Saturday, July 9, 2022 • Sausalito, CA • Course Map
Mountains, beaches and a challenging hilly trail run through a vast, unspoiled wilderness that sits right across the bay from one of the country’s densest urban areas — that’s what awaits runners at the Golden Gate Trail Half Marathon, part of an event that also features a full marathon, 50K, 30K and the 5-mile distance.
(Note: This race is the summertime version of the Golden Gate Trail races that are also run through the same trail route in February.)
Organized by Coastal Trail Runs — a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based race event management company which hosts nearly 30 marathon, half marathon and other distance races up and down the coasts of Oregon and California throughout the year — the race takes runners in the half marathon on an out-and-back loop route that starts at Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which spans some 60 miles along the Northern California shoreline near San Francisco.
The half marathon course takes runners from the starting line at Rodeo Beach almost immediately into the hills just north of the beach, starting runners off with a climb of more than 800 feet over the course of the first two miles.
Runners follow trails that wind through the hills and mountains of the Marin Headlands, which feature names like the Coastal, Wolf Ridge, Miwock, Old Springs and Marincello trails, among others.
You’ll make a clockwise loop through the park, around along the ridgeline that looks over the Redwood Highway into nearby Sausalito, and then south back in the direction of Conzelman Road, the famed roadway that winds along the coastline and looks out onto Point Diablo and Bonita Cove.
The views through the entire route will truly be spectacular if the weather cooperates — though San Francisco and the Bay Area can of course be known to experience thick fog in the summer.
The final few miles of the race route bring runners off the trails and onto Conzelman Road for a brief stretch, including a pass by the historic Nike Missile Site, which once stood guard during the Cold War as one of the nation’s last lines of defense should Soviet bombers make a strike against the U.S. coast.
Race Weather & Climate
Draped along the Marin Headlands near Sausalito, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area typically sees mild to cool weather even in summer, as July temperatures here average between the mid-50s and the low 70s.
Past Results
- 2021 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2019 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2018 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2017 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2016 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2015 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2014 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2013 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2012 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
- 2011 Golden Gate Trail Run Half Marathon (Summer)
Course Map
See the race route map for the Golden Gate Trail Half Marathon here.
Starting Time
- 7:00 AM – 50K, 30K
- 7:15 AM – half marathon, full marathon
- 7:30 AM – 5-mile
Fees
- $55 – $65 for the half marathon
- $75 – $85 for the 50K
- $65 – $75 for the full marathon
- $60 – $70 for the 30K
- $45 – $55 for the 5 miler
- $40 – $50 for the virtual race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the summer 2022 in-person running of the Golden Gate Trail Marathon, Half Marathon, 30K, 50K or 5-mile race, register online at RunSignUp.com here.
Official Race Website
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