20Dec
Reindeer Run Half Marathon
Running
- Distance
- 13.2 Miles
- Start time
- 07:30
- Entry fee
- $52.99
Santa’s Reindeer Run - 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon
Huntington Beach,
California,
United States
42 days left
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Date
20 Dec, 2026
Races
6 distances
Entry fee
$7.00 – $52.99
Runner rating
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Website
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Santa’s Reindeer Run - 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon
About the event
🎅🏃♀️ 2nd Annual Santa Reindeer Run 🦌✨
Bolsa Chica State Beach – Lot 25
Sunday, December 20, 2026
Get ready to jingle all the way at the 2nd Annual Santa Reindeer Run! Join us at beautiful Bolsa Chica State Beach for a festive morning of holiday vibes, ocean views, and Santa Claus himself! Whether you’re here to race, stroll, or rock your favorite holiday outfit, this is the perfect way to kick off the season.
All finishers receive a festive medal, free race-day photos, and yummy finish-line treats. Plus, dress up for our Holiday Costume Contest for a chance to win extra prizes and epic bragging rights! 🎄🎁
🎅 Special Appearance by Santa!
Santa will be waiting at the start and finish lines for photos, hugs, and high-fives. Be sure to grab your holiday photo with Santa! 📸
🏁 Race Day Schedule
📍 Location: Bolsa Chica State Beach – Lot 25
6:45 AM — Bib Pick-Up & Same-Day Registration Opens
7:30 AM — Half Marathon Start
8:30 AM — 5K & 10K Start
9:00 AM - Family 1- Miler
9:30 AM- Kids 200 yard Dash
9:45 AM - Santa PAWS Doggie Parade
⏱️ Timing & Awards
✔️ Chip-Timed Race with live results
🏅 Finisher Medals for All Participants
📸 Free Race-Day Photos
🥇 Overall & Age Group Awards for the top 3 men & women in each distance
Awards Ceremony Times:
🚗 Parking & Drop-Off
Parking Fee: $15 per vehicle — State Park accepts card only
Main Entrance: 17851 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (gate opens at 6:00 AM)
Drive west after entering the main gate until you reach Lot 25 — the last lot on the right, near Warner Avenue & PCH
Drop-Off Option: Get dropped off at Warner & PCH, just steps from Lot 25
Free Public Parking: Available in Sunset Beach behind Jack in the Box (17243 Pacific Coast Highway)
Tip: Carpooling highly encouraged!
✨ Join the Holiday Magic!
Lace up, grab your Santa hat, and jingle through the miles at Bolsa Chica State Beach! The Santa Reindeer Run is the ultimate way to celebrate the season with friends, family, and festive fun.
🔗 Register today at CaliFlowRuns.com
Races offered
20Dec
10K Holiday Hustle
Running
- Distance
- 6.2 Miles
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $42.99
20Dec
5K — Jingle Dash
Running
- Distance
- 3.1 Miles
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $38.99
20Dec
Reindeer Romp 1-Miler
Running
- Distance
- 1 Miles
- Start time
- 09:00
- Entry fee
- $25.00
20Dec
Kids Candy Cane Dash
Running
- Distance
- 300 Yards
- Start time
- 09:30
- Entry fee
- $7.00
20Dec
Santa Paws Doggie Parade
Running
- Distance
- 400m
- Start time
- 09:45
- Entry fee
- $0.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for December in Huntington Beach.
Temperature10.0° / 19.0°
Feels like8.3° / 17.4°
Sunshine hours8h 4m
Rainfall2.1 mm
Snowfall—
Wind5.4 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity74.3%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise07:48
Sunset17:46
About Huntington Beach
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Huntington Beach is in Orange County in Southern California. Once known as Pacific City, it started as the southern terminus of the Golden West railroad line.
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Race results
Official finishing times from previous editions of Santa’s Reindeer Run - 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon.
