Tuesday Downtown Run Description & Course Maps
Tuesday’s downtown run launches from outside 333 3rd Street between Folsom/Harrison.
If you need to use the restroom, change, and/or store some personal items, head up to PSOAS in Suite 205.
You’ll be logging between 4-7 miles based on your training level. Here’s a link to the course map-
Here is a brief description of the course:
We will cross Folsom from 3rd Street onto the sidewalk and take a right. We will run along Folsom all the way to the Embarcadero. We will cross the street and take a left onto the Embarcadero.
Continue running along the Embarcadero until you reach intersection of Embarcadero/Bay. Look for the Hillstone Restaurant on the LEFT side of the Embarcadero. This is 2 miles. Beginners will turn around and head back to PSOAS for 4 MILES!
Everyone else will continue running along the Embarcadero until it turns into ‘Jeffererson’. Run along Jefferson to the intersection of Jefferson/Powell. Look for the CVS Pharmacy on the left. This is 2.5 miles. Intermediate level runners will turn around here and head back to PSOAS for 5 MILES!
Advanced and Race level runners will run through Fisherman’s Wharf right to the edge of Aquatic Park. Once you reach the cul-de-sac at the edge of Fisherman’s Wharf/Aquatic Park, you’ve logged 3 miles. Advanced runners will turn around and head back to PSOAS for 6 MILES!
Race level runners will running through Fisherman’s Wharf through Aquatic Park and up Fort Mason Hill. Once you crest Fort Mason Hill, you’ve logged 3.5 miles. Turn around and head back to PSOAS for 7 MILES!
Tuesday Downtown Run Description & Course Maps
You will be logging between 4-7 miles depending upon your training level. Here’s a link to the course map for your reference-
Tuesday’s Golden Gate Park Course Map
We will be launching from the top of the staircase that leads down to the ballfield and heading WEST on Martin Luther King. We will run along Martin Luther King for roughly a quarter of a mile before turning RIGHT onto Music Concourse Drive.
We will run along the sidewalk in front of the California Academy of Science and get a nice view of the Music Concourse and the DeYoung Museum. We will follow this sidewalk past the California Academy of Science as it heads towards JFK. The path will run directly into JFK. At this point turn RIGHT ONTO JFK. This is roughly 1/2 mile into our run.
Continue running on the right side of JFK on the sidewalk for roughly another 1/2 miles and you’ll run into the intersection of JFK and MIDDLE DRIVE. This is right in front of the tennis courts. This is 1 mile from the start.
Cross over to the LEFT side of JFK at this intersection and continue running towards Stanyan. You will eventually hit the intersection of JFK/Stanyan. This is a conspicuous, controlled intersection with 4 way stoplights. This is just over 1.25 miles into your run.
Cross Stanyan and cross over onto the panhandle which runs parallel to Oak/Fell street. Stay on the RIGHT side on the panhandle. As you are running along the ‘Oak’ side of the panhandle, pay attention to the cross streets.
Once you reach Oak and Cole Street you have logged 1.5 miles.
Continue running along the ‘Oak’ side of the panhandle. Once you have reached Oak and Lyon Street, you have logged 2 miles. Beginner runners will turn around here and head back to the ballfields for 4 MILES!
Everyone else will continue running along the Oak side of the panhandle until Oak runs into Baker Street. This is effectively where the panhandle ends. Turn LEFT on Baker Street and then take another LEFT on Fell Street and continue running on the ‘Fell’ side of the panhandle.
You will run all the way to the intersection of Fell and Ashbury. This is 2.5 miles. Intermediate runners will turn around here and head back to the ballfields for 5 MILES!
Advanced and Race level runners will continue running along the Fell side of the panhandle until you reach the intersection of Fell/Stanyan. Turn RIGHT on Stanyan and follow Stanyan NORTH until you reach the intersection of Stanyan/Fulton. This is 3 miles. Advanced runners will turn around here and head back the way you came for a total of 6 MILES!
Race level runners will turn LEFT on Fulton and run to the intersection of Fulton/5th Avenue. This is 3.5 miles. Race level runners will turn around here and head back the way you came for a total of 7 MILES!
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