Dean Karnazes to Host The San Francisco Marathon!

I am excited to announce that Dean Karnazes, The UltraMarathon Man, will be the Official Host of The San Francisco Marathon! Dean Karnazes is an inspiration to anyone who has ever achieved a lifelong goal. After running 350 miles without sleep, it's clear that Dean knows how to push the human body to its limit. Visit www.runsfm.com for more tips, advice, and guidance from Dean on how to turn your marathon goals into reality.

Eat Right!

I'm so excited to announce that Andrea Hacker, MS, RD will be joining The San Francisco Marathon as our Official Dietitian. She will be providing nutritional tips for consumption from pre-race to post-race. She is also helping to create a menu for the Finish Line Food Area that meets all your dietary needs. Over the course of your training, we ask you to visit our website www.runsfm.com/training/nutrition.html to aid you in your preparation for the big race!

We're #1!

The San Francisco Marathon continues to receive accolades. In addition to our #1 Ranking in Runner's World's Best Running Cities in America and our Best Schwag Award for our Coaster Medals, we've won three awards in the 2005 CitySports Best of the Bay! CitySports has given The San Francisco Marathon bragging rights to the Best Event T-shirt, the Best Local Half Marathon Race and the Best Local Full Marathon Race.

Check out the details on www.runsfm.com.

Welcome to The San Francisco Marathon Blog!

As the Race Director of The San Francisco Marathon, I want to keep you updated on what we're doing to get ready for this year's race!

We are happy to report that we are still growing! In only a few years, the race has tripled in size and we are excited because we have always felt that a city like San Francisco needed a major marathon.

Last year, we sold out with 14,500 registrants and this year we've increased the number of spots to 17,500. Already, we have twice as many people signed up for the race as we had last year (YTD) so we are optimistic that this year will be the biggest and best event to date!

Get those New Year's resolutions together and start training for the marathon today! If you haven't registered yet, visit us at www.runsfm.com. We hope you'll join us on July 30, 2006 for another great event!