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America's Finest City

Sunday August 17th, 2025
San Diego, California
Distance: Half Marathon · 5K
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America's Finest City Half Marathon is run on a fast, scenic, point-to-point course. The race starts at the historic Cabrillo National Monument at the tip of Point Loma with its world-renowned vistas of San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean, follows scenic San Diego Bay and Harbor Island along the Embarcadero to the Star of India, winds through downtown San Diego and finishes in beautiful Balboa Park.

In 1978, as the original running boom was about to take off, then San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson thought that it would be a good idea to have a running event as a part of the “America’s Finest City Week” celebration, which took place each August. The annual AFC Week began in 1972 after the Republican Party pulled its Convention from San Diego and moved it to Miami.

The event is now owned by Neil Finn Sports Management, managed by In Motion Inc., and benefits the Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and the Spreckels Organ Society.

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displays approximate race location · San Diego CA 92101

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One of the best half marathons in Southern California
America's Finest City, Race Date: 2024-08-18, Distance: Half Marathon
Division Time Name Age Home
Male 1:04:14 YOHEI IKEDA 26 Tokyo
2nd Male 1:06:34 Isaiah Labra 24 Chula Vista, CA
3rd Male 1:07:26 Kellen Blumberg 32 San Diego, CA
4th Male 1:07:59 nelson oyugi 32 Farmington, NM
Female 1:16:52 Sarah Czuprynski 31 North Hollywood, CA
2nd Female 1:23:04 Ariane Hendrix 36 Portland, OR
3rd Female 1:23:56 Alaina Skelley 31 San Diego, CA
4th Female 1:25:00 Elaine Ribeiro 29 La Mesa, CA
Division Time Name Age Home
M 40-49 1:10:55 Meng-Tsung Chu 42 Colorado Springs, CO
M 50-59 1:17:28 Jason Hannon 52 San Diego, CA
M 60-69 1:34:33 Bin Liu 61 Poway, CA
M 70+ 1:48:53 Bruce Blanchard 73 Oceanside, CA
F 40-49 1:27:46 Jessica Karlsson 41 San Diego, CA
F 50-59 1:38:11 Kelly Powell 54 San Diego, CA
F 60-69 1:49:28 Roxanne Smathers 61 Mission Viejo, CA
F 70+ 2:02:12 Mary Lackey 72 El Cajon, CA
America's Finest City

AMERICA’S FINEST CITY HALF MARATHON ALL-TIME BEST PERFORMANCES

Men NELSON OYUGI (KEN) 1:01:59 Year 2013

Woman BELAINESH GEBRE (ETH) 1:10:27 Year 2010

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