SF News Saturday Links: SF Marathon Set to Bring Street Closures, 31,000 Pavement-Pounding Runners This Weekend The Park Fire has now exploded to cover more than 300,000 acres; the minor league Oakland Ballers have a player revolt on their hands; and road closures galore loom for Sunday’s San Francisco Marathon.
SF News Triathlete Dies In First-Ever Escape From Alcatraz Fatality Sunday's Escape from Alcatraz triathlon started off to a tragic start when 46-year-old Ross Ehilinger died mere moments after the start of the race. The man, in town for the race from Austin,
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Arts & Entertainment Map: Bay to Breakers Liquor Store Map 2011 View 2011 Bay to Breakers Booze Map in a larger map Each year SFist makes it a tradition to post your much-loved Bay to Breakers Liquor Store Map -- by way of Joe
SF News SF Marathon Results, Photos 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
SF News SF Marathon Finishes with Californians On Top Chad Worthen of Sacramento, 34, and Lauren Gustafson of Millbrae, 25, were the first guy and gal to finishes yesterday's SF Marathon, clocking in at 2 hours, 31 minutes and 52 seconds and
SF News Bay to Breakers Race Course Liquor Store Locator By Joe Kukura Our Bay to Breakers coverage – which kicked off this morning in a post so drunk and confused it had to be deleted – continues without shame as we direct you to
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend But it's not all blocked onramps and gas stations this weekend! There's also some bus reroutes, courtesy of the delightful YMCA Chinese New Year Run on Sunday at the Chinatown YMCA (855 Sacramento
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Asians! Muni has three disruptions on their radar this weekend: The Chinese Flower Market Fair on Saturday and Sunday, the San Francisco Half Marathon on Sunday, and the Tet Fesitval Celebration on Sunday. All
misc Week Around the -ists The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on
SF News Hey, Here's Some Vaguely Interesting Filler that we can Post During the Weekend Well, actually, Muni's only tracking one event that far into the future: the SF Marathon. We can't believe the dates have already been set for the next decade's worth of running, but see
SF News Man Dies At Marathon Apparently it's not totally uncommon for racers to die in marathons -- two men died during the LA Marathon in March, and in 2003, a 28-year-old died of dehydration during Bay to Breakers.
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Runners High</i> celebrates the growth and accomplishments of four of these students, three of whom ended up completing the LA Marathon. We watch the students ramp up both their training and their mental discipline, with
misc SFist Rants: Running in the dark. 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
SF News A Day at the Races 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
SF News Love and Endorphins SFist stayed true to its pledge on Friday and drunk itself into submission on Saturday at the North Beach Jazz Fest. [Ed. Note - After sitting in a park drinking beer for four
