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San Francisco Marathon, the Glossary

The San Francisco Marathon is an annual USATF-certified road running event held in San Francisco, California, that includes a full marathon, two half marathons, an ultramarathon, a 10k, and a 5K.^[1]

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Marathons in California
Sports competitions in San Francisco

Antoni Niemczak

Antoni Niemczak (born 17 November 1955) is a retired long-distance runner from Poland, who won the inaugural 1984 edition of the Vienna Marathon, clocking 2:12:17 on March 25, 1984.

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Aquatic Park Historic District

Aquatic Park Historic District is a National Historic Landmark and building complex on the San Francisco Bay waterfront within San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

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Bart Yasso

Bart Yasso, the "mayor of running", is Runner's World's Chief Running Officer.

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The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. San Francisco Marathon and Boston Marathon are annual sporting events in the United States and marathons in the United States.

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Charles R. Lawrence

Charles R. "Charlie" Lawrence (born March 24, 1995) is an American ultramarathon and marathon runner.

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Columnist

A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions.

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

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Dean Karnazes

Dean Karnazes (born Constantinos Karnazes; August 23, 1962), is an American ultramarathon runner, and author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, which details ultra endurance running for the general public.

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Doping in Russia

Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 50 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the next highest, and more than 30% of the global total.

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Driss Dacha

Driss Dacha (born 29 December 1962) is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who won several marathons and was named to the 1989 World Marathon Cup team for his country.

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Embarcadero (San Francisco)

The Embarcadero (Spanish for "Embarkment") is the eastern waterfront of Port of San Francisco and a major roadway in San Francisco, California.

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Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco

Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

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Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts of San Francisco, United States.

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Great Highway

The Great Highway is a road in San Francisco that forms the city's western edge along the Pacific coast.

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Greg Billington

Gregory Billington (born May 30, 1989) is an American triathlete.

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Half marathon

A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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Irina Bogacheva (athlete)

Irina Bogacheva (Ирина Богачева; born 30 May 1961) is a retired Kyrgyzstani long-distance runner.

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Janis Klecker

Janis Kristin Klecker (née Horns) (born July 18, 1960, in Bloomington, Minnesota) is a former American long-distance runner who is a two-time United States national champion in the marathon.

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Karolina Szabó

Karolina Szabó (born November 17, 1961) is a retired Hungarian athlete, who specialized in the long-distance running events.

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Katy Schilly

Catherine ("Katy") Schilly-Laetsch (October 19, 1956) is a former American long-distance runner who is a United States national champion in the marathon.

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Laurie Binder

Laurie Binder (born August 10, 1947) is an American long-distance runner.

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Lesley Lehane

Lesley (Welch) Lehane (born March 12, 1963, in Lynn, MA) is an American retired long-distance runner.

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Magdalena Lewy-Boulet

Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (née Lewy; born August 1, 1973), commonly known as either Magdalena or Magda Boulet, is an American runner from Oakland, California.

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Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of, usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes.

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María Trujillo

María Trujillo Tenorio de Rios (born October 19, 1959) is a retired female marathon runner from Mexico, who later represented the United States.

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Marin County, California

Marin County (Condado de Marín) is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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Mehmet Terzi

Mehmet Terzi (born 5 May 1955) is a medal-winning former long-distance runner from Turkey, who specialized in running marathons.

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Monk (TV series)

Monk is an American comedy-drama detective television series that originally ran on the USA Network from July 12, 2002, to December 4, 2009, with 125 episodes broadcast over eight seasons.

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Nancy Ditz

Nancy Jane Ditz (born June 25, 1954 in San Jose, California) is a former American long-distance runner who is a United States national champion in the marathon.

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Oracle Park

Oracle Park is a baseball stadium in the SoMa district of San Francisco, California.

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Pete Pfitzinger

Peter Dickson Pfitzinger (born August 29, 1957, in Camden, New Jersey) is an American former distance runner, who later became an author, exercise physiologist and sports administrator.

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Prize money

Prize money refers in particular to naval prize money, usually arising in naval warfare, but also in other circumstances.

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Ric Sayre

Ric Sayre (b. Akron, Ohio, August 9, 1953 – d. Ashland, Oregon, June 21, 2011) was a nationally renowned American runner, best known for his ability to compete at the elite level in numerous marathons each year.

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Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road.

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Runner's World

Runner's World is a globally circulated monthly magazine for runners of all skills sets, published by Hearst in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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San Francisco Ferry Building

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Selina Chirchir

Selina Chirchir (born August 28, 1968) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance and marathon runner.

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T-shirt

A T-shirt (also spelled tee shirt, or tee for short) is a style of fabric shirt named after the T shape of its body and sleeves.

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Ultramarathon

An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of.

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USA Track & Field

USA Track & Field (USATF) is a United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running, and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US).

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Yoko Shibui

is a long-distance runner from Japan, who is competing in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as the marathon race.

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10K run

The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of.

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5K run

The 5K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Marathon

San Francisco Marathon, the Glossary

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See also

Marathons in California

Sports competitions in San Francisco

References