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Charlie Nicolson | 17:54 |
| 🥈 | Charles Baggett | 18:16 |
| 🥉 | G. Lavana | 18:21 |
| 4 | Gabriel Velasco | 18:38 |
| 5 | Vincent Price | 18:58 |
| 6 | SeoHyun Jun | 20:33 |
| 7 | Madison Elliott | 20:52 |
| 8 | Kimberly Hernandez | 21:02 |
| 9 | Cody Sohn | 21:33 |
| 10 | Mike Noriega | 22:10 |
| 11 | Olivia Velasco | 22:46 |
| 12 | Jeremy Kim | 23:27 |
| 13 | Angel Hernandez | 23:37 |
| 14 | WooRee Han | 23:53 |
| 15 | Sara Swiger | 24:16 |
| 16 | Hamed Zareei | 24:17 |
| 17 | Taylor King | 24:58 |
| 18 | Natalie Kojima | 25:22 |
| 19 | Lindsay Picha | 25:26 |
| 20 | Mackenzie Picha | 25:27 |
| 21 | Nikki Blanchard | 25:28 |
| 22 | Ryan Godshalk | 25:31 |
| 23 | Frederic Rupprecht | 25:32 |
| 24 | Anthony Mejia | 25:32 |
| 25 | Brandon King | 25:36 |
| 26 | H. Nicolson | 25:39 |
| 27 | Justin Nicolson | 25:49 |
| 28 | Chris Lauwers | 25:50 |
| 29 | Sarah Hadden | 25:52 |
| 30 | Chris Cope | 26:05 |
| 31 | Harry Oei | 26:18 |
| 32 | Omar Alquaddoomi | 26:31 |
| 33 | Pierce Werner | 26:35 |
| 34 | Martin Bush | 26:37 |
| 35 | P. Villamar | 26:41 |
| 36 | Eric Griffin | 26:45 |
| 37 | Saber Kim | 26:46 |
| 38 | Demi Quevedo | 26:46 |
| 39 | Kevin Jones | 27:03 |
| 40 | Christian Caringal | 27:05 |
| 41 | Patrick Amaya | 27:07 |
| 42 | Blake Roderick | 27:15 |
| 43 | Ramon Felix | 27:17 |
| 44 | Jose Gonzalez | 27:22 |
| 45 | Johnnie Amaya | 27:48 |
| 46 | Jairo Aguilar | 28:12 |
| 47 | Ashland Anderson | 28:21 |
| 48 | Noble Coran | 28:23 |
| 49 | Katarina Zavala | 28:30 |
| 50 | Reese Johnson | 28:34 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Tyler Der | 1:26:00 |
| 🥈 | John Martinez | 1:31:18 |
| 🥉 | Anjali Lauwers | 1:32:18 |
| 4 | Abigail Feldman | 1:38:45 |
| 5 | Alyssa Moreno | 1:44:49 |
| 6 | Daniel Luna | 1:46:27 |
| 7 | Jazwan Hill | 1:46:27 |
| 8 | Jenoa Vincitorio | 1:46:40 |
| 9 | Yasmin Cavner | 1:47:40 |
| 10 | Amando Arroyo | 1:48:04 |
| 11 | Yudoka Darwan | 1:48:54 |
| 12 | Reece Kenerson | 1:50:21 |
| 13 | Hailey Collette | 1:51:29 |
| 14 | Robert Manon | 1:51:41 |
| 15 | Tracye Vaughan | 1:52:28 |
| 16 | Violet Thien | 1:53:00 |
| 17 | Cassandra Fulkerson | 1:53:50 |
| 18 | Ronnie Casanova | 1:54:50 |
| 19 | Adrian Clark Delgado | 1:54:50 |
| 20 | Beau Kremling | 1:55:45 |
| 21 | Joseph Chau | 1:55:51 |
| 22 | Collin Hart | 1:57:02 |
| 23 | Alanna Brown | 1:57:02 |
| 24 | Jamie Hart | 1:57:58 |
| 25 | Hassan Harake | 1:58:15 |
