Day of Event Schedule

Our 14th Annual 5K & 13K are held on a fully paved course next to the sand in Playa Del Rey on August 30th, 2026

5:15am: Parking Lots Open (LA County charges $13, bring cash). The line backs up so arrive early. 

6:15am: Registration and Vendor Booths Open

6:30am: Bike Tour Starts 

7:05am: Costume Contests

7:16am: National Anthem 🇺🇸

7:30am: 13K start (2 hour time limit, 15 min per mile pace or faster)

7:50am: 5K start

9:30am: Kids Run starts (time is approximate and depends on when the last 13K walkers are clear of the kids run course)

9:45am: Awards Ceremony

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Charity

In its 14th year, The BRA Run supports Evelyn’s BFF, a charity that helps breast cancer survivors get back to their new normal while supporting counseling, reconstruction, and other items that people are often not able to get covered by their insurance. Most of our grant recipients have bills going into 6 figures! This event is the biggest fundraiser for this all volunteer organization and determines how many people they can help this year.

Evelyn, the founder of the Evelyn's Breast Friends Forever (BFF), a 501(c)3 non-profit public benefit charity foundation, started this event in 2013 and in her honor we have a 5K and a 13K at the BRA Run.

Join us for Evelyn's party so we all can help other breast cancer survivors and their families. Our event spreads awareness of breast cancer reconstruction to the community by encouraging men and women to run and walk in their BRA (Breast Reconstruction Awareness) in honor and in memory of those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Donate to Evelyn's BFF.

Make it a Virtual Run/Walk

Can't make it in person but want to be a part of the event and support breast cancer survivors? Sign up for the virtual run and we will mail you a bib, shirt and medal.

Location

12000 Vista Del Mar
Dockweiler Beach
Playa Del Rey, CA US 90293

13K run/walk begins at 8:10am

Costume contest takes place before the run
Awards for winners, age groups, largest team, and largest fundraisers start after the kids run at approximately 9:55am

Please stay to the right on the course at all times to allow other runners to pass. Please don't walk or ride more than 2 abreast or it becomes difficult to pass.

Click here for a strava map

The route has a loop and a half on the road on top of the bluff and then goes down to the service road next to the sand where you will go past the finish line before returning to it.. There are two water stations that you will pass a total of four times at miles 0.75, 3.85, 4.75, and 6.5

The start line is 100 yards and then up the hill from the finish and registration.

From the start head South to Imperial (water station), Uturn then Nouth to Napolean, make a UTurn here and go back to Imperial (Water Station)

When you hit the water station for the 2nd time at Imperial, you will turn right into the beach, go down a hill, then past the festival, past the water station, to the Uturn.

Then South, past the water station and then pass the festival, Uturn, then back to the North and this time, turn in to the festival area and cross the finish line.

The bike tour starts at 7:10am

It is an untimed event but if you are doing the bike ride and either the 5k or the 13k then you must complete your ride in an hour or less.

Recumbent and tandem bikes are welcome!

There will be a bike valet at the finish line festival where you can secure your bike while you are running and/or enjoying the party. 

There will be an aid station set up at the half way point, where you will then turn around and head back to the festival.

5K run/walk begins at 8:25am

Strava course map here.

Costume contest takes place before the run
Awards for winners, age groups, largest team, and largest fundraisers start after the kids run at approximately 9:55am

Please stay to the right on the course at all times to allow other runners to pass. Please don't walk or ride more than 2 abreast or it becomes difficult to pass.

On Course
There is a water station roughly half way, at the turn where you head downhill to the beach access road.

Want to earn an additional medal? Take part in the Beach to City Challenge with the Greta Garbo medal!

Greta Garbo, the cinematic legend and breast cancer survivor, called Culver City home, so we celebrate her with a special medal. If you run both the BRA Run and Screenland 5k (in Culver City) back-to-back, you can claim this bonus bling!

The people on this list, qualified to claim their medal at Screenland in 2024. If you were eligible at Screenland in 2024, you do not get a challenge medal again at the BRA Run. You can only get a challenge medal every other event.

