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The weather was hot and nice and a good time was had by all -- except those in heavy gorilla suits -- new regulations be damned. (Some pics NSFW!)

So, the actual running part of Bay to Breakers generally gets forgotten about by the majority of hard-partying participants.

You've probably already heard that the fine citizens and business owners along the route of the annual heterosexual pride parade known as Bay to Breakers were pissed last year about all the pissing and unhinged revelry that went on outside their windows. So this year, the SFPD has vowed to crack down and "temper" the race, but from the sound of it, we don't have to worry about this becoming a sober footrace anytime soon. "If we can just bring it back to the way it was four or five years ago, we'll be fine," says Lt. Nicole Greely, who's overseeing security for the event. According to this morning's piece in the Chron, police are mostly concerned with unregistered participants joining the race and straining resources, in addition to cracking down on glass bottles and floats with kegs.

Since more people have taken the time to air their disapproval (7000+ on one Facebook page alone, according to SFCitizen) of ING’s new rules for the Bay to Breakers race than have registered for the race itself, a rally at City Hall will take place on Thursday to add even more fuel to the fire. (God forbid SFist should tell you how to prioritize your battles, San Francisco. But, a rally to keep public pissing, nudity and drinking in a race? Really? Huh.) Citizens for the Preservation of Bay2Breakers will hold a press conference this Thursday at noon at City Hall. Not sure where Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi stands on this issue or if he plans of making an appearance at Thursday's rally. Word on the street is that he thinks ING went too far/overreacted to last year's problems.