{"id":435071,"date":"2026-08-17T06:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435071\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T06:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:44:09","slug":"about-5000-runners-take-part-in-americas-finest-city-half-marathon-and-5k-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435071\/","title":{"rendered":"About 5,000 runners take part in America\u2019s Finest City Half Marathon and 5K \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego\u2019s streets were packed with runners Sunday morning as about 5,000 people took part in the 49th annual America\u2019s Finest City Half Marathon and 5K.<\/p>\n<p>The 13.1-mile half marathon took runners through Point Loma, along San Diego Bay and Harbor Island, before wrapping up in Balboa Park. The 5K followed a shorter course through the park.<\/p>\n<p>Runners, families, run clubs and spectators came out to cheer on participants and celebrate one of San Diego\u2019s longtime running events.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DJI_20260816_061249_633-rotated.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s race also marked the final event in the SoCal Triple Crown, a three-race series that includes the Carlsbad Marathon, Half Marathon &amp; 5K and the GOVX San Diego Half Marathon &amp; 5K.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 1,700 runners completed all three races this year, earning a special SoCal Triple Crown medal and additional post-race perks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Diego\u2019s streets were packed with runners Sunday morning as about 5,000 people took part in the 49th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[8711,74,76,75,133336],"class_list":["post-435071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-running","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-triple-crown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}