Sat, Sep 12, 2026
San Ramon, CA
The course runs through Bishop Ranch and takes in a lake along the way. It reads as a park-style route with green surroundings, and the post-race draw is local beer, with a festival atmosphere that stretches well past the finish line.
The celebration after is a proper event in its own right. Local breweries are the centerpiece, so if you are the kind of runner who likes a cold one waiting at the end, this race is built around exactly that.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
13.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Agustin Gomez de la Vega (1:06:23) · Thomas D'Anieri (1:08:30) · Gin Chairuangsang (1:21:24)
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Charlie Wiswall (20:10) · Alex Muzio (20:32) · Ivan Izcue (21:46)
10K · 2025 results
Top 3: Elijah Lozares (37:58) · Scott Ogilvie (39:32) · Max Ross (41:30)
1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Thomas D'Anieri (5:33) · Callen Scaroni (7:25) · Noah Sandvik (7:40)
The Beer City Half™ Bishop Ranch has been held every year since at least 2025. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 13.1 Miles results.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Sep 10, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 13.1 Miles field finished slower than 1:59:25, and the last recorded finisher came in around 3:24:21, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
It is a small race (172 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 13.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 13.1 Miles winner ran 1:06:23 while the median finisher took 1:59:25. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.
