So Cal's Cinco de Miles 5k & 5 Miles

Saturday, May 6, 2023 

This will be a  FULL FIESTA party run! 

Come race, run, walk, or jog and you can even pick up your BLING the day before to celebrate! 

Huge, unique custom cast medals with moving parts and a baby soft tech shirt fully designed front and back. 

Come celebrate Hispanic Culture with us. And be as victorious in your pursuit of health as those warriors were in their victory at the Battle of Puebla.  5K  and 5 mile or run the 1 mile family fun run. Have fun meeting people while celebrating cultures. Running is universal.

We serve chips and salsa at the finish. Live music and folkloric dancers. Street tacos served.

RFIP CHIP TIMING and age division awards by Itz About Time.

COOL custom cast medals and Cinco De MILES authentic event t-shirts.  

EVERY PARTICIPANT RECEIVES: 

• Custom Cinco de Miles cast medals
• Cinco de Miles themed event race shirts
• Age division awards
• RFID Chip timing by Itz About Time (itzabouttime.com)
• Enjoy the music, the refreshments, and each other!
• Caren Ware Events are designed for Every BODY and EVERYBODY! And are MOST Festive!

LOCATION:  BOLSA CHICA STATE BEACH 17851 Pacific Coast Hwy , Huntington Beach, Ca 92648.  LOT 25 . Come in the main gate and go furthest WEST. (Park charges $15)  Near corner of PCH and Warner there is OPEN public parking available behind the Jack in the Box on Warner and PCH. (Do not park in the gas station or market lot). But you can walk into the race lot from outside.  

EARLY RACE PACKET PICK UP (for your convenience) or you may pick up bib and shirt on race day at the race site.  You may pick up for others.  

Friday, May 5 noon to 4pm.  Costa Mesa's Road Runner Sports (NEW STORE) 13276 Jamboree Rd, Irvine, Ca. 92602  

RACE DAY SCEDULES:

6:30 am  Registration OPENS
               Shirts are given with bibs at registration.  Medals when you finish

7:45am to 8:15am FOLKORIC DANCERs , CABRILLOS, DANCING HORSE AND PERFORMANCES

8:15 am START of Kids family fun run. (1 Mile) 

8:30 am Mass START of 5K/5 Mile

9 :15am Start of 5k AWARDS CEREMONY

9:30am  Start of the 5 mile AWARD CEREMONY

bring EXTRA CASH FOR STREET TACOS, FRESCA, FRESH FRUIT, AND SPECIALTY COFFEES FROM THE COFFEE TRUCK

PARKING:

PARKING at BOLSA CHICA STATE BEACH is $15. You may wish to carpool. To enter into BOLSA CHICA STATE BEACH go in the main gate on PCH and drive the furthest EAST to the very last parking lot. The race is staged in view of that famous Jack In the Box on the corner of Warner and PCH. There is FREE parking one block west.  It's a few blocks walk to the start. 

FINISHER MEDALS TO every Finisher

AGE DIVISION AWARDS:

5 year Age Spans:  3 deep with 5 year age spans:  5k and 5 Mile  1-10, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 40-44, 45-49, 50-54,55-59 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80&over 

Top  3 Overall Trophies to Male & Females     Plus award to Oldest finisher. Youngest finisher. 

Pets: Friendly Pets are allowed and must be leashed at all times and accompanied by a Run /Walk participant.  Please use a leash of 5 ft or less, for the safety of all pets and runners.  Line up towards the back of the pack at the start and keep to the side of the race field on the course.

Stroller: Families can bring strollers, but agree to use at own risk.  We do ask that you line up towards the back of the pack at the start and keep to the side of the race field on the course. Note, that only register participants with a BIB will receive a finisher medal.

Please make sure your BIB is in the front and visible to our volunteers.  And watch for cyclists enjoying the same beach bike path you are running on.

Race will take place rain or shine.  RESTROOMS are in the public buildings on the end of each of the parking lots.