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Holiday Half Marathon, 10K (6.65 miles), 5K, Fun Run (1 mile) results

Finish-time statistics for 2 years of Holiday Half Marathon, 10K (6.65 miles), 5K, Fun Run (1 mile) in Goleta, California, aggregated from official results. Names are not published here.

How fast is it?

Faster than most California 5Ks

The fastest quarter of the 2025 5K field finished under 29:17, against 30:43 in a typical California 5K, so times here run 5 percent faster.

  • Half Marathon: Faster than most California half marathons. The fastest quarter of the 2025 half marathon field finished under 1:42:32, against 1:57:04 in a typical California half marathon, so times here run 12 percent faster.
  • 10K: Faster than most California 10Ks. The fastest quarter of the 2024 10K field finished under 50:33, against 56:15 in a typical California 10K, so times here run 10 percent faster.

Compares the fastest quarter of each field, so walkers and first-timers do not skew it. It reflects the course and the field together: a flat course, cool weather, or a competitive crowd all make times faster.

2025

Dec 20, 2025

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
5KPreliminary13917:5534:5411:15 /mi29:17 to 39:5236:2632:41
The Grinch 10K (6.65 miles)Preliminary10139:241:11:1110:42 /mi58:56 to 1:23:561:14:481:04:43
Half MarathonPreliminary931:18:171:55:318:49 /mi1:42:32 to 2:07:162:05:131:51:15
Kid's 1-MilePreliminary136:009:159:15 /mi8:12 to 10:1410:148:13

5K

median 34:5419:221:06:17
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+1035:16
20-292135:54
30-394834:46
40-492336:56
50-59834:15
60-69836:36
Under 202132:27

Finishers and median time per group.

The Grinch 10K (6.65 miles)

median 1:11:1141:471:55:31
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+31:22:35
20-29261:08:54
30-39251:09:53
40-49221:07:22
50-59141:19:41
60-6951:31:34
Under 2061:08:23

Finishers and median time per group.

2024

Dec 14, 2024

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
Half MarathonPreliminary681:15:442:00:579:14 /mi1:51:39 to 2:15:092:08:291:57:10
10KPreliminary6139:4856:499:10 /mi50:33 to 1:12:251:02:5950:59
5KPreliminary5616:3633:3210:49 /mi26:39 to 40:1233:5531:21
Kid's 1-MilePreliminary68:0117:3317:33 /mi12:15 to 21:3621:3511:50

Half Marathon

median 2:00:571:17:352:48:22
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

20-29232:08:51
30-39211:56:19
40-49101:53:46
50-5952:01:41
60-6962:05:44
Under 2031:55:23

Finishers and median time per group.

10K

median 56:4939:591:36:56
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+253:33
20-291351:08
30-39141:00:17
40-49141:10:37
50-5991:00:52
60-69752:10
Under 2021:00:50

Finishers and median time per group.

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