Limited to 10,000 participants
POINT-TO-POINT COURSES
(both start at 8 a.m.)
Half Marathon
This RRCA Western Region Half Marathon Championship certified 13.1 mile course is ranked as one of the most scenic in the country by Runner's World. It starts at 8 a.m. on John F. Kennedy Drive at Stow Lake Drive and finishes on Martin Luther King Drive near the Great Highway. After three hours into the race, participants still on the course will be moved to the running path to finish the course. (The finish line is open for four hours after the event’s start). A Finisher Medal will be given to the first 6,000 finishers.
5K Fun Run
This event starts at the same time and place as the Half Marathon and finishes in the same area.
DIVISIONS
Half Marathon awards will be given to the top three finishers in the following age divisions: 19 and under, 20–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49, 50–54, 55–59, 60–64, 65–69, and 70 and over. 5K Fun Run awards will be presented to the top three finishers in Youth, Teen, Open, Masters, and Seniors divisions.
HALF MARATHON FINISHER MEDAL
A commemorative 25th Anniversary Half-Marathon
Finisher Medal will be handed out to the first 6,000 finishers.
View the Finisher Medal design.
RACE FEES
Half Marathon
$40 now through 1/11/08, with a $15 discount if you are 16 years and younger.
$50 from 1/12/08 through 1/25/08 by mail and through 1/31/08 online.
Note: There is a small processing fee for online registration.
SORRY NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION AND NO REFUNDS
5K Fun Run
$30 now through 1/11/08, with a $15 discount if you are 16 years and younger.
$40 from 1/12/08 through 1/25/08 by mail and through 1/31/08 online.
Note: There is a small processing fee for online registration.
SORRY NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION AND NO REFUNDS
WILL-CALL PACKET PICK-UP
If you do not receive your race packet in the mail prior to the race, come to the Will-Call tent between 6:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m., located near the starting line on John F. Kennedy Drive near Stow Lake Drive.
PARKING
Parking is available at the Great Highway and above the Cliff House. Free shuttles to the starting point will depart the Great Highway at Fulton Street from 6:15 to 7:15 a.m. No shuttles will be provided after the race finish.
POST RACE ACTIVITIES AND FINISHER SHIRT
Expanded post-race expo area this year! Each registered participant will receive the official long-sleeve finisher t-shirt, to be picked up at the post race expo area. View the race T-shirt design.
COMMEMORATIVE DRI-RELEASE® WICKING T-SHIRT FOR SALE
In addition to your finisher T-shirt you can order a Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half-Marathon & 5K long-sleeve, Dri-release wicking shirt.
PRE-EVENT ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES
- Pre-event warm-ups led by Kaiser Permanente San Francisco physical therapists
- Water & electrolyte drink
- Sweats check
- Port-a-johns
- Will Call Tent
COURSE SUPPORT
Water and an electolyte drink are provided at the start and at four points along the Half Marathon course. Split times are called out at each mile and many course monitors are on the routes.
POST RACE ACTIVITIES
- Awards ceremony and age-division medals
- Free official finisher T-shirt pick-up
- Goodie bag pick-up
- Commemorative Dri-release race T-shirt pick-up
(available for sale)
- Sponsor product sampling
- Kaiser Permanente health and fitness tents
- Free foot check
- Free flexibility screenings
- Free Body Mass Index (BMI) screenings
- FOR YOUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS
If you wear earphones, wear ones that allow you to hear your surroundings. We recommend AirDrives™
- No dogs, skates, bikes, scooters, etc. on the course
- Runners line up according to your minute-per-mile pace
- Baby joggers and walkers line up at the 8 minute/mile orange pace signs.
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