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  • 5K
  • 5 km
  • Long Beach
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2XU Long Beach Marathon 5K

This race edition

Race date
Date not confirmed for this distance
Race timezone
Timezone not confirmed
Edition status
Status not confirmed

Entry options

2026 edition

Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.

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Decision summary

2XU Long Beach Marathon 5K at a glance

Typical conditions
65/100

Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast

Evidence depth
18 verified facts

Source facts available

Route details

Known course facts at a glance

Methodology →

2XU Long Beach Marathon 5K has known course details for its 5k race. The summary below keeps the focus on what is confirmed for the course.

Official distance
5 km
Terrain
Beach
Scenery
Coastal, Waterfront, City, Historic, Parkland

Quick answers

What runners ask first

What is the 2XU Long Beach Marathon 5K course like?

Underfoot, expect a beach course. The setting includes coastal and waterfront. Race weekend opens Friday with the expo, the family-friendly Aquarium of the Pacific 5K on Saturday, and the marathon and half marathon on Sunday, capped by a finish festival and beer garden.

What should runners know on race day for the 2XU Long Beach Marathon 5K?

Race weekend opens Friday with the expo, the family-friendly Aquarium of the Pacific 5K on Saturday, and the marathon and half marathon on Sunday, capped by a finish festival and beer garden. Family-friendly 5K run through the grounds of the Aquarium of the Pacific, held Saturday with packet pickup at the Aquarium on race morning.

Race character

Scenery

  • Coastal
  • Waterfront
  • City
  • Historic
  • Parkland

Atmosphere

  • Big City
  • Scenic Tour
  • Festival

Terrain

  • Beach

Entry, logistics and records

Records and field

Field size
28,000+ runners across the race weekend.

Entry requirements

Entry status
Open entry: The held registration model is open entry and this edition is not marked sold out.
Sold out
No

Race day logistics

Expo / packet pickup
Free Health & Wellness Expo at the Long Beach Convention Center Hall C (400 E Seaside Way); Friday Oct 9 and Saturday Oct 10, with vendors, merchandise store and required bib pickup for marathon and half participants.
Medal
Exclusive 2026 finisher medal awarded.
Finisher tee
Exclusive 2026 race tee included with registration.

Course facts

Notable features
  • Race weekend opens Friday with the expo, the family-friendly Aquarium of the Pacific 5K on Saturday, and the marathon and half marathon on Sunday, capped by a finish festival and beer garden
  • Family-friendly 5K run through the grounds of the Aquarium of the Pacific, held Saturday with packet pickup at the Aquarium on race morning

What are typical race-day conditions?

  • 20°CTypical temperature
  • 17 kphTypical wind
  • 0 mmTypical rainfall
  • 65Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, warmer than the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

How we calculated this

Published facts and derived model outputs on this page are tied to stored sources or a published, version-locked methodology. We show the provenance so runners, coaches and organisers can check it. Data on this page is current as of .

Derived numbers use scoring-methodology-v1.0.

Sources used on this page (2)

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