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The Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon is an annual half marathon race which takes place in San Jose, California in the United States.It also features a 10K and 5K race. The 2023 edition featured nearly 11,000 total runners with most participants running the half marathon.
The marathon was established in 1998. The 2006 marathon had 21,159 participants—17,339 of whom successfully finished the race. A half marathon race over 21.0975 kilometres (13.1094 mi) was added to supplement the established full marathon race from the 2010 edition onwards.
Both the marathon and half marathon will start and finish at the Westfield Carlsbad this year, located at 2525 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92008. [2] [3] There is a time limit in place for both races. Runners will have 6 hours total to complete the full marathon and 4 hours to complete the half.
In 2008, the Competitor Group took over Elite Racing, the company that had been organizing the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. The following year, 2009, an internal audit revealed that the charity in whose name the race had been run, Elite Racing Foundation for Children, Education & Medical Research, had been improperly commingling funds with the for-profit Elite Racing.
Kenyan Nelson Oyugi holds the men's half marathon course record of 1:01:59, while Belaynesh Zemedkun is the women's record holder with her time of 1:10:28. [9] The men's race has been dominated by Kenyans, with 13 wins since the mid-1990s, but Americans are historically strong on the women's side with 17 race wins.
Mermaid Mountain View Run 5K,10K, Half Marathon ; Human Race 10K, 5K (cancelled as of 2009) Palo Alto: Moonlight Run ; Skyline Ridge 1/2 Marathon, 10K; San Jose: Quicksilver 50 Mile, 50K, 25K; Silicon Valley Turkey Trot
Name City Country Month* *Last race was held Inception Ref Link Adirondack Marathon: Schroon, New York United States September: 1997: Akron Marathon: Akron, Ohio United States ...
[2] [3] The race's course is primarily rolling hills or flat as it moves through rural California Wine Country. [4] The Napa Valley Marathon has been run in March since 1979, accepts only about 3,000 runners, and is widely considered one of the most scenic marathons in the United States.