Mountains 2 Beach Marathon

The Mountains 2 Beach Marathon draws approximately 1,750 finishers each April on a point-to-point road in Ventura, United States. Southern California's premier spring Boston qualifier — a distinct April event from the winter Ventura Marathon, with a spectator-friendly Ojai loop and roughly 700 feet of net descent. The April point-to-point route loops East Ojai at the start, passes Meiners Oaks countryside, the Ventura River basin, the paved Ventura River bike path, downtown Ventura, and a final mile along the Pacific. It is a separate spring race from the February Ventura Marathon (https://www.marathonfocus.com/marathons/ventura-marathon), which uses a shorter Ojai start and the Ojai–Ventura bike path without the opening loop. The route is net downhill overall.

Mountains 2 Beach Marathon is a certified 42.195 km (26.2 mile) marathon — the standard World Athletics marathon distance.

The Mountains 2 Beach Marathon sells out months in advance through open registration at mountains2beachmarathon.com via RunSignup, with entries for the April race typically opening the previous August. There is no lottery, but the net-downhill Boston-qualifier profile drives intense first-come demand and marathon places often disappear within days. International runners use the same RunSignup portal; no qualifying time is required for the mass field.