The 2024 Pinkathon San Francisco will take place on SATURDAY morning, October 19, 2024 starting at 6:30 AM at the San Francisco Ferry Building. Meet in front of the Northwest Entrance of the SF Ferry Building by Gott’s Roadside Restaurant. Look for the Pink Balloons! Public Bathrooms and Drinking Fountains are available just inside the Northwest Entrance of the Ferry Building.
Recommended distances are 50K, 26.2M, 13.1M, 10M, 10K, 5K, a Pink Ribbon Run (4 miler)! For all distances EXCEPT the 50K, the Pink Ribbon 4 miler, the course is out-and-back along the San Francisco waterfront and the Golden Gate Bridge. The 50K includes a LOOP on dirt trails in the Marin Headlands and back to the GG Bridge before heading back to the start. All other distances have a specific turn-around point. We have downloadable Maps and Turn-By-Turn instructions for each distance. Please print out your own maps and instructions before you arrive. We will have a limited number of extra maps and instructions available at the Pinkathon Check-in. Since this is an unofficial and un-timed fun-run, you can start anytime you want and run any distance you want.
*Many thanks to Brian Ladrillono and Michael Li for creating the Pinkathon Course Maps and Descriptions.
5K Course Map and Description
Sign-in between 6:30 AM-7:30AM. Start time: 8:05 AM. Out-and-back course along the waterfront. Turn-around at the intersection of Jefferson & Taylor, just a few hundred feet north of the Aquarium-By-The-Bay at Pier 39. We will mark the turn-around with chalk. Maps are at: http://pinkathon.org/pinkathon-maps.
10K Course Map and Description
Sign-in between 6:30 AM-7:30AM. Start time: 8:02 AM. Out-and-back course along the waterfront. Turn-around at Marina Blvd. and Fillmore Street will be marked with chalk. Maps are at: http://pinkathon.org/pinkathon-maps.
10K Course Map and Description
10K – Turn around at Marina Blvd. and Fillmore Street
10K Course Map & Turn By Turn Directions PDF – Download and Print!
10M Course Map and Description
Sign-in between 6:30 AM-7:30AM. Start time: 8:01 AM. Out-and-back course along the waterfront.
10M – Turn around at the Warming Hut Cafe at Crissy Field. Water Fountain on the southeast corner of the building. Bathrooms next to the Warming Hut.
10M Course Map & Turn-by-Turn Directions – Download & Print!
Half Marathon Course Map and Description
Sign-in between 6:30 AM-7:30AM. Start time: 8:00 AM. Out-and-back course along the waterfront.
Half Marathon – Turn around about a half mile before Vista Point on the Marin side of the Golden Gate Bridge
Half Marathon Course Map and Turn-by-Turn Directions – Download and Print!
Marathon Course Map and Description
Sign-in between 6:30 AM-7:3 0AM. Optional Early Start time: 7:15 AM. You can start earlier or later if you want.
Marathon – Turn around about 1.2 miles past the Rodeo Beach Staging Area and bathrooms, where the dirt Coast Trail meets the paved Coastal Trail.
Marathon Course Map & Turn-by-Turn Directions – Download & Print!
50K Course Map and Description
Sign-in between 6:30 AM- 7:30 AM. Optional Early Start Time: 7:15 AM. You can start earlier or later if you want.
50K Course Map & Turn-by-Turn Directions – Download & Print!
50K – We are doing a Clockwise LOOP in the Marin Headlands, with an out and an optional “spur” to FortBaker before going back south over the GG bridge and back to the start/finish. The Travis Marina Bar at the Presidio Yacht Club at Fort Baker (also known as Mike’s Place) is on the 2nd Floor and has bathrooms, water, food for purchase (hotdogs, hamburgers, pizza) and $5 draft beer pints! Cash tips only. This Rest Stop is totally OPTIONAL and may add a little extra distance. From Travis Marina Bar, it is about 8 miles back to the Start/Finish at Gott’s Roadside at the Ferry Building. Pinkathon volunteers will be at Gott’s Roadside until 4 pm PST. If you think you might finish later than 4pm, please stash your gear with a friend or in your car, and don’t leave it with the gear check for the Pinkathon. After 4pm, we will take everything home from the gear check. So never leave your keys, valuables or money with us!
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS:
If you have any emergencies on trail, please call 911 first and then call Ellen at 510-841-1240 to let us know how we can help. This run is FREE. We are poor. We have no money. We have no insurance. You signed a waiver. But we will help you any way we can.
