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Yes, it's another Bay to Breakers. Pretty good weather and a good time for all. But, first of all kids, they've been lying to you all these years. Is the highest point of this race the top of Hayes Street Hill at altitutde of 215 feet? That's way off. But no biggee. It's not like an MSM fact checker could find the correct answer in under 30 seconds via Google Earth. Is it? The HSH certainly "feels" like the highest point - we'll agree with that as we're still tired from last year. [Well, if you all are asking, the answer is JFK Drive betwixt Stow Lake and Prayerbook Cross in Golden Gate Park - that is the summit. After that, it's downhill to the Pacific. Here's an elevation profile.]
Anywho, here are the results. Congratulations are in order for winners Edna Kiplagat and John Kipsang Korir. No, not that other famous Kenyan runner named John Korir. This one. The two Johns are in the same race sometimes. That must be fun.
See you next year!!!
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Okay, I'll bite. If not Hayes & Pierce, what is the highest point in the race?
The nudity ban is about as effective as MUNI operations...on a day like today there were a lot of nudists out there.
I assume the nudity "ban" is there to discourage people running naked, not to actually enforce the rule which would bring about howls of protest. Having said that, there may well have been people who actually thought that no naked people would be there and came out as a result.
the day that muni can figure out how to get people to the start and home from the end is the day we should never criticize them for anything they do. until then, they are the clueless fucks they will always be and deserve zero respect as an organization!
What no 5 -18 -38 's?Muni use to park extra bus's at the end.Well the BOS can't do a damn thing about because the voters had spoken on that matter.So boo hoo.
We took an N-Judah from 48th & Judah about 10:30 am and had no problem. There were a whole bunch of trains heading in both directions. By about 19th Ave, our train caught the one that had left about 5 minutes earlier. While our train was fairly full, we never go to "Footstock" so we haven't had to deal with overcrowded trains filled with inebriated people.
The only thing was that it wasn't clear what stops the train would make. When we boarded, the sign said "Not in Service", then the operator changed it to 'S-Shuttle Embarcadero", but it seemed like he would stop at any normal stop if someone pulled the stop cable. We exited at Duboce & Church.
You're incorrect. Runners go BY Prayer Book Cross, not over it. You'd think you'd remember climbing up a 300 foot hill in Golden Gate Park with a large cross on it?
According to the Garmin GPS I was using, the highest point is indeed in GG Park, not the top of Hayes Street Hill.
BAY TO BREAKERS 2007 RACE & PARTY PHOTOS
See race results and many great photos of the 2007 Bay to Breakers Race and also of the post Bay to Breakers race Footstock Concert and Muni pix, at Sharon Gray's "Around San Francsico":
San Francisco Bay to Breakers Race 2007 Pix - Great Peoplewatching Photos @ examiner.com/blogs/Around_San_Francisco/2007/5/21/San-Francisco-Bay-to-Breakers-Race-Pix--Great-Peoplewatching-
and
San Francisco Bay to Breakers Race 2007 Pix - Part II - After the Race and Cleanup Photos @ examiner.com/blogs/Around_San_Francisco/2007/5/21/San-Francisco-Bay-to-Breakers-Race-Pix--Part-II