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Bay to Breakers Returns With Biggest Field in Years and a New Golden Gate Park Finish

Officials warn people to stay out of the ocean because conditions will be life-threatening.

About 20,000 participants attend San Francisco’s 114th annual ”Bay to Breakers” race which is the oldest consecutively run annual footrace in the world, a staple to the City by the Bay since May 1912.
FILE: Runners in the annual Bay to Breakers race near the top of the Hayes Street hill on May 18, 1980, in San Francisco.
Runners reach the top of Alamo Square on Sunday during San Francisco's 113th annual Bay to Breakers.
View of a runner waving with both arms during the annual Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on May 18, 1986.

Overview

  • The 114th Bay to Breakers, which began Sunday, drew more than 30,000 registered participants, the largest turnout since before the pandemic.
  • Organizers shifted the finish to the Great Highway inside Golden Gate Park and moved the post-race festival to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a more sheltered, centralized setup.
  • The National Weather Service and San Francisco Fire Department urged runners and spectators to stay out of the water as gusts near 50 mph drive 8 to 10 foot waves and strong rip currents along Ocean Beach.
  • To move crowds and close streets for the 12K, SFMTA, BART, and Caltrain ran early or extra trains, limited some station access, and split several bus routes that cross the course.
  • The city’s century-old race kept its playful spirit with costumes and centipede teams, a tradition that once helped the event set a 1986 Guinness record with an estimated 110,000 participants.