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Santa Cruz marathons

Marathons in Santa Cruz, California

1 upcoming marathons in Santa Cruz, listed by date with entry fees from race registration.

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upcoming marathons

Other distances in Santa Cruz

July 2027

Marathon results in California

From 29 marathons with official results in the last two years, 12,379 finishers in all. Santa Cruz has too few scored marathons for its own numbers, so these cover all of California.

Typical marathon times by age and gender

4:28:53
typical finish
10:15 /mi
typical pace
63
finishers in a typical race
4:46:59
women, typical finish
4:18:52
men, typical finish
under 3:26:38
the fastest tenth

Entry for upcoming marathons in California usually runs from $80 to $173, with a typical fee of $110 before processing fees.

Typical times are the middle finisher across these races, weighted by field size. School meets, stair climbs, and results with timing errors are left out.

Fastest marathons in California

  1. 1Ventura MarathonVentura · median 3:46:13 · 1,313 finishers in 2026
  2. 2Two Cities MarathonFresno · median 4:21:14 · 739 finishers in 2025
  3. 3The Redding Marathon EventsRedding · median 4:29:51 · 239 finishers in 2026
  4. 4The Hoag OC Marathon Running FestivalCosta Mesa · median 4:37:14 · 3,571 finishers in 2026
  5. 5Bakersfield MarathonBakersfield · median 4:55:17 · 497 finishers in 2026

Biggest marathons in California

  1. 1The Hoag OC Marathon Running FestivalCosta Mesa · 3,571 finishers in 2026
  2. 2Ventura MarathonVentura · 1,313 finishers in 2026
  3. 3Two Cities MarathonFresno · 739 finishers in 2025
  4. 4Bakersfield MarathonBakersfield · 497 finishers in 2026
  5. 5The Redding Marathon EventsRedding · 239 finishers in 2026
When marathons happen in California