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!

 

Oct
8
Sun
2023
Spreckels Lake 5K & San Franciscan Mile
Oct 8 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Two races in one! Challenge yourself with a moderately uphill 1 mile race, a scenic 5K loop or both!

1M Couse Description and Map
Start: Kennedy Drive near Spreckels Lake, Golden Gate Park
Finish: Kennedy Drive near Transverse Drive

Run eastbound (uphill) along Kennedy Drive from Spreckels Lake to Transverse Drive.

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5K Course Description & Map
Start/Finish: Kennedy Drive near Spreckels Lake
Run westbound on Kennedy Drive, left onto Chain of Lakes dirt path, left onto Martin Luther King Jr. Drive pedestrian path, left onto Transverse Drive,   left onto Kennedy Drive to downhill finish.

Larger Printable Map

 

Oct
15
Sun
2023
Rockaway Beach 5K
Oct 15 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Start/Finish:
Rockaway Beach Parking Lot
Dondee St & San Marlo Way
Pacifica, CA 94044

Start time: 9:00am

Course Description
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 same way to finish.

Course Map
Course Map for Rockaway Beach 5k

Oct
22
Sun
2023
Presidio Wall 5K [Off-Road]
Oct 22 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Race start time: 9:00am

Start/Finish: Grass lawn adjacent to Presidio Wall Playground (near Pacific and Spruce Avenue). 

Course Description
Start and finish on the grass lawn adjacent to Presidio Wall Playground (near Pacific and Spruce Avenue). Exit grass area, complete counter-clockwise Presidio Wall rectangular loop, right onto W. Pacific Avenue trail. Prior to Arguello Boulevard, complete mini-clockwise half-arc loop before turning left onto northbound (downhill) straightaway and exit trail onto asphalt surface. Turn around at stop sign, reverse direction and return to W. Pacific Avenue. Travel downhill (eastbound), complete clockwise Presidio Wall loop before finishing on the grass.

Course Map

Printable Map

Presidio XC 5K Course Map
Oct
29
Sun
2023
Great “Halloween” Highway 5K & Kid’s Run
Oct 29 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

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.

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Nov
5
Sun
2023
Polo Field 5K
Nov 5 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

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
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Nov
12
Sun
2023
McLaren Park Shelley Drive 5K
Nov 12 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Start time: 9:00am

Start/Finish:
Parking Lot located at 21 Shelley Drive (the larger lot closer to Mansell, not the smaller lot near the amphitheater)

Course Description
Two clockwise loops. Start at the Parking Lot located at 21 Shelley Drive (the larger lot closer to Mansell, not the smaller lot near the amphitheater). Exit the parking lot, turn right on Shelley Drive, right onto Mansell, and right on Shelley Drive West.   Follow Shelley Drive to the start. Repeat loop.

 

Course Map

 

Nov
19
Sun
2023
Mori Point 5 mile
Nov 19 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

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 toward Cabrillo Hwy and turn left, running north along the paved trail parallel to
Cabrillo Hwy.
At the Calera Creek Recycling Plant veer right and run on the sidewalk on Cabrillo Hwy.
Veer left at Mori Point Rd and run to the Mori Point trailhead at the intersection of Mori
Point Rd and Bradford Way.
Follow Old Mori Rd, turning right onto Coastal Trail.
Run on the Coastal Trail, exiting Mori Point Headlands, and continue running along
Beach Blvd to Pacifica Pier.
Turn around is one block north of Pacifica Pier at San Jose.
Run back the same way back to the parking lot at Dondee and San Marlo Way.

Course Map

Nov
26
Sun
2023
NO DSE RUN, opportunity to join Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders
Nov 26 all-day
Dec
3
Sun
2023
Fort to Fort 10K
Dec 3 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

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:

Dec
10
Sun
2023
Baker Beach 5K
Dec 10 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Start Time: 9:00am

Start/Finish: Lower Baker Beach Parking Lot

Terrain: Asphalt, concrete/sand, gravel trail/wooden bridge/gravel trail

Course Description: Upon exiting lower Baker Beach parking lot, immediately turn left on Battery Chamberlin Rd and run up to and through upper parking lot. Exit through gate at far end and run east into short Battery section before completing .6 mile uphill climb. Run left (inside guard rail) along Lincoln Way. Just beyond Langdon Court (Street), take the left fork gravel trail and run the entire “new trail” section with wooden bridge. Do not exit onto asphalt pedestrian/bike lane leading to GG Bridge. Instead, turn around at end of trail and return the same way to finish.

Additional Parking is available in the upper parking lot off Battery Chamberlin Rd.
* Baby Strollers are not permitted for this race.

Course Map

Printable Map

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