Bay To Breakers - 100th Zazzle Bay To Breakers This Sunday In SF

The 100th running of what is now called The Zazzle Bay To Breakers is this Sunday. And if you're wondering what all the fuss is about, the Bay To Breakers started as something called the Cross-City Race, and to lift San Francisco's spirits in the wake of the 1906 Earthquake.

Now, 100 years later, it's become San Francisco's largest party not connected to a holiday. This year, the event set an online registration record with 50,000 registrants, and the last 20 of them signed up while this blogger was making this video of the office and an interview with Bay to Breakers Director Angela Fang:



On top of the 50,000 officially registered runners, expect another 50,000 people at various spots along the course, and some running or walking it too. And look for the costumed participants, from the Elvis look-alikes to President Obama, and of course folks in just their birthday suits. The Bay To Breakers is never a dull moment.

Bay To Breakers Week Specials

As this is the week of the Bay To Breakers, a number of events are planned for this special series of days leading up to the Zazzle-sponsored run. According to the Bay To Breakers website, the happenings are as follows:

The 2nd Anniversary Bay to Breakers throwdown called "Damn Gina! It's at The Ambassador and features $2 Drink Specials and $125 Bottle Service, with Guest DJ Niros, DJ Fox and Kool Karlo. The Ambassador is at 673 Geary St in San Francisco.


The Beauty Bar has new wave, no wave, and "other oddities." The establishment also has Bay To Breakers drink specials. The Beauty Bar is at 2299 Mission Street in San Francisco.


Club Trigger at 2344 Market Street has Ladies Night.


Mission Mini, at 3168 22nd Street, has a special Bay to Breakers cupcake all week.


El Burrito Express has the ZOMG Cinco Burrito, that comes with chips and salsa, for $5 all week at 1601 Taraval Street.

Transportation To The Bay To Breakers

BART and MUNI announced expanded Sunday service for the Bay to Breakers. BART is opening at 5 AM because Bay to Breakers has an earlier start time of 7 AM, not 8 AM as in years past.

CalTrain will have four express trains, departing at 5 AM. NBC Bay Area explains that "The Special A train will depart the Mountain View Caltrain station at 5:10 a.m. The Special B train will depart San Jose's Diridon station at 5:20 a.m. The Special C train will depart San Jose's Diridon station at 5:25 a.m. The Special D will depart at 5:30 a.m."

Stay tuned for more details.