Posts Tagged ‘marathon’
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Oh, you are a sucker. Well, then be my guest – pay $48 for a number. And actually, and you’ll enjoy this, sucker, it’s already too late to get a good deal on registration for 2013. Prices be higher now.
Most people who aren’t professional runners don’t pay and here’s a good reason not to pay:
Your money goes directly to “Christian Billionaire” Philip Anschutz.
And then he takes your $$$$$ and uses it to, over the years, oppose the concept of evolution and fund anti-gay efforts.
(It’s funny that he even took an interest in this historic fun run and street party but he likes running so there y0u go.)
The reason that organizers won’t say how many “bandits” show up for the party is because they don’t want you to think that most people don’t pay.
But, IRL, most people don’t pay.
If you don’t believe me then take a NSFW look right here.
How many bibs do you see? Every year they say they will eject all these people and every year they don’t actually do it.
Now the San Francisco Nike Womens Marathon is different. You see, they give out coveted awards and people just can’t help themselves. And then stuff like this happens; “NO BIB NO BIB NO BIB!”
But B2B aint like that.
One difference this year will be a limit on the size of the bags you might carry.
It’s like the size of Fook Mi’s backpack, best I can imagine.
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All right, have a great 2013 B2B.
And if you want to pay money to somebody, just take whatever your reg fee is and give it to Pride or whatever.
End Of Line.
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Monday, September 10th, 2012
As seen on Post Street by Dave Golden:
Wow.
Tags: 2012, bay area, Big Joe, Buchanan, Byamba, california, Champion, dave golden, exhibition, Guinness, heaviest, holder, japan, Japanese, japantown, Kelly, marathon, Mongolian, photo, post, record, San Francisco, september 9th, street, Sumo, Tongan, U.S., world, wrestlers
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
Haven’t seen one of these in a long time:
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Tags: (415), 2011, 415-789-5356, 789-5356, bay area, cab, california, car, center, checker, driver, Embarcadero, marathon, marin, old, San Francisco, taxi, yellow
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Sunday, November 27th, 2011
Run Wild for a Child 2011 went off without a hitch today in Golden Gate Park.
It’s sort of like the Bay to Breakers annual civic event, except Run Wild isn’t owned by some hung-up, Burnsian, “Christian Billionaire” what lives in Colorado and uses your B2B entry fee to fight the concept of evolution. (How refreshing.)
Anyway, today’s 5K race was 3053 vs. 1729 leading most of the way through. One of these guys won, you’d think.
Is this Fell? I can’t really tell:
Here’s Oak, anyway:
As you can see, this race swings both ways, with 5K and 10K runners facing each other at times:
Monkey butts?
All right, see you next year!
10K • 5K featuring Run Wild For A Child Costume Contest
Sunday, November 27, 2011 • 8:30 AM START
27th Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Run
Golden Gate Park • San Francisco
KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON
Support San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program
Bring a new toy or two to donate to Bay Area Children in need
Run dressed as a toy in the “Run Wild Like A Child Costume Contest”
PRE-POST RACE EXPO
The entire event is staged from the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park, which is the outdoor plaza in the center of:
California Academy of Sciences
De Young Museum
Japanese Tea Garden
Start Check-In is at Music Concourse — see below for Start details.
‘RUN WILD LIKE A CHILD 5K’ COSTUME CONTEST
Run or Walk the 5K dressed as a favorite childhood toy to be eligible for the costume contest judging. Prizes will be awarded to the Top Ten Costumes selected by the Judges. Click to see some past year’s costumes!
CUSTOM MEDAL WITH EVENT LOGO TO 1ST – 10TH PLACE COSTUME WINNERS
1st Place: Luxury Weekend for Two at Hotel Carlton (good through Nov. 2012) and $150 Gift Certificate to Sports Basement
2nd Place: $200.00 Sports Basement Gift Certificate & FRS healthy Energy Gift Pack
3rd Place: $100.00 Sports Basement Gift Certificate & FRS healthy Energy Gift Pack
4th Place: $50.00 Sports Basement Gift Certificate & FRS healthy Energy Gift Pack
5th –10 Place: A Sports Basement Gift Certificate good for a pair of Brooks shoes.
COSTUME JUDGING
All 5K Costume Contestants should report to the front of the starting line for initial judging from 8:00 AM – 8:20 AM.
Initial judging at the starting line from 8:15 – 8:30 AM
Semi-final judging – at the 5K finish line.
