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The San Francisco Marathon is an annual USATF-certified road running event held in San Francisco, California, that includes a full marathon, two half marathons, an ultramarathon, [1] a 10k, [2] and a 5K. [3] With the exceptions of 1988, 1993, and 2020, the marathon has been held annually since 1977. [4]
With 110,000 participants, the Bay to Breakers race held on May 18, 1986, in San Francisco, California was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest footrace. [2] On October 10, 2010, 116,086 out of 160,000 registered runners in Manila were reported to have finished a run entitled "10.10.10 A Run for the Pasig ...
Bold faced races are included in the World Marathon Majors: ... August: 1994 [14] ... San Francisco, California
On 30 April 2005 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the Asian Liver Center and the Answer to Cancer Foundation hosted LIVERight. [2] On 11 November 2006, the 2nd annual LIVERight on the go! was held at Stanford's Sand Hill Fields. The community event had 700 registered participants and 100 volunteers, and raised over $135,000.
The Color Run is an event series and five kilometer paint race, inspired by the Hindu festival of Holi, that is owned and operated by The Color Run LLC, a for-profit company. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It takes place in North America , South America , Europe , Asia , New Zealand , Australia , Africa , Qatar and the United Arab Emirates .
At the 33rd edition in 2010, the half marathon and 5K races attracted an international field of almost 10,000 runners and the event had raised $3.8 million for non-profit organizations. [7] That year, Ethiopian training partners Ezkyas Sisay and Belaynesh Zemedkun topped the men's and women's fields respectively. [8]
The following month he was ready to run America's Finest City Half Marathon in San Diego and face off against the previous year's winner (and future US Half Marathon Champion), Alfredo Viguera. The race was going Dacha's way through the 10K mark (which he passed in 28:29) though Brian Abshire and another runner were still with him.
There are several prominent 5K race series, including The Color Run, an international, mass participation, city-based series involving coloured water showers, [11] and the parkrun series, which is a worldwide network of free-to-enter, volunteer-led races occurring each weekend, originating in the United Kingdom.