SFist commenter DJ Tennessee (a onetime SFist contributor) raises the bar on drunken marathon madness. After creating a liquor store map for Bay to Breakers, he decided to upstage his very own un-upstageable brilliance. During Sunday's San Francisco marathon, DJ Tennessee drank 13 beers in 13 miles. more ›

Did you run in Sunday's S.F. Marathon? How did you do? If you were 25-year-old Keith Bechtol, a graduate student in astrophysics at Stanford and first-time marathon runner, you did great. Bechtol finished the race in a record 2 hours, 23 minutes and 28 seconds, placing first. Yes, after entering his very first marathon, he won. Pretty amazing, eh? more ›

Hey, remember a few days ago, when we posted about how Muni sends out street-closure notices to reporters, but the notices also serve as handy little events calendars? Well, thanks to a well-placed tipster, we now have a better idea of just how rigorously Muni compiles the damn things. Their calendar of closures goes out NINE YEARS to the year 2016. more ›

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We want first to congratulate the 15,000 runners who took part in the SF marathon this past Sunday: you are amazing. Congratulations to all of you. But who is the dunderhead who decided to have the race start at 5:20 in the morning? You read it right, that is 5 bleeping 20 am! Outside temperature in the low 30s, and fog so thick that, if it wasn’t dark already, you would not see your toes anyway. For the slower runners, there was even an earlier start, at 5am, that the organizers called simply the early start. As opposed to what, exactly? Oh, lucky me, I’m running the late start, I can sleep in till 4am. more ›