Final judging – at Bandshell Stage at 10:00 AM
POST RACE EXPO
After the race join us in the Music Concourse where you can ‘get down’ with live music provided by Pure Ecstasy while enjoying refreshments and the final costume judging on the main stage. Entrants can pick up their T-shirt and goodie bag, as well as visit sponsor booths for free samples and fitness information. The awards ceremony and Costume Parade & Judging will begin at approximately 10:00 AM at the Bandshell.
T-SHIRT PICK-UP
Pre-registered entrants may pick up their T-shirt with the full color logo in the Post-Race Expo area from 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM race morning or immediately following the race. Race Day entrants can pick up their shirt immediately following the race. The T-shirt Booth will be closed from 8:16 AM – 8:45 AM. T-shirt sizes cannot be guaranteed.
SUPPORTING
The San Francisco Firefighter’s Toy Program is the city’s largest and the nation’s oldest program of its kind. Distributing over 200,000 toys to more than 40,000 disadvantaged children. Besides helping individual families in need, the Toy Program serves many community organizations, including shelters for abused women and children, inner-city schools, neighborhood groups, children’s cancer wards, and pediatric AIDS units. SFFF Toy Program also responds on a year round basis to displaced children who become victims of fires, floods and other such disasters. The SFFF Toy Program is dependent solely on donations.
BRING A TOY and/or MAKE A DONATION
The San Francisco Firefighter’s Toy Program will be onsite race day accepting donations of new unwrapped toys. Entrants are encouraged to bring a toy or two on race day to donate and/or to make a cash donation when you register. Any donation above your entry fee will be given to the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program and is a 100% tax deductible.
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011
This is the kind of stuff the Castro Theatre does all the time, so why don’t you click here to keep up with things at San Francisco Landmark #100?
Via Steve Rhodes – click to expand
20 hours of Harry for $24 – what a bargain!
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19
DAY 1 (ONLY $12 FOR 1 OR ALL 4 FILMS!):
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 12noon
Directed by Chris Columbus | 2001 | 152 min | DCP ‘Scope
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2:50
Directed by Chris Columbus | 2002 | 161 min | DCP ‘Scope
- 30 MINUTE INTERMISSION -
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 6:00
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón | 2004 | 142 min | DCP ‘Scope
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 8:35
Directed by Mike Newell | 2005 | 157 min | DCP ‘Scope
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20
DAY 2 (ONLY $12 FOR 1 OR ALL 4 FILMS!):
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 12noon
Directed by David Yates | 2007 | 138 min | DCP ‘Scope
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2:30
Directed by David Yates | 2009 | 153 min | DCP ‘Scope
- 30 MINUTE INTERMISSION -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 5:30
Directed by David Yates | 2010 | 146 min | DCP ‘Scope
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 3D 8:10
Directed by David Yates | 2011 | 130 min | DCP ‘Scope
Tags: 2011, bay area, california, castro, castro theatre, Complete, film, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Marathon, marathon, movie, San Francisco, theatre
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
Poor Cindy Carcamo. All she wanted to do was to run our Nike Womens Marathon last year. Check it:
“Cindy Carcamo paid $115 to enter the half-marathon portion of last year’s Nike Women’s Marathon. After months of training hard, she flew to San Francisco to run the race, only to be kicked out 40 yards short of the finish line. Her mistake? Losing her bib the morning of the race. An Orange County Register reporter, Ms. Carcamo wrote an article called, ‘My half marathon comes to a bitter end.’”
How wude! Now let’s catch the action on the Great Highway near Ocean Beach:
“A brunette in gray popped up in front of me, crashing through that daydream.
“Where’s your bib number?” she asked.
“No bib! No bib! No bib!” she yelled out to others.
In a scene worthy of a “Seinfeld” episode, I was intercepted.
I repeated my argument about the chip and the number.
Still, they wouldn’t budge and they put their hands on my shoulders.
“I’ve trained months for this race. Please let me finish,” I pleaded.
No response. Instead, they physically pushed me off the course and past the railings, casting me out like a criminal.
No official time. No finisher’s medal. No warning.”
Cindy thought her back-up mini-bib would be good enough, but no dice. Here she was during happier times, stretching in Union Square pre-race:
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Apparently, Nike doesn’t want to publicize how they fight biblesss “bandits” because that gives people the idea that it’s not really necessary to pay.
Oh well.
Thank goodness there’s no harsh penalty like that for the Bay to Breakers Civic Party and Fun Run, right? I mean, if a one-percenter like the Mayor doesn’t need a bib, then a nobody like you certainly shouldn’t need one either, right?
Plus your registration money would just go to a hateful billionaire in Colorado anyway.
All right, train hard.
