2017 - Mountains 2 Beach Marathon and Half
2017 distances
Running
Kids 1K Fun Run
New to Mountains 2 Beach this year is a Kids 1K Fun Run. Starting on Saturday at the packet pick up location kids 12 and under can run our flat and fast course around Ventura Fair Grounds.
Marathon
Course Ranked one of the most likely to qualify for Boston in the Nation by Marathonguide.com The Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Marathon is 26.2 miles of mountain and beachfront scenery. Starting in beautiful downtown Ojai California, the course begins at just over 700 ft. and gradually descends to sea-level over 23 miles, and finishing near the historic Ventura, California Pier. The course is a lightning fast, USATF sanctioned Boston Marathon Qualifier (CA14064RS).
1/2 Marathon
The Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Half-Marathon is a fast, beautiful, point to point 13.1 mile course. The race starts near the Ventura Unified School District head quarters, just outside Ventura and runs gently downhill to the Ventura beachfront finishing just past the historic Ventura Pier with the Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Marathon finishers. The half-marathon is limited to the first 1500 entrants.
5k
We are proud to continue the Inside Track Beachfront 5k. With a beautiful oceanside start the Inside Track Beachfront 5k never loses eyesight of the beautiful Ventura Beaches as it runs along with the participants of the Half and Full Marathon and finishes with a 1 1/4 mile waterfront finish. 5k participants will enjoy the same finish line as the Marathoners and Half Marathoners, along with all the amenities and of course the Beachside Party afterwards. And the best thing yet…. 100% of net proceeds of the Inside Track Beachfront 5k goes directly to benefit the Ventura Education Partnership. An all volunteer organization dedicated to raising funds directly for the classrooms of Ventura.
Marathon Charity Spot
Course Ranked one of the most likely to qualify for Boston in the Nation by Marathonguide.com The Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Marathon is 26.2 miles of mountain and beachfront scenery. Starting in beautiful downtown Ojai California, the course begins at just over 700 ft. and gradually descends to sea-level over 18 miles, and finishing near the historic Ventura, California Pier. The course is a lightning fast, USATF sanctioned Boston Marathon Qualifier (CA14064RS). Charity Spots for the marathon is limited to the first 150 entrants.
1/2 Marathon Charity Spot
The Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Half-Marathon is a fast, beautiful, point to point 13.1 mile course. The race starts near Foster Park just outside Ventura and runs gently downhill to the Ventura beachfront finishing just past the historic Ventura Pier with the Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Marathon finishers. Charity spots for the half-marathon is limited to the first 100 entrants.
Race date Weather
Conditions on May 27, 2017 — historical Open-Meteo data.
Course
Route map and elevation profile
No course map published yet.
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2017 results — Mountains 2 Beach Marathon and Half
3,299 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 1/2 Marathon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STEVEN YOUNGBLOOD | 1:13:31 | 5:36 /mi |
| 2 | STEVEN WAITE | 1:15:18 | 5:44 /mi |
| 3 | JOSE TAMAYO | 1:16:32 | 5:50 /mi |
| 4 | JOSEPH BARNETT | 1:16:42 | 5:51 /mi |
| 5 | CHRISTIAN GIL | 1:18:03 | 5:57 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 15 Ventura events
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