
*Teams must have 5 or more people to enter the team competitions.
Can't make it in person but want to be a part of the event and support breast cancer survivors? Sign up for the virtual run and we will mail you a bib, shirt and medal.
Want to nab an additional medal? Take part in the Beach to City Challenge with the Greta Garbo medal!
Greta Garbo, the cinematic legend and breast cancer survivor, called Culver City home, so we celebrate her with a special medal. If you run both the BRA Run and Screenland 5k (in Culver City) back-to-back, you can claim this bonus bling!
If you ran Screenland 5k 2025 and BRA Run 2025, you can claim your medal at BRA Run 2025
If you run BRA Run 2025 and Screenland 5k 2026, you can claim your medal at Screenland 5k 2026
You can only claim the bonus medal once a year.
Sign up for Screenland 5k 2025 to ensure your Greta Garbo medal. If you register for Screenland 5k at the BRA Run finish line, you'll get a discount on registration.
A list of those who qualify for the medal will be published on the BRA Run website in August before the event. Check to make sure your name is on it!
Thank you so much to ©Harriet Brown Inc. for working with us to bring you the iconic images of the great Greta Garbo that are used in our challenge medals.
Aug 29, 2027
Distance — 14 Miles
Type — Road running
06:30
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Distance — 21 Miles
Type — Road running
06:30
Aug 29, 2027
Distance — 17.1 Miles
Type — Road running
06:30
Aug 29, 2027
Distance — 13K
Type — Road running
07:30
Aug 29, 2027
Distance — 5K
Type — Road running
07:50
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Distance — 1K
Type — Road running
09:30
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Distance — 13K
Type — Road running
10:00
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Distance — 5K
Type — Road running
10:00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for August in Playa Del Rey.
Playa del Rey offers beautiful beaches overlooking the Pacific Ocean just a few miles north of Los Angeles International Airport.
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