San Diego Tri Classic & San Diego 5K
About this race
Mark your calendars for the San Diego Triathlon Classic
📅 Saturday, September 12, 2026
📍 San Diego, CA – Liberty Station
🔥 About the Event
Swim. Bike. Run. Celebrate.
Swim the calm waters of San Diego Bay, ride through beautiful Point Loma and Rosecrans National Cemetery, and run past a battleship along the waterfront trails of Liberty Station.
• Scenic, historic course
• Flat Waterfront Run
• Amazing community vibe
• Great swag & post-race celebration
🏊♂️🚴♀️🏃♂️ Triathlons Swim/ Bike/ Run
Olympic: 1500M Swim • 40K Bike • 10K Run
Sprint: 500M Swim • 20K Bike • 5K Run
Relay Olympic: 3-person team
🏊♂️🚴♀️ Aquabike Swim/ Run
Olympic: 1500M Swim • 40K Bike
Sprint: 500M Swim • 20K Bike
🏃♂️🚴♀️🏃♂️Duathlon Run/Bike/ Run
Sprint: 1 Mile Run • 20K Bike • 5K Run
🏊♂️🏃♂️Aquathlon Swim/ Run
Sprint: 500M Swim • 5K Run
Run Only 🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
San Diego 5K
📍The Most Iconic Course in San Diego
Swim in calm San Diego Bay
Ride through Point Loma and the Rosecrans National Cemetery
Run around a retired battleship and along the waterfront
Flat, fast, and filled with SoCal views
Pick your distance
Running
SD Tri Series 5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in San Diego, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:30 AM and sets at 6:58 PM local time (PDT) in San Diego on September 12, 2026 — 12h 28m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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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, 231 San Diego events
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