BIB PICK UP
If you are unable to attend a packet pick up in person, you may purchase bib mailing during registration for a $20 fee (plus processing fee). You can also log into your haku account and add it to your registration. (Please make sure to check the box “This is for a registered participant” or it will not attach to your registration). Bib mailing deadline is January 3, 2027. Free bib pickup is available Thursday, Friday, or Saturday at Sports Basement.
SHAKEOUT RUNS
2026 Information; Stay Tuned for 2027 Shakeout Run Details
We’re teaming up with a few local clubs to host THREE shakeout runs on Saturday, January 31st to get your nerves shaken out and your legs ready to race! Take a look, choose the run convenient to you, then don’t forget to tag us on social so we can share your POV!
Nth Degree AC x Track & Feels x Forever Forward
Sat. (1/31) @ 9 AM in Golden Gate Park – Pioneer East Meadow
Featuring demos from Adidas and coffee from Rise & Grind
Running Wylder x Run Club SF
Sat. (1/31) @ 9 AM at Running Wylder (1354 Castro St)
Marina Run Club
Sat. (1/31) @ 8 AM at the Philz Coffee Truck, Marina Blvd
START LINE
- The start line is on JFK Promenade east of Blue Heron Lake Drive.
- Half Marathon: 7:45 a.m.
- 5K: 8:20 a.m.
The start line will have the following amenities:
- Water/Electrolyte
- Gear Check – closes at 8:00 a.m. – NO EXCEPTIONS!
- Port-a-johns
- Solutions
A note about gear check:
The race will provide a clear bag so you can check your belongings at the start (no valuables, please!). Race crew will transport gear to the finish line where you will pick it up. You must have your bib for pick-up.
FINISH
Both races finish in the southwest corner of Golden Gate Park on Bernice Rodgers Way, near Martin Luther King Drive.
Post-race events and amenities include:
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- Awards ceremony and age division medals
- Finisher medals
- Long sleeve race T-shirt pick-up
- Please note: only those who chose bib mailing, will call, or Sunnyvale bib pickup will receive their shirt in the festival. All other runners will have received their participant shirt at bib pick up in San Francisco on Friday & Saturday.
- Merchandise sales
- Sponsor product sampling
- Gear pick-up
POST-RACE FESTIVAL
After the race, stick around for our post-race festival featuring vendor and sponsor activations. Once you cross the finish line, pick up your medal, water, and snacks. You’ll also pick up your gear bag if you checked one in the post-race festival area.
COURSE INFORMATION
The San Francisco Half Marathon® & 5K are point to point with a net loss in altitude from the east end of Golden Gate Park to the far west end.
The 5K is a fast, net downhill 3.1 mile course certified by USA Track & Field (certification number CA26001DT). View 5K course map.
The Half Marathon course will take runners around the Panhandle, back through Golden Gate Park, and out and back through Sunset Dunes, finishing at the entrance to the Post-Race Festival. The half marathon course is also USA Track & Field certified (certification number: CA22029DT). View half marathon course map.
Half Marathon participants must reach the Blue Heron Lake Water Station (HM mile 5.6) by 9:35 a.m. (16:22 pace). After 11 a.m., Half Marathon participants still on the course will be moved to the pedestrian pathway to finish the course (the finish line is open until 12 PM).
COURSE SUPPORT
All stops will have water and electrolyte.
Half Marathon: water and electrolyte will be served at the start, at miles 1.8, 3.4, 5.6, 7, 8.6, 10.3, and 12.0.
5K: water and electrolyte will be served at mile 1.2 and 2.4.
Course monitors will be located on the routes.
Pacers will be also be available on course during the race, courtesy of Run Club SF, for the following time goals:
1:30, 1:45, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45, and 3:00
MEDICAL SUPPORT
There will be a medical tent staffed with trained emergency personnel at the start line, at the finish line and in the festival area. There will also be medical staffing at various course aid stations.
Ambulances will be located at the start line, on the course, at the finish line and in the festival area.
There will be mobile medics roaming the course throughout the race. Medical personnel will be clearly visible, wearing a medical response uniform. If there is a medical need on the course, please let one of the course monitors or a volunteer at one of the aid stations know as soon as possible and they will call for medical assistance. Each participant is responsible for his or her own health insurance.
COURSE SAFETY RULES
- If you wear earphones, wear ones that allow you to hear your surroundings.
- No dogs, skates, bikes, scooters, etc. on the courses.
- Runners line up according to your minute-per-mile pace.
- Baby joggers and walkers, please line up at the back of the start corrals.
TRAINING
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