Monterey Bay Half Marathon

The Big Sur International Marathon was established in 1986 and today is managed by a 15-person Governance Board of the non-profit Big Sur Marathon Foundation.

Over the course of the last three decades, the Foundation added the Monterey Bay Half Marathon (2003), Run in the Name of Love (2013), and the Salinas Valley Half Marathon (2016) to its family of events. The Salinas Valley Half Marathon was discontinued in 2019.

The race events are managed year round by a six person full-time staff. A 70-person Events Committee supports all four races with the help of over 2,000 volunteers.