{"generator":"GNU social 1.2.0-beta4","title":"Notices tagged with midnightrunners","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Ran my 14th Bay to Breakers race in 1:57:12 this past Sunday.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Almost 2min behind last year, from needing a 5min+ pitstop at the Panhandle.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I skipped public transport (see previous years), and left at 7am to jog to the start. After ~3.5 miles I found my way to corral A and serendipitously my pal Henri, dressed in the purple grape costume he\u2019s known for.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Beautiful day for a run, cool and sunny blue skies from the start. The South of Market (SoMa) area seemed cleaner than usual which was a nice change.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>High-fived the Midnight Runners Raccoon Riot cheergang on Hayes street. Hayes hill was a jog \/ power hike slog like recent years with a pleasant downhill after. Except by the time I got to Fell street I felt uncomfortable enough to run out to the portapotties and took a while to deal with the discomfort. The prior evening\u2019s dinner out at Thee Parkside was perhaps too much of a change for my system. Novel eats the night before a race a minor rookie mistake.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The parties on Fell Street seemed particularly loud and crowded this year.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Golden Gate Park was beautiful as usual, and I spotted a few November Project San Francisco (NPSF) folks near Blue Heron Lake (formerly known as Stow Lake). We gathered a few more and took photos in front of the Naga Sea Serpent sculpture.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The rest of the race felt like a comfortable downhill til we passed the bison paddock. Normally where the race turns left at the end it turned right to a new southbound finish on Great Highway. Picked up the pace there to finish in 1:57:13 by my watch, only one second off the recorded chip time.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This past week was a step up in running volume over the past few months, ironically a bit of a reverse taper. Including the warmup and race, I ran 29 miles total (Monday through Sunday). That was a big jump from the previous week so I hiked back through Golden Gate park rather than jogging it out.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Last year: <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/138\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/138\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">SanFrancisco<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">run<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">runner<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">race<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">roadRace<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">B2B<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Bay2Breakers<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BayToBreakers<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">MidnightRunners<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NovemberProject<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NPSF<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/142\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/142\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers","objectType":"note","content":"Ran my 14th Bay to Breakers race in 1:57:12 this past Sunday.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Almost 2min behind last year, from needing a 5min+ pitstop at the Panhandle.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I skipped public transport (see previous years), and left at 7am to jog to the start. After ~3.5 miles I found my way to corral A and serendipitously my pal Henri, dressed in the purple grape costume he\u2019s known for.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Beautiful day for a run, cool and sunny blue skies from the start. The South of Market (SoMa) area seemed cleaner than usual which was a nice change.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>High-fived the Midnight Runners Raccoon Riot cheergang on Hayes street. Hayes hill was a jog \/ power hike slog like recent years with a pleasant downhill after. Except by the time I got to Fell street I felt uncomfortable enough to run out to the portapotties and took a while to deal with the discomfort. The prior evening\u2019s dinner out at Thee Parkside was perhaps too much of a change for my system. Novel eats the night before a race a minor rookie mistake.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The parties on Fell Street seemed particularly loud and crowded this year.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Golden Gate Park was beautiful as usual, and I spotted a few November Project San Francisco (NPSF) folks near Blue Heron Lake (formerly known as Stow Lake). We gathered a few more and took photos in front of the Naga Sea Serpent sculpture.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The rest of the race felt like a comfortable downhill til we passed the bison paddock. Normally where the race turns left at the end it turned right to a new southbound finish on Great Highway. Picked up the pace there to finish in 1:57:13 by my watch, only one second off the recorded chip time.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This past week was a step up in running volume over the past few months, ironically a bit of a reverse taper. Including the warmup and race, I ran 29 miles total (Monday through Sunday). That was a big jump from the previous week so I hiked back through Golden Gate park rather than jogging it out.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Last year: <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/138\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/138\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">SanFrancisco<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">run<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">runner<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">race<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">roadRace<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">B2B<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Bay2Breakers<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BayToBreakers<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">MidnightRunners<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NovemberProject<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NPSF<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/142\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers","status_net":{"notice_id":116316},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"b2b"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bay2breakers"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"baytobreakers"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"midnightrunners"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"novemberproject"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"npsf"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"race"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"roadrace"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"run"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"runner"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-05-23:objectType=thread:nonce=9273186bed94bc3d","notice_info":{"local_id":"116316","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-05-22T20:04:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/142\/t1\/ran-bay-to-breakers"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/tag\/midnightrunners","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}