Golden Gate (Summer)

Great route, but check the elevation profile - some sneaky hills at the end there. Beautiful course, even if it was pretty fogged out this year. The course was unfortunately re-routed due to some engineering work but well organised to make the changes and sort out the re-routing in good time. Good selection of snacks and drinks along the way and after the finish line.

This is a great race through the trails in Marin Headlands. We got an Uber there from the city, but there’s no signal at Rodeo beach so best to rent a car or hope to get a lift back from other runners. The course is very scenic, the coastline is beautiful (although it was very foggy at the time, but I heard the 2018 race was beautiful 😂). If you want to race, or at least run up all the hills you should start at the front, as lots of people were walking up the steep sections and the trail is very narrow so can get pretty congested, particularly on the switchbacks at the very beginning. I bought some Salomon Speedcross trail shoes on the advice of the team at Let’s Do this, and thank God I did, some parts are very steep with loose gravel and you’ll be able to go a lot faster in shoes with good grip. The race was really well organised, everything happened on time and there was so much food at the end. Loads of snacks, Clif bars, fizzy drinks etc and a great vibe welcoming all the runners over the line. Would definitely recommend this race, the medals are cool and the t-shirts are good quality, just fingers crossed for more sunshine next year!