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The most colorful race in San Francisco took place for the 111th time with Sunday morning’s Bay to Breakers.
Colin Bennie paced the men by running the 12-kilometer course from the Embarcadero to the Ocean Beach in 37:01.5.
Clarissa Morales led the women with a run time of 45:05.48, while Cal Calamia paced non-binary runners with a 44:26.27 finish time.
Below are the top three finishers for each category:
Colin Bennie: 37:01.5Christopher Olley: 38:06.98Paddy O’Leary: 38:11.53Julia Vasquez Giguere: 43:48.94Estelle Richardson: 43:53.93Clarissa Morales: 45:05.48Cal Calamia: 44:46.27JL Odom: 54:30.10Rory Glenn: 54:55.23
Find the full race results here.
Runners donned a variety of outfits for a race best known for its costumed participants.
Scott Strazzante @ScottStrazzante
The annual Bay to Breakers run has begun in San Francisco. @sfchronicle photos by @ScottStrazzante pic.twitter.com/kpaKug95Wl
Alex Harmon @alex_harmon
Good ol’ SF people watching along Bay to Breakers! pic.twitter.com/mQ8v2jiRSF
토리 @aging_everyday
친구들과 연례이벤트인 Bay to Breakers 달리러 다운타운 왔다 🏃🏻 pic.twitter.com/xKvaa9r3pt
Spectators continued a tradition of tossing tortillas to runners before the start of the race:
Wallace Marshall @WallaceUcsf
Bay to
Breakers
Tortillas
Are Flying pic.twitter.com/B9VhqJ4oW7
Some runners dressed up with a local flair, running as the famous row of colorful Victorian houses known as the Painted Ladies located across from San Francisco’s Alamo Square.
Sara Donchey @SaraDonchey
The best Bay To Breakers costume thus far, the painted ladies @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/G1k2uB5G5S
Others celebrated the March release of “Dune: Part Two” by dressing up as a sandworm:
Sara Donchey @SaraDonchey
The dune worm at bay to breakers @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/smjgSf7dwQ
Bay to Breakers was first run in 1912 as a way to boost the morale of San Francisco residents impacted by the 1906 earthquake, according to the San Francisco Travel Association.
It has only paused since then during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains the world’s oldest annual footrace, per the San Francisco Chronicle.
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