DSE Race Schedule
All races begin at 9:00am unless otherwise noted. Race check-in/race day registration begins 45 minutes prior to race start. Course details are subject to race day modifications based on weather, construction, and other factors.
Gold, Child, and Teen memberships include unlimited races. Standard member race fee is $5. Non-member race fee is $10. Thank you!
Start/Finish:
Rockaway Beach Parking Lot
Dondee St & San Marlo Way
Pacifica, CA 94044
Start time: 9:00am
5K Course Description
Start at the Rockaway Beach parking lot near Dondee Street and San Marlo Way. Run southbound on beach promenade, left onto Rockaway Beach Blvd, right onto Nick Gust Way. Continue over footbridge. Veer right and begin paved bike path. Stay on path crossing through the Taco Bell parking lot to rejoin path. Turn around at Pedro Point Shopping Center and return the same way to finish.
12K Course Description
Follow the 5K course above. Once you are back at the start/finish area, run north along the paved trail parallel to Cabrillo Highway. At the Calera Creek Recycling Plant, continue along the sidewalk on Cabrillo Hwy. Veer left at Mori Point Road. Follow Old Mori Road trail to the water, then turn right. Continue running along Beach Boulevard until the turnaround past Pacifica Pier. Turn around and run back the same way back to the start/finish.
5K Course Map
12K Course Map
DSE is taking a break to volunteer and allow runners to participate in the Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon, 10K and 5K.
Race start time: 9:00am
Start/Finish: Upper level of El Camino del Mar parking lot
Course Description
Complete clockwise loop, traverse the upper level of El Camino del Mar parking lot then downhill to Seal Rock/Clement. Turn right onto lower Land’s End Trail and continue running east past Eagles Point. Exit left, downhill on El Camino del Mar. Take lower fork at 30th Avenue staying on El Camino del Mar which merges into Lincoln Blvd. Turn left at Bowley and right into Baker Beach parking lot. Turn right onto Battery Chamberlain Rd., downhill and thru entire lower parking lot. Continue running east thru the battery section of Baker Beach then right uphill on dirt /gravel path to Lincoln. Turnaround at top of Sand Ladder. Reverse direction and run back to finish.
Course Map
Start/Finish:
Great Highway & Taraval
Start time: 9:00am
Kid’s run starts after finish of adult 5K
Course Description
Run northbound from Great Highway & Taraval. Turnaround prior to Lincoln Way and return to finish.
Course Map
Start time: 9:00am
Start/Finish:
Fort Mason Hill lawn (near Great Meadow).
Course Description:
“Out & Back” – Complete 0.3m Great Meadows clockwise loop, exit onto Marina Blvd., continue right through Yacht Harbor parking lot, run entire Crissy Field promenade trail, turnaround at Hopper’s Hands. Return to Finish Line.
Course Map:
No DSE Run – Opportunity to enter Chinatown YMCA Chinese New Year 5K/10K Run/Walk.
Start time: 9:00am
Start/Finish:
Oyster Point Marina Park (Next to the ferry terminal)
1 Harbormaster Road
South San Francisco
Course Description:
The course is an out and back starting in the Oyster Point Marina Park next to the ferry terminal. From the ferry terminal, the run will head North for 0.1 mile and then cross the road to the Bay Trail path heading south. At 3.1 miles, the run will turn around and head north on the Bay Trail back to Oyster Point Marina.
Course Map:
* New Course Map coming soon!
START/FINISH: Yacht Harbor Parking Lot (Little Marina Green)
Start time: 9:00am
Kid’s run will start after finish of 5K race.
Course Description
S/F – Yacht Harbor parking lot. Run 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.
Course Map
Start time: 9:00am
Start/Finish:
JFK Drive & Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park
Course Description
Run eastbound up Kennedy Drive to intersection prior to McLaren Lodge (Kezar Drive/Second Barricade). Turnaround and return the same way back to finish.
Course Map
Start/Finish:
Parking lot at the corner of San Marlo Way and Dondee Way
Start time: 9:00am
Course Description
Start at the parking lot at the corner of San Marlo Way and Dondee Way.
Run north along the paved trail parallel to Cabrillo Highway. At the Calera Creek Recycling Plant, continue along the sidewalk on Cabrillo Hwy. Veer left at Mori Point Road. Follow Old Mori Road trail to the water, then turn right. Continue running along the promenade trail until the turnaround near the white benches towards the end of the trail. Turn around and run back the same way back to the start/finish.
Course Map
