Beer City Half™ OC
About this race
Join us Saturday, November 7, 2026 at Centennial Park in Santa Ana for Beer City Half™ Orange County! See the sights, run the trails, and drink the brews. Beer City Festival is a full day of fun. Drink local and dig it!
Pick your distance
Running
Half Marathon
Beer City Half OC runs along Santa Ana River Trail on the South side and crosses over the pedestrian bridge in Huntington Beach. It turns around within sight of the River Jetty in Huntington Beach. Net altitude gain is 266 feet.
10k
Beer City Half's 10k runs along Santa Ana River Trail on the South side. It's an out-and-back course that turns around shortly after Moon Park in Costa Mesa.
5k
Beer City Half's 5k runs along Santa Ana River Trail on the South side. It's an out-and-back course that turns around where Slater Avenue turns into W Segerstrom, on the border of Fountain Valley and Santa Ana.
Beer Stroll
You'll have a tiny beer and then ramble, bamble, bumble around Centennial Park. Then you'll have more beer.
Beat the Beast Beer Mile
It's the grandaddy of them all! Join us for our beer mile to beat all beer miles. You will drink 4 x 12 beers (no shotgunning) and run 1/4 mile between each of them. Beat the other runners. AND beat the Beer City Beast! Lose to the Beast or Lose your cookies, and you're OUT of the race.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Santa Ana, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:16 AM and sets at 4:54 PM local time (PST) in Santa Ana on November 7, 2026 — 10h 37m of daylight.
Course
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Results — Beer City Half™ OC
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 10 Santa Ana events
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