The San Francisco Marathon

The first month of autumn is behind us and you might have started to notice that once you come back home from work, there isn’t much daylight left anymore. And if you’ve ever left work late in winter thinking, “I’ll just do a quick run,” you already know how this will eventually go; you’ll have to run in the dark.

You asked, we listened! One of the more frequent topic requests that appeared in feedback you provided (thank you) was local run recommendations. And because we don’t do things halfway, you’ll receive a full series of run recommendations not only in San Francisco but also in other areas in the Bay. Today, we’ll start in the heart of Bay Area; The City itself.

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Hill repeats are exactly what they sound like: you run up a hill hard, recover, then do it again. They also feel exactly how you might imagine them to feel. When they first appeared in my training calendar, my immediate reaction was to call my coach and cancel everything I signed up for that might require this exercise. However, even as someone who used to absolutely despise ...

The San Francisco Marathon—celebrating its 50th birthday next year—is a race around the perimeter of San Francisco, past iconic landmarks, by historic neighborhoods, through Golden Gate Park and over the

This 12-mile route takes runners from Cri...