Rose Bowl Half Marathon

Rose Bowl Half Marathon

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Date

Jan 19, 2025

Starting Time

7:00 AM

Course

Road

Fees

$109+

Location

Pasadena

Participants

1,000-10,000

Terrain

Fast & Flat

Environment

Urban

Temperature
High: 66°
/ Low: 47°
Overview

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.

Course Description
Runners head all the way south to Madeline Drive and then turn onto Grand Avenue, where they begin a long straightaway that takes them up to the Brookside Golf Course and into Upper Arroyo Park, where they cross under the highway and into Oak Grove Park. The course then takes a full loop around Oak Grove Park and the Devils Gate Reservoir, crossing over the Devils Gate Dam at Explorer Road. From there, runners head past the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and begin the last few miles of the race that take them south through the park and back toward the finish line at the Rose Bowl. The last few miles include some of the race’s hilliest terrain, as well as ample views of the San Rafael Hills and the San Gabriel Mountains in the distance.

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