Tags: 2011, b2b, bay area, bay to breakers, bib, bibless, btob, california, Cindy Carcamo, ejected, Half, Half Marathon, jogger, kicked, marathon, nike, out, runner, San Francisco, stolen
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Tags: 12k, 2011, 5K, bay area, california, Eric Fischer, Eric Fisher, exercise, GPS, helf, jog, jogging, map, marathon, paths, routes, run, runners, San Francisco
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
It’s going to be on this Sunday.
Deets below.
Via Sonic Fitness
See you there!
2011 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon to Invade San Francisco on Sunday, June 5 — 2,000 Athletes to Compete in One of World’s Toughest Sporting Events
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2011 — The world’s top athletes will take over the streets and waters of San Francisco to compete in one of the most prestigious triathlons in the world, the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. Featuring a 1.5 mile swim from Alcatraz Island to the shore, an 18-mile bike race and an 8-mile run through San Francisco, this race is considered one of the oldest and most difficult triathlons in the world. More than 2,000 competitors from more than 34 countries will compete.
Several professional triathletes are returning to participate in this year’s Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon including: Three-time Winner Andy Potts from Colorado Springs, Colo.; Three-time Winner Leanda Cave from Tucson, AZ; 2006 Champion Becky Lavelle from Los Gatos, Calif.; Eight-time Champion Michellie Jones, from Carlsbad, Calif., and Two-time Ironman Champion Craig Alexander.
A handful of physically challenged athletes will join the abled-body competitors including Middle East War Survivor Mike Johnston – a single leg amputee and part of Operation Rebound which helps injured veterans “get back in the game,” single arm amputee Creighton Wong; and “One Armed Willie” Stewart from Boise, Idaho. These amputees will compete in this difficult race to demonstrate to other challenged athletes and injured soldiers that sports can be a powerful force for recovery. The youngest competitors include 15-year-old San Francisco resident Elsabet Jones and 15-year-old Dallas resident Steven Emerson. West Bloomfield, MI resident Paul Groffsky will be the oldest competitor at 78 years old.
The race will take place on Sunday, June 5, at 7:30 a.m. on the Marina Green, in San Francisco. The public is invited to watch the race and attend the free all day Fitness Festival & Expo which will feature more than 40 booths exhibiting the health and fitness industries’ latest products and services, food and more. The Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon is produced by IMG with race direction provided in part by World Triathlon Corporation. For more information please visit www.escapefromalcatraztriathlon.com.
Tags: 2011, 5th, alcatraz, amputees, Andy Potts, bay area, Becky Lavelle, bies, california, Craig Alexander., Creighton Wong, Elsabet Jones, escape, Escape from Alcatraz, Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, Fitness Festival & Expo, green, IMG, island, june, June 5, Leanda Cave, marathon, marina, Michellie Jones, One Armed Willie, Paul Groffsky, runners, San Francisco, Steven Emerson, Sumatran, sunday, swimmers, swimming, Triathlon, Willie Stewart, World Triathlon Corporation
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Couldn’t we require defibrillators to be stationed at various spots along our marathons and half-marathons? Wouldn’t that be cheaper than getting a bunch more ambulances? Wouldn’t that save lives?
For all the talk from selfish, spoilsport NIMBY homeowners about drug ODs, turns out that heart attacks are what kills people at events like the annual Bay to Breakers.
Just saying.
(Still no major sponsor to replace ING for the 2011 BtoB, BTW…)
Tags: 2010, 2011, ambulance, attack, b2b, bay area, bay to breakers, california, Defibrillators, Half, heart, marathon, San Francisco
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
The whole ensemble kind of has a cop look, so that’s got to be good when dealing with all those ex-cons out there.
Probably good for the rain, but the blank tickets might get wet tho.
A Cannondale with a suspension fork and disc brakes? Probably be better off without those two features but oh well.
Town and County tires from Continental – I don’t know, they don’t make those like they used to, moved the factory to Indonesia or someplace. Suggest updating Schwalbe Marathon Plus 26. (As the Euros say, “17 000 KM MEME PAS MORT!”)
And Presta valves? Wow, probably causes the PCOs to scratch their heads when they want to top off their tires. Or maybe they’re told not to touch anything on the bike. (Note gear selection – smallest cog up front to match the smallest cog out back. Nicht gut.)
Anyway, the whole point of using bikes is to sneak up on them trucks to start handing out the tickets more better. And in that sense, this is probably a successful program.
Tags: 2011, bay area, bike, california, cannondale, DPT, marathon, market, meter maid, mta, parking control officer, pco, plus, San Francisco, schwalbe, SF, SFMTA, SFPD, street, tires, town and country
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