On Sunday morning, the annual San Francisco Marathon laced throughout the foggy streets of the city. Carb-loaded men and women took part in full marathon (26.6 miles), 2 half marathons, 5k, or the "progressive marathon" events. The main course went back and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge, weaving around the city, ending at the Embarcadero. more ›

For the first time in the 29 years they've been running the event, a man died while running the San Francisco Marathon yesterday. Bill Goggins, a former senior editor at Wired Magazine, suffered a heart attack after passing the 24-mile mark in Dogpatch. His friends cheered him on at Mile 21 (in the Mission) and said he looked great. more ›

Yesterday was a big day for race fans of both the four-wheeled variety and the two-legged variety. First, the Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose finished up a wild weekend with Sebastien Bourdais winning in the Champ Car race and Katherine Legge winning the Toyota Atlantic race -- from blogs to formula one racing, it was a big weekend for the XX-chromosome set in the South Bay! PJ over at the Shark's Page (who's been doing a fantastic job covering everything but the Sharks during their lost season) has some great photos and links, including the one of our favorite salad dressing pitchman Paul Newman above. Mad props to the folks who designed the course -- it included a speed-bump in the form of a stretch crossing the Santa Clara VTA tracks! more ›

SFist stayed true to its pledge on Friday and drunk itself into submission on Saturday at the North Beach Jazz Fest. [] We're going to guess that among the revelers at Washington Square Park, none were planning to run the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday. At six Sunday morning, while SFist was snoring it's hangover away, thousands gathered to run twenty-six miles around the city - and most were done long before SFist finally made it to the medicine cabinet for Alka-Seltzer. more ›