The San Francisco Marathon course takes you on a counterclockwise 26.2 miles lengthy tour alongside the Embarcadero of San Francisco, throughout the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County, again to the Presidio and Golden Gate Park, to Haight Ashbury, the Mission, Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and the end line. We’ve launched Mile 1 and The Embarcadero and Miles 2-15 and their respective sights, focusing primarily on the Golden Gate Bridge. At present, let’s study Golden Gate Park and its landmarks that’ll accompany you for roughly 4 miles.
Written by SFM Ambassador Scott Benbow
Edited by Pavlína Marek
Between Miles 15 and 16, you’ll start one other average ascent as you get nearer to Golden Gate Park. The Marathon’s steepest hills are behind you, and also you’ll be contending with a sequence of way more manageable hills for the following a number of miles.
Mile 16 Stats
Neighborhood: Sea Cliff/Richmond
Elevation Change: Begins at 97’ and ends 203’ regular incline
Stations (water/meals/bathroom): none
Greatest Spot for Household/Assist: Lake & twenty seventh. or Clement & twenty seventh
Mile 17 Stats
Neighborhood: Richmond/Golden Gate Park
Elevation Change: Begins at 203’ and ends at 262’
Stations (water/meals/bathroom): Water at approx. 16.6 miles
Greatest Spot for Household/Assist: Stow Lake Drive or Stow Lake
Thankfully, after a quiet mile within the Richmond District, you’ll be operating the following a number of miles in Golden Gate Park, which, for San Francisco runners, is a extremely popular vacation spot. Established in 1871, the Park was developed on barren sand dunes that have been thought-about uninhabitable. By planting greater than 2 million bushes and creating strolling paths, lakes, and gardens, town remodeled the panorama right into a habitat for wildlife and a spot of recreation for folks.
Blue heron subsequent to Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park
The Marathon takes you round Blue Heron Lake (previously Stow Lake), which consists of rolling hills and beautiful views. Subsequent, you’ll run alongside JFK Promenade, the japanese size of which is now fully off-limits to cars day by day of the 12 months.
Mile 18 Stats
Neighborhood: Golden Gate Park
Elevation Change: Begins at 262’ and ends at 291′
Stations (water/meals/bathroom): none
Greatest Spot for Household/Assist: Stow Lake Boat Home
Mile 19 Stats
Neighborhood: Golden Gate Park
Elevation Change: Begins at 291’ and ends at 273’
Stations (water/meals/bathroom): Water approx. 18.9 miles
Greatest Spot for Household/Assist: Stow Lake Boathouse or JFK Drive
Public artwork is throughout you, together with the huge new “NO DANCING” signal, which has shortly grow to be as iconic as it’s ironic. At Mile 19, within the comparatively flat japanese fringe of the Park, you may see the architecturally magnificent, Victorian-era, Conservatory of Flowers.
Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park
Mile 20 Stats
Neighborhood: Final Leg of Golden Gate Park into the Haight
Elevation Change: Begin at 273’ and ends at 284’ with rolling elevation change via the park
Stations (water/meals/bathroom): none
Greatest Spot for Household/Assist: Conservatory of Flowers or the nook of Haight & Stanyan
In contrast with the serenity of Golden Gate Park, the size of Haight Road is ordinarily crammed with caffeine-fueled spectators and loud music. The kinetic vitality is useful because the twenty early-morning miles behind you start to take their toll.
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I like to consider marathons as two 10-mile runs adopted by a 10-kilometer run. Subsequent up on this sequence would be the last 10K to the end line.
The colourful Hight Road Market
