Race Schedule
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!
Two races in one! Join us for either a fast, downhill 1 mile race or a scenic 5K loop, or both!
Start time for the mile is 9:00am. The 5K will begin immediately after the completion of the 1 mile. Start/finish on JFK near 36th Avenue.
Registration for both races will be on John F. Kennedy Drive near 36th Avenue and Spreckles Lake.
1-Mile Race
- Start Time: 9:00 am — please arrive by 8:40 am to allow enough time to register and make your way to the start about a mile away.
- Start Location: Kennedy Drive near Transverse
- Finish Location: Kennedy Drive near Spreckles Lake
- 1M Course Description: Run westbound (downhill) along Kennedy Drive from start to finish
5K Race
- Start Time: After completion of 1-mile race, around 9:30 am.
- Start/Finish Location: Kennedy Drive/36th Avenue near Spreckles Lake
- 5K Course Description: Run westbound on Kennedy Drive, left onto Chain of Lakes dirt path, left onto ML King Drive pedestrian path, left onto Transverse Drive, left onto Kennedy Drive to downhill finish.
START/FINISH: Yacht Harbor Parking Lot (Little Marina Green)
* NEW* Start time: 9:30am
* Kid’s run starts after finish of 5K
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.
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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.
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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.
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Start/Finish: Taraval and the Great Highway
Course Description:
Run 1.55 miles to Lincoln Boulevard and return the same way to finish.
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Start/Finish: South side of Polo Field, Golden Gate Park
Start Time: 9:00am
Kids run is about 1/2 mile and begins after completion of the 5K.
Start/Finish location is near start location of the 5K race.
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.
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Start/Finish: S/F Skyline College at the Notch Trail trailhead. See Directions below.
Course Description
Race starts at 9:00am
A challenging trail race on the Notch Trail and Sweeney Ridge Trail from Skyline College south to the Nike Missile Control Site and back. Runners will see beautiful views above Pacifica on a clear day.
notes: possibly no bathrooms available, steep stairs on trail
Directions
GPS or use a map to get to the intersection of Skyline Blvd (35) and College Drive in San Bruno. Signs on Skyline Blvd will direct you to Skyline College entering on College Drive. Driving west on College Dr turn left at the T intersection just before the track at the entrances to Skyline College.Then take the next left into Parking Lot A. Registration will be in Parking Lot A and the run starts a short distance away up from Parking Lot B.
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Parking
There is a $6 fee to park inside the park grounds. We encourage runners to carpool and split the cost of the parking fee. Dogs are not allowed inside the park.
Alternate Parking Location: There is street parking along Crocker Avenue just prior to South Hill Blvd. and a trail entrance on Crocker. It is approximately .8 mile from this entrance to the race staging area so please allow sufficient time to reach the start. We will not delay the race start if you are late. To reach this location, turn onto Crocker Avenue from Mission Street and drive approximately 1 mile (note that it is a steep, winding road). If you are driving southbound on Mission Street, you will make a left turn onto Crocker; if driving northbound on Mission, you will make a right turn onto Crocker. DO NOT PARK ANYWHERE ALONG GUADALUPE CANYON PARKWAY OR YOU WILL BE TICKETED/TOWED.
Start time: 9:00am
Cumulative Elevation gain: ~300ft
Start/Finish: Picnic area near the main entrance at 555 Guadalupe Canyon Parkway. The start will be on the grass field facing toward the green water fountain on the Southern part of the field. The finish will be on the same grass field across from the tree on the North end of the field. Runners will cross the finish line heading west.
Course Description: Run down the field and exit through the area between the water fountain and the first tree to its left. Once off the field, take an immediate right on the path and then another right onto the Day Camp Service Road. Follow the path up until the turnaround. On the way back down, take a right and run through the Edward Bacciocco, Jr. picnic area heading west toward the exit to Old Guadalupe Trail. Head Southwest on Old Guadalupe Trail (asphalt section) and then take a right onto Saddle Loop Trail. Follow Saddle Loop Trail to the finish back at the starting picnic area.
Race start: 9:00am
Start/Finish: west end of Mountain Lake Park
Course Description
Run East on Mountain Trail, turn left running North beside Mountain Lake
Continue on under tunnel, bear right until 14th avenue, turn around at steel posts
Run North on Park trail, keep straight uphill, turn around at Golf General Store running back on Park trail
Turn left to pass under tunnel again, follow path beside lake
Turn left to head East on Mountain trail, run uphill, turning around before Arguello, return straight on path to start
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