Bay Area Thanksgiving themed runs in 2014

Halloween is the official kick-off to the holiday season and New Years is the wrap up. Food is always an issue this time of year. Either you eat to much and have to burn a few calories or you don't have enough to eat and need a little help. Thank goodness for the holiday races where we can burn calories and support our local charities. If you are looking to offset the Thanksgiving Day (weekend) feastapalooza or if you want to support the less fortunate and give back to the Bay Area Community sign up for or volunteer at one of these turkey themed events!

2014 Halloween themed runs across the Bay Area

People run in costumes all year round. I've seen girls were tutu skirts and fairy wings without a holiday to celebrate at almost every single race I have ever entered. The pink gorilla runs Bay to Breakers every year and Brazen Racing seems to have attracted some kind of "troll" type character that shows up to all of the races. Why do these people do it? I suppose we will find out in about 4 weeks when all of the Halloween themed runs come around and we get all dressed up to join in the fun. Perhaps those of us who choose not to wear costumes on a regular basis will realize what fun we have been missing out on with all of our seriousness wrapped up in singlets and split seams. Halloween may open up the flood gates of costumed runners and the ubiquitous pink gorilla might suddenly cease to be such a stand out! Who knows what all of this costumed running will lead to, if anything? Only way to find out is to grab a good get-up and sign up for one of these races coming up. Perhaps you will love it and you may become known as "The Hunchback of San Francisco", who shows up to every race!

Races of note for the weekend of 11/10 & 11/11

 Not a whole lot happening in the running world this weekend in the bay area. Just outside of the bay area we have two races to choose from and one of them is a memorial race raising money for a family who has lost a loved one. Mt Tam on Sunday is the one note worthy trail run of the weekend. A few smaller road runs are happening here and there. If your trying to stay local and get in on a good event I suggest meeting up with me over in Stinson Beach on Sunday morning!

Running Races of note for Halloween and the weekend of 11/3 & 11/4

It's Halloween!!! Today and this weekend feature a costume race and a ton of great trail races. We also have a major road race in San Francisco this weekend. We are blessed in the Bay Area to always have quite a few races to choose from and that goes double around holidays. So pick one of these great runs and get their and have a great time.

Running races of note for the weekend of 10/27 & 10/28

Its a weekend full of wine in the Bay Area!!! Many of you probably already have your weekend run plans made. Perhaps your running in one of the Wine runs taking place in the Bay Area this weekend. If so, be careful not to drink and run. You could get an RUI.