Race Schedule
DSE Race Schedule
All races begin at 9:00am unless otherwise noted. The Top Five male, female, and nonbinary finishers in each race win place ribbons.
DSE Members receive pre-registration links by email at the beginning of each month. A limited number of non-member pre-registrations are available for select races on Active.com (search for DSE Runners). Walk-up race day registration may be available, space permitting. Gold, Child, and Teen memberships include unlimited races. Standard member race fee is $5. Non-member race fee is $10. Please bring exact change. Thank you!
Start/Finish
Parking lot at north end Lake Merced (foot of Sunset Blvd)
Start time: 9:00am
Course Description
Run one clockwise loop around the lake staying entirely on jogging/pedestrian path.
Course Map
Printable Map
Summer Series is for DSE MEMBERS ONLY
Course Description
Run one 4.5 mile clockwise loop around the lake staying entirely on jogging/pedestrian path. There is a 1 hour time limit. If you can’t complete the course in 1 hour (13:25 pace) you must self-time and start prior to 6:30pm. Finish line closes at 7:30pm.
Course Map
Start Time: 9:00am
Start/Finish: JFK Dr. & Transverse Dr.
Kid’s run starts after finish of 5K race
Course Description
Run eastbound on Kennedy Drive.
Right turn (uphill) onto Stow Lake Drive.
Run to Turnaround cone (.06m)
Reverse directions, right back onto Kennedy Drive.
Run east up Kennedy Drive to McLaren Lodge. Turnaround at Barricade at Kezar Drive, start back and turn right on East Conservatory Drive. Run up and around East Conservatory Drive then back onto Kennedy Drive and return westbound to finish.
Course Map
Summer Series is for DSE MEMBERS ONLY
Course Description
Run one 4.5 mile clockwise loop around the lake staying entirely on jogging/pedestrian path. There is a 1 hour time limit. If you can’t complete the course in 1 hour (13:25 pace) you must self-time and start prior to 6:30pm. Finish line closes at 7:30pm.
Course Map
NEW Start/Finish: Upper Baker Beach parking lot adjacent to triangular tourist board
Course Description
Exit parking lot onto Sandy beach via wooden bridge, run .28m east, right uphill onto Sand Ladder. At top turn left (stay inside the guard rail of Lincoln Blvd.) run uphill/downhill along Coastal Trail. Exit left onto path that transverses under GG Bridge. Take the left fork onto .1m criss/cross path. Exit left, run down the staircase. Exit across Long Avenue. Right onto Golden Gate Promenade. Turnaround (50 yards prior to Concrete Stab adjacent to Yacht Harbor). Return the same way. Run west along GG Promenade, left up the staircase, run west under GG Bridge, right onto Coastal Trail, stay inside Lincoln Blvd. guard rail. Run downhill along Lincoln Blvd. trail that past Sand Ladder; at fork turn left via “Battery section” run back to
Upper Baker Beach parking lot. Take a quick left turn to Finish.
Course Map
Summer Series is for DSE MEMBERS ONLY
Course Description
Run one 4.5 mile clockwise loop around the lake staying entirely on jogging/pedestrian path. There is a 1 hour time limit. If you can’t complete the course in 1 hour (13:25 pace) you must self-time and start prior to 6:30pm. Finish line closes at 7:30pm.
Course Map
Start/Finish: South side of Polo Field, Golden Gate Park
Start Time: 9:00am
Course Description:
Run westbound on Middle Drive, right onto Bernice Rogers Way and right onto Kennedy Drive. Run up Kennedy Drive to Transverse Drive, right onto Transverse Drive, right onto Overlook (dirt trail) and right onto Middle Drive to finish.
Course Map
Summer Series is for DSE MEMBERS ONLY
Course Description
Run one 4.5 mile clockwise loop around the lake staying entirely on jogging/pedestrian path. There is a 1 hour time limit. If you can’t complete the course in 1 hour (13:25 pace) you must self-time and start prior to 6:30pm. Finish line closes at 7:30pm.
Course Map
Course Description
S/F – Yacht Harbor parking lot. Run west along Crissy Field/Golden Gate Promenade. Stay along path into Fort Point National Historic Site. Turnaround at orange cone and return same way to finish.
Kid’s run starts after finish of 5K race
Course Map
Printable Map
Summer Series is for DSE MEMBERS ONLY
Course Description
Run one 4.5 mile clockwise loop around the lake staying entirely on jogging/pedestrian path. There is a 1 hour time limit. If you can’t complete the course in 1 hour (13:25 pace) you must self-time and start prior to 6:30pm. Finish line closes at 7:30pm.
Course Map
DSE Runners
