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!
Races have a 15 minute/mile pace time limit, and course/finish lines will close accordingly. If you expect to run over a 15 minute mile, please consider our self-timer option.
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.
Races have a 15 minute/mile pace time limit, and course/finish lines will close accordingly. If you expect to run over a 15 minute mile, please consider our self-timer option.
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.
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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: Taraval and the Great Highway
Race start: 9:00am
Course Description
Starting at Taraval st. run north on the Great Highway, transfer to Ocean beach promenade after Lincoln Way.
Remain on ocean-side sidewalk, running north uphill to Point Lobos Ave., run past Cliff house and Sutro Baths parking lot, turn left onto Lands End Trail.
Stay on trail for 1/3 of a mile, turning around at the Eastern Coastal Trail Overlook (viewing spot for the Golden gate Bridge and Baker beach).
Return to start via the same course.
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 https://dserunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/placeholder-vertical-1.jpgt along GG Promenade, left up the staircase, run https://dserunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/placeholder-vertical-1.jpgt 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.
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