RUN or WALK A 5K, Half Marathon, or Full Marathon

Next San Francisco Challenge:
August 3, 2008

In the last three years, over 20 participants have raised over $83,000 for breakthrough cancer research and compassionate patient care at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Run or Walk a 5K, Half Marathon, or Marathon over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco! Pass along Fisherman’s Wharf, Haight-Ashbury District, the historic Victorian Houses, and over the Golden Gate Bridge. A fun filled escape and a worthy reason to raise funds for all those battling cancer, in remission, or those that lost their struggle. You can help Roswell Park Cancer Institute find cancer cures by traveling to California with 18,000 other runners running for different causes. Visit www.runsfm.com for more information on the event.

SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON WEEKEND EVENTS:

Marathon: The only foot race to run on the road bed of the Golden Gate Bridge. Travel over 26 miles around some of San Francisco's most famous sites and learn where you want to spend the rest of your trip visiting. Relay marathon program is also offered. There are wave starts based on your approximate finish time.

Half Marathon: Choose from two different courses along the marathon route. The first half course will take you across the Golden Gate Bridge and is considered the more challenging of the two course. While the second half marathon section has a little less uphill climbs. Runners and walkers are welcome on the course. There are wave starts based on your approximate finish time.

5K Race: Begins on the Embarcadero by the Ferry Building and loops along the waterfront back to the finish line for a celebration party. You'll see adults and children of all ages, owners and their pets, families and baby carriages, everyone running to be a part of a special event.  

Emily Konesky and Mark Beyer are still fundraising for 2006...donate to the today and here their stories by clicking on their names.

Expo: A fun filled event with healthy living experts and vendors offering last minute advice for our runners and products to suit you up for the race. Come relax with a soothing massage, try the latest health food craze, or attend a multitude of seminars featuring experts from the running world.

The Marathon Course:

You start at the Ferry Building running along the waterfront of The Embarcadero. From The Embarcadero you can see famous sites like Coit Tower, Alcatraz Island, Treasure Island, The Bay Bridge, The Golden Gate Bridge, and so much more. You run through the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf, past Fort Mason and through the Presidio. You will tour over the Golden Gate Bridge, running along the roadbed, and back onto the Cliffs over the Pacific Ocean. You run past Baker Beach with gorgeous ocean side views, and in through the Richmond District. You will tour through Golden Gate Park, seeing everything from Buffalo, to the Japanese Tea Gardens, Spreckel’s Lake, Stow Lake and its breath taking waterfalls, past the Conservatory of Flowers, and come up into the infamous Haight-Ashbury District. You will run right down (not up!) Haight St. and find out what brought the flower children flocking to its cool, calm, mystical neighborhood. It’s a fun and funky part of the course that will leave you ready to rock the finish! You then cross Market St., an SF lifeline, which brings you into the Mission. You’ll run just blocks from old Mission Dolores and hear the church bells ringing on the hour. After touring through the Mission, one of SF’s most up and coming neighborhoods, you will run through the newest addition to SF, Mission Bay. Enjoy views of the bay and see some of SF’s more industrial side. After a quick jog through Mission Bay you will run right past SBC Park where the Giants play! After whizzing by SBC Park, your tour is almost complete. You will then finish your run between the palm trees of The Embarcadero and can then look back and congratulate yourself on a great race!