MPRRC Course: Boca Hawaii 30K

About the Course

Distance: 30k

Tune up your run, with a race-condition practice over most of the last 18 miles of the marathon course. The course starts on Kalakaua towards Waikiki and quickly turns right onto Monsarrat Avenue, between the Honolulu Zoo and the Waikiki Shell. Runners turn right onto Paki Avenue which threads around Kapiolani Park. As the course nears Diamond Head, there are some short, uphill grades and breathtaking views of Oahu’s east coastline. The route circles the crater to the left on Diamond Head Road, then turns right onto 18th Avenue. The race turns right onto Kilauea Avenue at mile 4, passing through residential and commercial areas of Kahala then merges into Kalanianaole Highway. The coastal route continues for four miles through the communities of Waialae Iki, Aina Haina, and Niu Valley to Maunalua Bay Beach Park. The course U-turns at the park back onto Kalanianiole Highway. For the next four miles, runners double back along Kalanianaole Highway passing Kawaikui and Wailupe beach parks. At mile 15, the course turns left onto Kealaolu Avenue along the Waialae Country Club. At the road’s end, the route turns right onto Kahala Avenue which merges into Diamond Head Road at mile 17, curving back around Diamond Head crater, passing Diamond Head Lighthouse. At the tip of Kapiolani Park, runners fork onto Kalakaua Avenue. The last stretch of the race runs along the park past Sans Souci Beach and the Waikiki Aquarium to the Finish Line near the Kapiolani Park Bandstand.

Start

Kapi'olani Park, Honolulu, HI

Meet at Kapi'olani Park bandstand. Parking is available anywhere around the park as long as there are no signs indicating otherwise.

Directions

From Downtown Honolulu, take H-1 east and exit at King Street. Drive straight though first stop light past Foodland (on right). At second stop light, turn right onto Kapahulu Avenue. Stay on Kapahulu until it dead ends into Kalakaua. Turn left and bear left at the fork onto Monsarrat. Turn right into the Waikiki Shell Parking Lot.