One of two local half marathon events that features Pasadena’s famed Rose Bowl Stadium along its course, the Rose Bowl Half Marathon typically sees more than 1,000 runners and walkers cross the finish line in both distances at its annual late winter running, with more than 400 runners finishing the half-marathon alone.
Run on a scenic course that unfolds along a combination of paved roads and natural trail surfaces, the race takes runners past many of the city’s most famous landmarks, including the stadium itself as well as the Devils Gate Dam & Reservoir, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Arroyo Seco.
The out-and-back loop course for the race starts and finishes next to Rose Bowl Stadium, and takes runners first on a route southward alongside Brookside Park and Lower Arroyo Seco Nature Park, along the concrete Arroyo Seco Channel waterway.
