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Organization

DSE Runners — Weekly Sunday Races

Drop-in social races around San Francisco most Sundays at 9:00 AM PDT.

Adults running together along a San Francisco waterfront path in the morning.

Lifestyle image for running. Not a photograph of a named club.

To attend
Just show up
When
Sundays 9:00 AM PDT
Cost
Non-member $10; standard member $5; Gold, Child, and Teen unlimited
Where
Changes by race. Oct 11: Dutch Windmill, Golden Gate Park

DSE Runners weekly Sunday races are for runners and walkers of all levels. Nearly every Sunday at 9:00 AM PDT unless noted. Race check-in and registration begins 45 minutes prior. Just show up and register on race day. Non-member race fee $10. Standard member race fee $5. Gold, Child, and Teen memberships include unlimited races. October–November 2026 examples on the race schedule: Oct 11 Windmill 10K (JFK Drive & Dutch Windmill, Golden Gate Park); Oct 18 Presidio Wall 5K XC; Oct 25 Halloween Sunset Dunes 5K; Nov 1 Spreckels Lake 5K & San Franciscan Mile; Nov 8 Kennedy Drive 8K. The next occurrence confirmed on the schedule checked October 5, 2026 is Oct 11, 2026 Windmill 10K. The meeting place changes by race. Choose a race, arrive for check-in about 8:15 AM, and pay on site (cash or PayPal for drop-in) or use a membership.

Nearly every Sunday at 9:00 AM PDT unless noted. Check-in and registration begins 45 minutes prior. Oct 11, 2026 Windmill 10K, JFK Drive & Dutch Windmill, Golden Gate Park. Oct 18 Presidio Wall 5K XC. Oct 25 Halloween Sunset Dunes 5K. Nov 1 Spreckels Lake 5K & San Franciscan Mile. Nov 8 Kennedy Drive 8K. Read each race page for that Sunday’s pin. The map is the Oct 11 Dutch Windmill start, not every later race.

Runners and walkers of all levels. Social weekly races.

Course details can change for weather or construction. A 15 min/mile course time limit applies. Some races are outside San Francisco (for example Pacifica). Those dates are not this city’s default pin. The map is only the Oct 11 Windmill start.

How to join

Choose a race on the schedule, arrive for check-in about 8:15 AM, and pay on site (cash or PayPal for drop-in) or use a membership.

DSE race schedule

Opens the organizer’s site. Sparks Fitness does not take RSVPs.

Where

Changes by race. Oct 11: Dutch Windmill, Golden Gate Park

Dutch Windmill, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Open in maps

Sources

Full San Francisco directory