Rocket Racing Productions

Wow! I cannot believe how impressive these two fine folks, Mark and Michelle are and am awestruck at how they are able to put on such awesome, caring and supportive races!
I felt totally taken care of with all my needs at the race and then some!
They are amazing caring people that other race directors should emulate!
They put on smaller fun runs that is not for everyone but 99% of the people absolutely love it!
Thank you, Thank you and Thank you for everything you do and for putting the runners first!

A great race environment. Small supportive group of runners (I did the half marathon) and the directors have a safe organized event. I did a quadzuki (4 races in 4 days) and even day 4 was as well done as day one. Plus we each got a special present from the directors! All this for a super low price (think ¹⁄₅ a mouse)

I ran the full marathon in Van Nuys. It was my first marathon and my first event with Rocket Racing.
They started all the short distances not long after the marathon. So by the time I finished the marathon, in 3^rd place, almost everyone was gone. The race organizers weren’t very friendly and it felt really uneventful. The medals they give are cheap as hell. They had some mugs with treats in them, but gave those all away before the marathoners were even finished. I felt bad for the other full marathoners who got nothing and ended with an empty finish line.
And there weren’t enough water stations.
I probably won’t be running another event with this organization.

Ran the 15k in Santa Monica on July 6. Great event. My corgi enjoyed running the first 5k loop with me. Thanks for putting on casual and fun events.

Ran my first Rocket Racing Productions race last weekend and quite enjoyed it! Rocket Racing organizes super small races without all the hullaboo of the large race events (expos, tshirts, etc). Races are hand timed vs. chip timed. Looks like from their website that there are races almost every weekend that start in Santa Monica and run along the beach path. Depending on your distance and there seem to be a lot to choose from, you may end up doing a bunch of loops around the beach area.
I was curious about Rocket Racing as I sometimes train along the beach path and I’d always see folks with bibs running. I finally decided to check it out for myself. I signed up with a friend for the 10K and were a bit ambivalent given how small the race was… usually during races, all the folks running around you are pretty good motivation to run faster. Turns out, it wasn’t an issue at all… I wasn’t planning to PR but turns out I was about 10 seconds off my PR. Woo hoo!
For snacks, there were gatorade, water, bananas and gels. On the website, they also state that they can accommodate requests as well… my guess is prob. for the longer distance runners.
oh yeah… prices are pretty decent too. I think i paid like $ 25 for the 10K. Races seem pretty chill and casual so i’d love to sign up for more.