If you ran Screenland 5k 2024 and BRA Run 2024, you can claim your medal at BRA Run 2024 

Those who qualify are listed here, everyone on this list should come to the BRA Run booth after the race to claim their challenge medal - list last updated on August 23rd, 2024

If you run BRA Run 2024 and Screenland 5k 2025, you can claim your medal at Screenland 5k 2025

Sign up for Screenland 5k 2025 to reserve your Greta Garbo medal. If you register for Screenland 5k at the BRA Run finish line, you'll get a discount on registration.

Thank you so much to ©Harriet Brown Inc. for working with us to bring you the iconic images of the great Greta Garbo that are used in our challenge medals.

🏆 Record Breaker Rewards

-If you set a new age group record, you’ll receive a comp code for free entry to next year’s race

-If you set a new overall event record, you’ll run for free every year until your record is broken

-Record-breaker comps are non-transferable and may only be used by the runner who earned them

Lay out of the finish line festival along with placement of vendor and sponsor booths.

Sponsor placement is subject to change

The 1k kids run starts at 9:45am (time is approximate and depends on when the last 13K walkers are off so kids can run clear)

Parents are welcome to run/walk with their kids at no cost but we encourage you to wait at the finish line and let your kids enjoy the fun and freedom of running on their own. If you will be running with your child, please start in the back so that you are not in the way of children who are running or walking on their own.

The course is out and back. There will be staff and volunteers on course to ensure their safety. 

Packet Pick Up Schedule

Saturday, August 23:

We are planning our main bib pick up on the 23rd and are working on some smaller pick ups that coincide with BRA decorating parties with local groups.

Please check back during the summer for an update. 

Last year we hosted our pick up at The Point Shopping Center at 850 S. PCH, El Segundo, CA. in the courtyard area. We have not yet confirmed that location for 2025.

Possible schedule for that day - subject to change.

3:00pm: Packet Pick Up Opens at The Point in El Segundo

4:59pm: Packet Pick Up Closes

If you are having someone else pick up your bib, shirt and bag, they will need two things.
1. A printed copy of your ID
2. A printed signed copy of the waiver. You can download and print the waiver from this link or click on the PDF link below.

No bibs will be given out without these two things. The lawyers and our insurance company require us to be strict on this, sorry for the inconvenience.

Race Day, Sunday August 24th:

7:00am: Packet Pick Up Opens at the Festival Area, 400 yards from the race starting line

Click here to sign up to decorate your BRA at one of these free pre-race parties and check back regularly as more dates and groups are confirmed.

August 9th - Pacific City Run/Walk Club - Huntington Beach

Azusa Pacers

Black Girls Run

Dog Haus Pasadena

Running Locas 

LARC

MEET OUR PREMIER PARTNERS

A special thank you to our premiere partners for joining us in creating a unique
and memorable experience for our athletes, volunteers and spectators.

TITLE SPONSOR 

TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
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Please take note that Playa Del Rey will be closed to the north of Imperial because for our event. Your GPS app might not have this temporary closure in their system. To get to the event you must come from the 105 down Imperial to the beach or from the south on Playa Del Rey. 

LA County charges $13 for parking at the beach, bring cash.

The line to pay backs up so arrive early. Let the attendant know you're with the event.

Directions

Once you enter the beach, after you pay, go to the right.

There are three parking lots, the event starts on Playa Del Rey, on the bluff, above the parking lot. All events end in the third and last lot.

If you need to leave before 10:30am DO NOT park in the third lot, park in one of the first two and walk down to the event. If you park in the 3rd lot, you will have to wait to leave until after the race because you have to cross the course and we can't have you doing that while people are still finishing their walk. 

If you are a breast cancer survivor or thriver, you will get a special bib that gives you access to the Survivors & Thrivers Lounge on race day.

The lounge includes food and beverages as well as chairs and guests will also receive a special gift from Evelyn’s BFF.

If you are a survivor or a thriver, please click on the head in the upper right hand corner of this page and select sign in. From the drop down menu, click on the Torrance Memorial Medical Center BRA Run in your list of events and click the button to have your confirmation email resent. At the bottom of that email it will say how you answered the question “Are You A Breast Cancer Survivor” and "Are You a Breast Cancer Thriver."  If the answer is incorrect, please let us know immediately so we can assign you the special bib, if there are any left.