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Bay to Breakers Returns Sunday With Biggest Field Since Before Pandemic

Officials urge beach caution due to forecast high winds and dangerous surf.

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.
View of a runner waving with both arms during the annual Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on May 18, 1986.
View of a runner, partly wrapped in an oversized scarf, during the annual Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on May 18, 1986. 

Overview

  • The 12K race, which starts Sunday at 8 a.m., is set to draw more than 30,000 registered participants, the largest turnout in over a decade.
  • The National Weather Service warns of gusts up to about 50 mph and hazardous rip currents and tells people to stay out of the ocean near the Ocean Beach finish.
  • Race organizers say they are monitoring conditions and will send participant alerts before the 8 a.m. start, and they urge runners to use the official app for updates.
  • Transit agencies plan early service and closures, with four limited-stop BART trains arriving near 7 a.m., select Muni subway stations closed until about 7:40 a.m., and extra early Caltrain runs from San Jose and Palo Alto.
  • Course logistics change at the west end, with the finish now on the Great Highway and the post‑race festival moved into Golden Gate Park along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.