| 26 | Elias Harake | 1:58:33 |
| 27 | Cody Merrifield | 2:01:34 |
| 28 | Ali Hesar | 2:02:14 |
| 29 | Bonnie Simpkins | 2:02:19 |
| 30 | Kasey Robertson | 2:02:53 |
| 31 | M. Cui | 2:04:30 |
| 32 | Xiong Cui | 2:04:34 |
| 33 | Kristin Simpkins | 2:05:30 |
| 34 | Sophia Stewart | 2:06:28 |
| 35 | Emma Weston | 2:06:29 |
| 36 | Brian Sarmiento | 2:10:44 |
| 37 | Maura Montes | 2:10:59 |
| 38 | Tony Curiel | 2:11:12 |
| 39 | Brooke Dodson | 2:13:45 |
| 40 | Brette Harvey | 2:13:45 |
| 41 | Chadwick Harvey | 2:13:46 |
| 42 | Michael Cohen | 2:13:47 |
| 43 | Jingjing Liu | 2:14:00 |
| 44 | Olivia Prutting | 2:17:34 |
| 45 | Darling Gonzalez | 2:18:09 |
| 46 | Siar Omar | 2:21:44 |
| 47 | Claudia Bustillos | 2:22:57 |
| 48 | Earl Roy | 2:23:43 |
| 49 | Jamie Young | 2:24:04 |
| 50 | Carly Jeavons | 2:24:22 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Shane Roma | 37:48 |
| 🥈 | Michael Margol | 38:12 |
| 🥉 | John Connolly | 38:48 |
| 4 | Feliciano Cortes | 39:00 |
| 5 | Salvador Ballesteros | 42:57 |
| 6 | Ellie Johnson | 43:08 |
| 7 | Micah Ross | 43:10 |
| 8 | Kimmy Dovan | 45:38 |
| 9 | Kwang Yi | 47:35 |
| 10 | Martin King | 47:56 |
| 11 | Mohammed Ashary | 49:11 |
| 12 | Jack McAnany | 49:36 |
| 13 | Cole Sinclair | 50:17 |
| 14 | Conner Cesario | 50:20 |
| 15 | Elsa Alvarez | 50:53 |
| 16 | Kevin Jimenez | 51:40 |
| 17 | Amanda Valle | 52:23 |
| 18 | B. Williams | 52:39 |
| 19 | W. Williams | 52:52 |
| 20 | Bailey Taylor | 52:54 |
| 21 | Monica Lewis | 53:01 |
| 22 | Sarah Yang | 53:54 |
| 23 | Alex Yee | 53:55 |
| 24 | Aaron Tiet | 53:58 |
| 25 | Jerome Dovan | 53:58 |
| 26 | Shane Farnsworth | 54:20 |
| 27 | Rafael Arenas Jr | 54:23 |
| 28 | Karina Barkmeyer | 54:38 |
| 29 | Rigoberto Arenas | 54:39 |
| 30 | Bree Johmson | 55:57 |
| 31 | Kara Johnson | 56:02 |
| 32 | Daphne McGinley | 56:06 |
| 33 | Anthony Ramirez | 56:55 |
| 34 | Namanh Dovan | 57:15 |
| 35 | Courtney Yamada | 57:18 |
| 36 | Peter Saine | 57:44 |
| 37 | Nathan Kosai | 58:52 |
| 38 | Christal Tran | 58:54 |
| 39 | Caitlin Reynolds | 59:05 |
| 40 | Robert Kosai | 59:14 |
| 41 | Megan Ko | 59:15 |
| 42 | Gene Williams | 59:17 |
| 43 | James Margol | 59:24 |
| 44 | Ana Porras | 59:25 |
| 45 | Adriana Giraldo | 59:39 |
| 46 | Anthony Tran | 59:59 |
| 47 | Melyssa Jimenez | 1:00:00 |
| 48 | Tim Nicholas | 1:00:22 |
| 49 | Shelby Farnsworth | 1:00:40 |
| 50 | Anthony March | 1:01:19 |
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