Malibu Moves: Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, 1-Mi & Kids Run

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Malibu’s only running & walking event brings people together for a weekend of movement, connection, and purpose.

Join us October 24–25, 2026, for an inclusive experience for all paces and all reasons for moving.

📍 Zuma Beach, Malibu Join Malibu Moves for an unparalleled run and walk festival at the scenic Zuma Beach – Malibu's only event of its kind. Open to all, our celebration includes a 5K walk, Half Marathon, and Kids' Run, alongside vibrant community activities. Embrace every step in this unique experience, where we celebrate milestones, not just the finish line.

09/17/2026

I had the absolute pleasure of serving as the Spotlight Speaker at the latest Connections Breakfast, but I knew immediately that I didn’t want to tell this story alone.

Because you can’t really talk about community impact without talking about the people who make that impact possible.

I invited Karen Heller, President of the Malibu Education Foundation, and Mikey Pearson, former Malibu Mayor and Chair of the Community Brigade, to join me on stage.

I shared the story behind Malibu Moves and why we’ve worked so hard to create an event where everyone can feel like they belong. Runners and walkers. Different ages, abilities, body sizes, and experience levels. Even, and especially, the person who says, “I’m not a runner.”

But the finish line has never been the entire mission.

In just two years, Malibu Moves has donated more than $110,000 to charitable causes, with the majority remaining in Malibu. After the fires, supporting our schools, youth, recovery, and organizations working directly within our community became even more important.

Karen shared how Malibu Moves support helped launch a middle school athletics program that has since received ongoing public funding. Mikey spoke about the vital work of the Community Brigade and then shared his own Malibu Moves story: saying yes when he wasn’t sure he could do it, bringing his family along, and ultimately crossing the 5K finish line hand in hand with his wife.

His experience was a reminder that sometimes doing something hard simply reminds us that we are capable of hard things.

My message to the room was simple: protect and support community events.

They give us reasons to gather. They help us know our neighbors. They create morale, connection, and belonging. And when built intentionally, they can turn all of that goodwill into tangible impact.

And my second invitation?

Say yes to something that feels a little outside your comfort zone.

Maybe we’ll see you at Zuma Beach this October. 💛

Thank you to Karen and Mikey for sharing the stage with me, and congratulations to our raffle winners!

I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?

09/15/2026

Six weeks from now, this could be you. 🌊

Moving along the Malibu coast. Taking in the Pacific. Hearing people cheer for you. And eventually making your way toward a finish line that means something completely personal.

There is still time.

Six weeks to walk. Run. Train. Build confidence. Start from where you are.

You don’t need to train like anyone else or arrive with someone else’s goal. You just need to keep moving toward yours.

Look through these photos and picture yourself here.

Because on October 24 and 25, this should be you.

Zuma Beach | Half Marathon | 10K | 5K | Zuma Dash | Kids Run

I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?

09/13/2026

ou earned the first finish line. Now there’s one more waiting for you in Malibu. 🌊

If you completed the Mountains 2 Beach Half or Full Marathon this year, this is your last call to complete the 2026 California Double Challenge.

Finish the Malibu Moves Half Marathon on October 25 and you’ll earn your Malibu finisher medal plus the exclusive California Double medal, giving you three medals for completing two unforgettable California races.

From the mountains to Zuma Beach, make the journey complete.

Last call to secure your third medal. 🏅

🔗 malibumoves.com

I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?

09/11/2026

Everyone can see someone cross a finish line.

What we can’t see is everything that came before it.

The mornings they didn’t feel like getting up.

The doubts.

The comeback.

The person they’re honoring.

The promise they made to themselves.

That’s why comparing your journey to someone else’s rarely tells the whole story.

Someone else may finish before you. Someone may finish after you. Someone may walk every step.

None of that determines what your finish means.

The clock measures time.

You give the finish line its meaning.

I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?

09/08/2026

What makes us happy? 🏅

Seeing the entire 2026 Malibu Moves medal collection together certainly helps. 😍

But a medal becomes meaningful because of the story someone attaches to it.

For one person, it might represent their first 5K. For another, a comeback. For someone else, it might be a weekend spent moving alongside their children, friends or family.

Thousands of medals will be earned at Zuma Beach this October.

No two will mean exactly the same thing.

And that might be our favorite part.

Which one are you coming for?

I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?

09/07/2026

Seven weeks from now, we’ll be together at Zuma Beach. 🌊

Some of you will be taking on 13.1 miles. Some will be running or walking the 10K or 5K. Some families will be experiencing the Zuma Dash or Kids Run together.

And every single person will arrive with a different reason for being there.

That’s what we love most about Malibu Moves.

There isn’t one way to participate and there isn’t one definition of success. Your weekend belongs to you.

Seven weeks to prepare, to believe a little more in yourself, and to remember why you signed up in the first place.

We can’t wait to welcome you to Malibu.

October 24 and 25 | Zuma Beach

I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?

09/06/2026

7 WEEKS TO MALIBU. 🌊⁠
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Seven weeks until Zuma Beach fills with thousands of people moving for thousands of different reasons.⁠
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For a first finish line.⁠
For a comeback.⁠
For strength.⁠
For family.⁠
For community.⁠
For themselves.⁠
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You don’t have to be the fastest.⁠
You don’t have to have it all figured out.⁠
You just have to start where you are and keep moving toward what matters to you.⁠
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Half Marathon. 10K. 5K. 1 Mile Zuma Dash. 1K Kids Run.⁠
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Run it. Walk it. Make it yours.⁠
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October 24 and 25.⁠
Zuma Beach, Malibu.⁠
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Seven weeks. 💛⁠
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I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?⁠
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09/03/2026

One of the things we love most about race day is that thousands of people can share the same start and finish lines while experiencing completely different journeys in between.

The person beside you may be chasing a personal best. Someone else may be walking their first 5K. Someone may be making a comeback, honoring someone they love, or simply proving to themselves that they can finish what they started.

None of those journeys is more meaningful than another.

Because participation isn’t really about what everyone else is doing.

It’s about you.

The clock can tell you how long it took to reach the finish line. It can’t tell you what it took to get there.

That meaning belongs entirely to you.

I Move For Malibu. What Do You Move For?

08/31/2026

Eight weeks from today, Zuma Beach.

That is a real training block, not a scramble. Start this week and the last Sunday of week eight is race day. It lines up exactly.

So we wrote up what eight weeks is genuinely enough for at each distance. Short version. The 5K, comfortably, even if you are starting close to zero. The 10K, easily, and Fleet Feet Agoura Hills starts its eight week coached program today, which lands on race day because it was built to. The half, yes, if you can already run four or five miles without it being an event. If you cannot yet, run the 10K this year and come back for 13.1 in 2027. That is not a downgrade, and the 10K on this course is a good race with a real hill in it.

One thing we did not expect to be writing about: all three Sunday distances run the same first three miles. The Zuma access road, a stretch of PCH, then back toward the lot. Whatever distance you pick, your morning starts on the same road as everybody else's.

October 24 and 25 at Zuma Beach. Eight weeks.

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Malibu, CA
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