Irvine Dream Run
About this race
Lace up and dream big at the 2026 Irvine Dream Run! 🎉 Join us at the Great Park in Irvine for this can’t-miss, family-friendly race kicking off beneath the iconic Great Park Balloon. Choose a 5K, a 3K, or double the fun and run both—either way, you’re in for an unforgettable morning!
Every registration includes a race shirt, finisher medal, finish-line photo, and full access to our post-race expo, music, food trucks, vendor booths, and plenty more to keep the celebration going.
Best of all, every step you take supports a great cause. 💛 All proceeds benefit the Sunstone Community Fund, helping fuel startups and entrepreneurship right here in Irvine. Our goal is to raise $50,000 for local founders and innovators—and we need you to help make it happen.
👉 Register by April 27, 2026, to guarantee your shirt size. Don’t wait—spots are filling fast!
🔥 Bonus: Refer five friends and score a $20 refund on your registration.
If you are using a coupon code, please note the discount will not show until you get to the payment screen and click "apply discount".
For more information see the Press Release.
Let’s run, celebrate, and invest in Irvine’s future together! 🏃♀️🎈✨
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Running
5K Fun Run/Walk
This year’s 5K kicks off at the iconic Great Park Balloon. Every entry includes a race shirt, medal, finish line photo, and access to the post-race expo complete with a bouncy house, live music, food trucks, booths from our vendors, and more. Proceeds go directly to the charitable Sunstone Community Fund to support startups and entrepreneurship in Irvine. Register by April 27, 2026, to secure your shirt size. Race shirt, medal, finish line photo, finish line video, and access to the post-race expo area, are included with registration.
5K Fun Run/Walk (Bundle Package)
The 5K bundle includes all the items in the 5k PLUS sunglasses and a commemorative headband! Register by April 27, 2026, to secure your shirt size.
3K Fun Run
This year’s 3K Fun Run kicks off at the iconic Great Park Balloon. Every entry includes a race shirt, medal, finish line photo, and access to the post-race expo complete with a bouncy house, live music, food trucks, booths from our vendors, and more. Register by April 27, 2026, to secure your shirt size. The package includes a race shirt, medal, finish line photo, finish line video and access to the post-race expo area.
3K Fun Run (Bundle Package)
The 3K bundle includes all the items in the 3K PLUS sunglasses and a commemorative headband! Register by April 27, 2026, to secure your shirt size.
Virtual 5K
Do not worry if you cannot make this event in person. Feel free to participate anywhere in the world and be apart of this awesome event. You can upload your results for the virtual run starting May 2nd through May 9th. This package does not include a race t-shirt or any race swag.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Irvine, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:54 AM and sets at 7:40 PM local time (PDT) in Irvine on May 9, 2026 — 13h 45m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Irvine Dream Run
795 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 5K Fun Run/Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viencent Luong-Kha | 16:07 | 5:11 /mi |
| 2 | Gustavo Alvarez | 16:26 | 5:17 /mi |
| 3 | Evan Niles | 16:29 | 5:18 /mi |
| 4 | Manuel DeBarros | 16:31 | 5:18 /mi |
| 5 | Noah Lantsberg | 16:49 | 5:24 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Irvine
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Irvine 5K Races 17 races
- Irvine Running Calendar 2026 19 races
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, 20 Irvine events
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