By The Numbers

  • 2.2 Million - estimated number of participants that the race has had in its 98 year history
  • 2,250,000 - average number of page views our website gets in a year
  • 472,440.945 - inches in the 7.46 mile (12 kilometer) course
  • 348,295.61 - dollars raised for our beneficiaries since 2003
  • 96,629 - liters of water (25,529 gallons) distributed at our water stations (enough to "power" a slip-n-slide for 51.1 hours)
  • 90,000 - number of recyclable water cups used per race (almost 6 miles of cups if placed end to end)
  • 80,000 - number of spectators, volunteers and staff who join the participants along the course on race day
  • 80,000 - number of safety pins handed out at Expo in 2009
  • 78,769 - number of registered runners who participated in 1986, the year the Bay to Breakers made the Guinness Book of World Records with 110,000 total participants
  • 38,600 - pounds of waste (19.3 tons) left behind by the participants and disposed of by DPW in 2009
  • 32,000 - number of registered participants in 2009
  • 30,000 - number of people who come to Expo over two days in 2009
  • 26,557 - number of people who registered online (versus using a paper form) in 2009; 83% of overall registrants
  • 20,000 - number of biodegradable goodie bags handed out in 2009
  • 16,000 - feet of barricade (over 3 miles) line portions of the course
  • 13,966 - number of people who used the MUNI special event shuttle service in 2009
  • 15,000 - number of people who picked up their shirts at Expo before the race in 2000
  • 2,000 - number of volunteers who help out on race weekend
  • 2,000- number of seventh graders who participated in the 2009 Run for Something Better program (up 25% from 2008)
  • 705 - number of portable toilets installed along the course and at the finish line (up from 537 in 2008)
  • 300 - number of media credentials issued to the press in 2009
  • 250 - number of Red Cross staff and volunteers stationed at first aid tents
  • 98 - number of times the race has been run since 1912 (that's every year since 1912)
  • 49 - number of states (including Washington D.C. and American Samoa) represented at the 2009 race
  • 42 - number of consecutive years Harry Cordellos (a blind participant) has run the race; and he swears he can point out every pothole along the course
  • 29 - number of countries represented at the 2009 race
  • 25 - number of registrants in the 1963 race (ok, that's a small number)
  • 17 - Number of San Francisco neighborhoods the course touches (the race requires permitting on city, state, and Federal lands)
  • 6 - Number of days it takes to set-up, stage and completely remove Footstock in Golden Gate Park
  • 1 - Number of days a year San Francisco comes together to run across town and show its many shapes, sizes and colors; always the third Sunday in May