Welcome to the Golden Gate Running Club of San Francisco!

The Golden Gate Running Club is a group of runners in San Francisco, California with a whole host of running abilities — we run the gamut. Club members compete in adventure races, marathons, relays, 10Ks, and triathlons, to name just a few. Not competitive? Many of our members just enjoy running once or twice a week, for either the fitness or the enjoyment of it.

Come join us for our Sunday morning runs at the Warming Hut near the fishing pier at the western end of Crissy Field (we have a 10 am start so one may fully enjoy the previous evening) followed by our customary brunch thereafter. Two groups leave at this time, a short course (about 5 miles) and a long course (up to 12 miles). We modify runs, pace, and distance to fit the runners present. Wednesday night we host a coached track workout at Kezar Stadium, meeting at the southeast corner of the track at 7p.m. Runners of all ability levels participate in this as well.

We run hard and we play hard. Members have placed very highly in many events in the state and nation. In a recent group relay (Hood to Coast — lots of fun!), we placed 23rd in a field of 283. We're a supportive and encouraging group of runners. We hold no expectations of ability; group runs have a "no drop" rule. During races, we place more emphasis on completing the event with no injuries and having fun than getting the "medal". If you're looking for a low-stress running club, to have fun, exercise, and meet new people, this is the club for you. Come join us for a run and check us out. We would love to meet you!

For more information, see Who We Are, or join our Yahoo! Group and watch for email. Hope to see you out there!

Friday, April 25, 2008

What a weekend!! We ran our collective asses off!

Our first Superstar is Miss Brooke Wells, for finishing 44th at the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in 2:43:07 in her second marathon ever! Watch out for this girl! Her friend and coach, Magda Lewy Boulet finished 2nd and is going to Beijing!

Congrats as well to so many GGRCers who qualified and ran Boston this year--JD, Craig, Derek, Corinne, Laura, Galen and Rachel.

Finally--it was Relay weekend as well! A lot of virgins on this year's Relay team, all of whom fit right in and combined with those vets, took GGRC team Blood, Sweat and Beers to a 9th in Mixed Division, 46th overall finish in a time of 27h53m. Better yet, they had more fun than anyone out there.

Check our calendar for upcoming events and come out to a Sunday or Wednesday run and meet all of these great people who also like to run!!