Join us in San Jose! Beer City San Jose starts and finishes at Almaden Lake Park and runs along the adjacent creek trails and bike paths. Beer City Festival includes a half marathon, 10k, and 5k distances. The Beer Stroll is a 1-mile walk for those who are mostly in it for the beer. Beat The Beast is our new take on the beer mile. 

You don't have to have been part of other Beer City races to have a great time. You also don't have to care for beer. This gathering is meant for everyone and it's made by runners, for runners. So come out for a great time with sunshine, running, beer, and celebrating.

When you get home we will be there with tastes of beer from San Jose's local brewers. Runners drink until noon and the it's off to Shindig! our afternoon gathering. 

The post-run beer drinking is a festival all its own. Beer City Half offers our runners over 21 years of age a selection of beer from a collection of our local brewer friends, including Clandestine, Hapa's, Worts of Wisdom, and Chapter 11 cider as well as from some of our friends from hither and yon, like Fieldwork, Moonlight, and Lagunitas. Drink as much as you like until noon! There will also be non-alcoholic Hop Water as well as the water, bubbly drinks we provide.

Beer will be served in 7-oz Beer City tasting glasses for you to take home (without a beer in them still).

Also, there will be bubbly water and sodas, as well as snacks for everyone, including cookies and fruit.

Each Beer City Half runner receives the special San Jose finishers woodallioni, a comfy Beer City San Jose t-shirt, a 7oz Beer City tasting glass, a custom bib, and free race photos. 

Podium trophies are given to the top 3 in each race by gender. Age-group awards are given 3-deep in 10-year divisions (e.g., 20-29). Age group winners are requested to identify themselves at the timing table.