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Time: 6:30PM PDT 8:30PM PDT

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Event Description

🧟‍♂️ Night of the Running Dead
5K • 10K • 1 Miler • Half Marathon
📍 5400 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA
📅 Saturday Night • August 29
🕓 Check-In & Registration: 4:00 PM
🏁 Start Times | Half: 5:00 PM | 5K & 10K: 6:30 PM | 1 Miler: 6:45 PM

 
💀 About the Event
When the sun goes down… they rise.

Welcome to Night of the Running Dead—a pulse-pounding, after-dark race where the beach path transforms into a haunting playground of glowing lights, eerie energy, and undead vibes.

Whether you’re running for time, running for fun, or just trying to survive the night… this is one event you won’t forget.

Costumes are highly encouraged—zombies, survivors, or anything straight out of your favorite horror scene.

 
🌊 What to Expect
✔️ Flat, fast beach path course
✔️ Professional chip timing ⏱️
✔️ Instant ChronoTrack results (within minutes)
✔️ Free race-day photos — no upsells, ever 📸
✔️ Finisher medals for all participants 🏅
✔️ Overall & age group awards
✔️ Multiple on-course water stations 💧
✔️ DJ, lights & eerie after-dark atmosphere 🎶
✔️ Costume contest — zombies, creepers & creatures 🧟‍♀️
✔️ Runners, walkers, and all survival paces welcome

 
  🧿 The Vibe – After Dark Survival Mode
At CaliFlow Runs, we don’t do ordinary races…

This is where:
🧟 The undead roam
🔥 The music pulses
🌙 The night comes alive
👟 And you run straight through it

No pressure. No judgment. Just adrenaline, community, and a little chaos under the stars.

 
Run the night. Join the undead. Survive the course.
 
 
 

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Parking & Check In

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Start Line just steps from the Parking Lot

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Quick and Easy Race Day Check - In

Please have your ID or Confirmation Email

Ready to Show Staff

Professional Chip Timing

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Chronotrack Chip Timing

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Results within 2 Mins of Crossing

the Finish Line

Our Courses

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🌙 Night Race Course Instructions

For our night races, the course is modified for safety to keep runners on a more contained, well-marked section of the beach path.

Follow the PINK FLAGS for the main course.

  • 5K: Complete 1 loop.

  • 10K: Complete 2 loops.

  • Half Marathon: Turn at the 5K/10K turnaround, marked with a turn sign and PINK FLAG. Complete 4 full loops, then begin your final short out-and-back toward Granada Beach (.34 miles), marked with a BLUE FLAG.

⚠️ Half Marathoners

Do not continue past the regular 5K/10K turnaround during your four main loops. After completing your 4th loop, follow the instructions for the final .34-mile Granada Beach section.

🌙 Night Race Safety: Please pay close attention to course signs, flags, staff, and lighting. Keep headphones at a low volume and remain aware of other runners and pathway users.

 
 
 
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Making goals happen — one mile at a time. That’s CaliFlow Runs

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About Califlow Runs

CaliFlow Runs is all about good energy, welcoming vibes, and unforgettable Southern California running experiences. With 50+ themed events throughout the year, there’s always another reason to lace up and join us.

Expect professional ChronoTrack chip timing, custom finisher medals, FREE race photos, overall and age-group awards, DJ music, supported courses, beautiful SoCal locations, and a community where runners and walkers of all paces belong.

📷 A race experience designed to give you memories and photos — not just a finish time.

🏃 Love running with us? Check out our Event Calendar to see 50+ CaliFlow Runs events and find your next starting line!

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With 50+ events each year, there’s always a place for you at the start line.

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Merge Opprotunities

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Merge Opportunities is a Long Beach nonprofit that supports young adults ages 18 to 28 who face barriers to work. Many experience housing insecurity, are justice impacted, or are transitioning out of foster care. We provide paid training, mentorship, hands-on skill building, and direct job placement that helps young adults build confidence, purpose, and long-term career success.


Every dollar supports paid training, coaching, and job opportunities that help young adults in our community gain stability and move into real careers.

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Race Location

Ocean and 54th
5400 E Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90803 US View Location on Map

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