Distance: 13.10 mi
Type: Loop, Road
Difficulty: 6 / 10
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Address: PO Box 77148, San Francisco, CA 94107
Filed Under: Running
Choose your half:
1. Run across the Golden Gate Bridge in the First Half!
The First Half Marathon will be conducting Waved Starts based on your Estimated Finishing Time (EFT). The course follows the first portion of the San Francisco Marathon? course. There is a 3-hour limit on the 1st Half Marathon.
There is NO early start option for 3-hour plus Half Marathon runners.
The start location is along the famed Embarcadero, across the street from the newly restored Ferry Building on Embarcadero and Market St. The finish line located at Spreckels Lake on JFK in Golden Gate Park near Fulton & 36th Avenue. Due to the course change, runners will be traversing the breathtaking Golden Gate Bridge. Participants have a total of 3-hours to complete the 1st Half Marathon.
Return busing is available from the Half Marathon Finishing Area located along Fulton at 36th Avenue. Please mark the First Half and mark the box for the Half Marathon Bus on the registration form if you are planning on taking the bus.
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2. Run through Golden Gate Park in the Second Half!
Fast and flat, the Second Half Marathon (13.1 miles to 26.2 miles) will start at 8:15 a.m. and will follow most of the second portion of the Marathon course. The start location gathering point is on JFK at 36th Ave in Golden Gate Park, near Spreckels Lake. There is a 3.5-hours to complete the Second Half Marathon.
Busing is available from the Marathon Staging Area located at Justin Herman Plaza across the street from the Embarcadero and the Ferry Building to the Second Half Marathon Start Line. Please mark the Second Half Marathon and mark the box for the Half Marathon Bus on the registration form if you are planning on taking the bus.
Justin Herman Plaza
11 Steuart St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
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Posted by: sfmarathon and last modified on Aug 17, 2006 by sfmarathon
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