Sacramento Running Association

Inspiring Achievement Step by Step
The Sacramento Running Association (SRA) is a community-based non-profit that promotes the sport of running in the greater Sacramento area. The SRA spends over $1 million annually to manage events and programs to benefit local runners of all ages and abilities.

Our Events

California International Marathon

The Fastest Course in the West!
#1 Boston Qualifier ○ Top-10 Largest US Marathon ○ Gentle Rolling Hills with a Flat, Fast Finish

In-Shape Fitness CIM Relay

Grab your best friend and experience CIM weekend together! The CIM Relay offers 2-person teams the opportunity to take part in the full marathon course.

Credit Union SACTOWN Run

The Credit Union for Kids and Sacramento Running Association has raised nearly $2 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Run The Parkway

The American River Parkway Foundation and the SRA are proud to partner to present Run the Parkway, and the Official Training Run of the California International Marathon.

Youth Cross Country Series

The SRA conducts a Fall Youth XC series to provide competitive opportunities for local youth runners, and expose them to the fun of XC.

SRA News

2017 Gold Rush 50k Relay Results

Team Name Team Members Leg 1 Split Leg 2 Split Division Division Place Overall Place Time Erin & Liz! Liz Stehula, Erin Wachter 1:56:02 1:53:02 Women's 1 1 3:49:03 Runnin A's Agustin Rosales, Alexandra Rosales 2:28:30 2:41:55 Coed 1 2 5:10:25 Team Awesome Luis...

2017 Gold Rush 50k Results

Place Name Age Gender Time 1 Jesse Barragan 39 Male 03:33:37.17 2 John "The Cheetah" Kretschmann 20 Male 03:43:57.53 3 Melissa Penwell 30 Female 03:50:50.14 4 Megan Oldenburger 34 Female 04:00:17.13 5 Kevin Kamai 38 Male 04:08:44.61 6 Hector Estrada 49 Male...

Barragan, Penwell earn Gold Rush titles

Local runner completes 100th ultra marathon SRA Elite teammates Jesse Barragan and Melissa Penwell delivered strong performances in Saturday’s Gold Rush 50k to earn top honors while Carmichael’s Bill Hambrick completed his astonishing 100th ultra marathon. Barragan,...

STRIDE Program

STRIDE is a sustainable partnership between the Sacramento City Unified School District and the Sacramento Running Association for a district-wide initiative to expose students to a healthy lifestyle through running.  This initiative integrates running/movement into the weekly elementary school schedule, focusing on participation over competition in an effort to increase learning readiness and provide young student-athletes with a gateway to a healthy lifestyle.

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