Contemplative
21.1 km
6:15 /km
Bridge and back.
Photo · San Francisco Race Library
San Francisco, USA·North America·July
San Francisco Marathon
Coastal, very hilly, iconic.
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- Official distance
- 42.195 km · 21.1 km
- Elevation gain
- +340m
- Mindful tempo
- 5:45 /km
- Character
- Coastal, very hilly, iconic
Crosses the Golden Gate Bridge twice — fog, headwinds, and a city that earns its miles.
Because moving beside water borrows its willingness; the current does part of the pacing for you.
Bridge fog erases pace — become breath and cadence.
Course
Open in OpenStreetMap Map & elevation profile
Course line · live Xymove map
Xymove · rendering the line
Xymove Map
42.195 km loop
Live · pinch, drag, zoom37.775, -122.419
Elevation profile
+340 m gainPeak 340 m · 42.195 km
Elevation profile: total gain 340 metres, peak 340 m above start, low 0 m.A physical profile — respect the ascents; let the descents restore the breath.
San Francisco37.775, -122.419
Race Day
Practical & atmospheric notes
Warm to hot. Early start, shade-line and salt matter — carry more water than you think you need.
A warm regional start — clubs in matching kit, coffee vans, a local mayor with a microphone. Human-scale and unhurried.
Steady, generous local support along the main boulevards and finish straight; genuine strangers-turned-friends handing out orange slices in the suburbs.
Water sections between km 18 and km 24 thin the crowd — breathe long, let the current pace you.
Sealed city tarmac — closed to traffic on race day
Elevation and mixed surfaces make this a physical line. Handcycles only with a support team; sturdy adaptive strollers on the flatter opening kilometres.
WheelchairStroller
Recovery
Ocean Beach walk.
Along the line
Course imagery
Soul-Tuned Variations
One race, three ways to run it.
Recovery echo
6 km
6:40 /km
Presidio trees.
Stronger
42.195 km
5:15 /km
Climb-honest marathon.
One shared standard · Four tempos
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