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MAY 17, 2009

Registration for seeded divisions opens in January.

Qualifying Times

Official Qualifying Races

Race Day Instructions

QUALIFYING TIMES

Qualifying times are listed below.

You must provide written verification of your finishing time from a race you participated in on or after 05/01/2008 with your application. A print out of a results page featuring your finishing time from the qualifying event's website is usually sufficient.

Open Field
 
Men
  
Women
  Seeded Sub-Seeded   Seeded Sub-Seeded
5K 16:30 17:30   19:00 21:30
8K 27:30 29:30   31:30 35:30
10K 34:30 37:30   40:00 45:00
12K 42:30 45:00   48:30 55:00
1/2 Mar 1:17:00 1:22:00   1:29:00 1:40:00
Marathon 2:44:00 2:50:00   3:08:00 3:35:00

Masters (ages 40+)
 
Men
  
Women
  Seeded Sub-Seeded   Seeded Sub-Seeded
5K 18:20 19:40   23:30 25:00
8K 30:30 33:00   40:30 45:30
10K 39:30 42:00   48:30 52:30
12K 46:30 48:30   56:00 59:00
1/2 Mar 1:27:00 1:32:00   1:49:00 2:05:00
Marathon 3:00:00 3:15:00   3:45:00 4:15:00

Over 50
 
Men
  
Women
  Sub-Seeded Only   Sub-Seeded Only
5K 21:15   27:15
8K 34:45   44:30
10K 44:00   56:30
12K 53:00   1:08:00
1/2 Mar 1:40:20   2:07:20
Marathon 3:28:30   4:22:00

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OFFICIAL QUALIFYING RACES

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Emerald Across The Bay 12K

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RACE DAY INSTRUCTIONS

Seeded and sub-seeded runners must enter the start line at Mission and Beale Streets before 7 am on race day. Only elite or seeded runners are eligible to win prizes. Sweats will not be transported from the start to the finish for seeded or sub-seeded runners.

Water Stops

  1. Polk and Hayes Streets (2-mile mark)
  2. West of McLaren Lodge in Golden Gate Park (4-mile mark)
  3. Finish line at the Great Highway

First Aid

FIRST AID SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE RED CROSS

Finish Line Instructions:

Finish line officials will direct you to open chutes to record your official time. DO NOT SLOW DOWN OR CHANGE CHUTES AT THE FINISH LINE.

Results:

Results will be available through our website after the race. Names of the first 10,000 timed finishers will be published in a special souvenir edition of the San Francisco Examiner on the Monday after the race.