Sunday, December 15, 2024 • Pomona, CA • Course Map
The winter of 2009 brought a brand-new half marathon event to the Los Angeles County area here in Southern California, as the site of the annual L.A. County Fair played host to the inaugural running of the L.A. County Half Marathon at Fairplex, which also included a half-marathon for inline skaters and a 5K for runners and walkers.
Today, the race’s name has changed as it has become known as the Holiday Half Marathon, and its 2024 race will be its 17th annual running, Like in previous years, the race course is USATF-certified and the course time limit for those running in the half marathon is 3 hours, 45 minutes.
From the starting line inside the Fairplex, which lies about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, runners in the half will follow an out-and-back loop course that takes them in roughly a counter-clockwise direction out from the fairgrounds and around the shoreline of Puddingstone Reservoir, through Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park and past the planes landing and taking off at nearby Brackett Field airport.
Hilly and challenging in some spots, particularly in the middle stretch of the race from mile 5 through 7, the course for the race takes runners through a combination of residential neighborhoods, past the tree-lined fairways of Mountain Meadows Golf Course and through more industrial-looking areas as the race nears the finish line along the eastern edges of the Fairplex fairgrounds.
Race Weather & Climate
Nestled just south of the Glendora Wilderness Park in the Angeles National Forest, about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, Pomona typically sees December temperatures that average between 68°F and 41°F, while rainfall totals average just over 2 inches for the month.
On the day of the race (Dec. 15), the average low is 41°F and the average high is 69°F.
Past Results
- 2023 Results
- 2022 Results
- 2019 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2018 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2017 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2016 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2015 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2014 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2013 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2012 Holiday Half Marathon Results
- 2011 Holiday Half Marathon Results
Course Map
See the race route map for the Holiday Half Marathon here.
Starting Time
- 8:00 AM – half marathon
Fees
- $65 for the half marathon
- $35 for the 10K
- $30 for the 5K
- prices subject to increase as race day grows closer
Registration
To reserve your spot in the 2024 running of Pomona’s Holiday Half Marathon or 5K race, register online at RunSignup.
