Bay to Breakers 2015: Start Time, Route, Latest Weather Forecast and More

One of San Francisco's great traditions is back, as the third Sunday in May brings with it the annual Bay to Breakers race. It's a different kind of foot race, taking up less than one-third the distance of a traditional 26-mile marathon and participants often being dressed in costumes or not at all. 

According to the official Bay to Breakers website, it's also the "oldest consecutively run annual foot race in the world" with the first run coming in 1912. It's a very quick race, as one would expect with a distance of less than eight miles, with last year's male winner finishing in just over 35 minutes. 

Here's all of the information to know about this year's Bay to Breakers run, including the start time and the weather forecast. 

Start Time (ET)	Temperature	Humidity	Wind	Precipitation
11 a.m.	55 degrees	82 percent	West/Southwest 8 mph	5 percent chance of rain

Race Route

In case you were wondering about the name "Bay to Breakers," it all comes from the route that runners will take. The event starts on the San Francisco Bay by the Embarcadero and marches west through Golden Gate Park with a finish line at the Great Highway where waves (breakers) hurl onto the Ocean Beach on the Pacific Coast. 

Course Map

To view the full Bay to Breakers map, visit the official website ZapposBaytoBreakers.com. 

Event Information

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A lot of foot race events are button-up affairs. Not to say they don't know how to put on a good show, but it's more about the athleticism and spirit of competition than anything else. 

The Bay to Breakers is a refreshing change of pace in that regard. Runners and spectators are likely to be wearing some kind of flashy costume, even if it's just to get their picture in the paper and doesn't make practical sense to have on in humid temperatures. 

According to Zappos' official Twitter, the sponsors of the race, this year's Bay to Breakers event is expecting to set 40 different world records:

As far as what those records include, people are thinking outside the box to get their name in a book. According to Sharon Song of KRON 4 in San Francisco, items on the list include the “longest time doing squats in seven inch heels" and “most people to take a selfie with a port-o-potty.”

According to Zappos.com Bay to Breakers director of operations Charles Holmes in an interview with David Stevenson of KTVU, "the world record on Sunday for the longest, one-handed conga line" is hoping to be set.

In one of the great lines that could be right out of the movie Inception, Song noted that event organizers want to "set the world record for the most world records ever set at the same event." It takes a special event to even attempt setting a world record for world records. 

The day is more about the spectacle than the race, which is how to include those people that don't have an interest in running. That part of things is certainly not for everyone, so trying to set a world record for conga lines or squats in high heels is a smart business move. 

Not every race can get away with something like this, nor should it. A marathon takes too much time and covers too much area to do what the Bay to Breakers is able to do in its small corner of the world. It's fun and certainly worth keeping an eye on to see how the runners do and if all these records come to fruition.