The Course:

The San Francisco Marathon is a loop course.  The race starts and finishes on the Embarcadero (near the Ferry Building), traversing San Francisco. The course is USATF certified and is a Boston Marathon qualifying race.

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What do you receive?

• Registration fees include an entry into The San Francisco Marathon
• Official Race T-shirt (technical eco-shirt)
• Official Finishers will receive a 3.25” coaster medal
• Finish Line Food
• Electronic Finisher’s Certificate
• NOTE: If you are not an Official Finisher, you will not be guaranteed a medal or an official result

Course Limits:

In order to qualify as an Official Finisher, you must finish within a 6 hour course limit.  The course has a rolling closure based on the last wave start and based on a 13:45 minute per mile pace.  Therefore, you must reach Mile 1 before 13:45 minutes, Mile 2 before 27:30 minutes and so on. 

If you are unable to run within the allotted time, you will be asked to move onto the sidewalk.  Once you are on the sidewalk, you must follow all traffic laws deemed by the City and County of San Francisco.  The course will be re-opened to traffic and aid stations may be closed.

Start Information and Sweats Check Details

2007 Full Marathon Finishers Medal