Join thousands of runners from across America and around the globe for the annual six-mile race from Santa Cruz Wharf to the Capitola-by-the-Sea Wharf. The beautiful, seaside setting, great weather, and beach-party atmosphere make it a favorite of casual joggers and elite athletes.

The 2012 race is the 40th annual Wharf to Wharf Race, with 40 live bands, throngs of festive spectators, and the chance to own a Wharf to Wharf Runner T-shirt.

Starting at the Santa Cruz Wharf at 8:30am, the race opens with a dash down Beach Street, passing the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Runners then cross the San Lorenzo Bridge and loop around the Yacht Harbor to Twin Lakes Beach. Turning inland the course winds through Schwann Lake Wildlife Sanctuary before returning to the ocean at Pleasure Point. From there the route wanders through seaside neighborhoods before the finish at the Capitola Wharf.

The Race is produced and administered by Wharf to Wharf Race Inc., a California nonprofit corporation chartered to promote running as a means to health and fitness. In service of this mission, the Race has, since its inception, contributed more than four million dollars to Santa Cruz County youth sports programs in general and the running community in particular.

For more information, visit the Wharf to Wharf website.