Run the Virgin Sport San Francisco Half Marathon [UPDATE- CANCELLED]

Virgin Sport is bringing a half marathon back to San Francisco. See details below.

*** UPDATE, Oct. 12th - Virgin Sport has unfortunately had to cancel this weekend's inaugural Virgin Sport San Francisco festival of fitness due to health issues caused by multiple wildfires in northern California. All events are cancelled, including the half marathon and the one-mile race.

The official cancellation notice from Virgin Sport begins (click link for full statement):

After careful consideration and consultation with the City and County of San Francisco and local officials, we are canceling our Virgin Sport San Francisco festival of fitness, including the Twin Peaks Mile and SF Bay Half, scheduled to take place this weekend, October 14-15, given the ongoing public health air-quality issues associated with the Napa and Sonoma wildfires, and following an official Health Advisory warning from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. 

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The Nike women's half marathon in San Francisco was a big favorite for runners in the years it was held, and it left a big gap when it ended. Now the relatively new group Virgin Sport is holding a brand-new San Francisco festival in October, with the lead event being a half marathon (for both sexes, as all events are).

The event, called Virgin Sport San Francisco, is the latest in the group's series of races with related festivals. 

Even if you're not running a half marathon, you can get down with us and celebrate the weekend with fitness, food, music, classes, art and beer. On Sunday October 15, the festival will go strong, along with mix of free and pre-registered fitness classes at our Go Fit Yourself line up. Stay tuned for more updates and pre-register now to be the first to hear on who we will have leading the pack.

The festival, which takes place this Oct. 14th and 15th, features the half marathon and a one-mile race, and plans to include a lot of local San Fran color with events involving the city's culture and community—with art, music, and more. 

The athletic events:

• Saturday, October 14th  - Twin Peaks Mile, 9 a.m.
• Sunday, October 15th, Civic Center Plaza - Virgin Sport SF Bay Half Marathon, 7 a.m.
• Sunday, October 15th - Go Fit Yourself fitness experience, with a number of free and register-in-advance fitness classes taking place on several stages.

The San Francisco Bay Half Marathon starts and finishes in Civic Center Plaza, and the course winds around the hills and streets of the city, promising plenty of great views. 

The Twin Peaks Mile goes up and up and up, and the organizers say you'll have the chance to do it one of "four different styles: Straight Up, Better Together, Style Mile, and HIIT & Run."

And both of the races include a medal and a beer. Not to mention the gorgeous San Francisco scenery. 

The weekend's final event is the Go Fit Yourself fitness experience, with a number of free and register-in-advance fitness classes taking place on several stages.

See the links for each event or the Virgin Sport San Francisco website for more details and to sign up for the half marathon or other events.

Virgin Sport is one of the more recent projects of serial entrepreneur Richard Branson, found of Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records. Branson hand-picked Mary Wittenberg, former CEO of the New York Road Runners Club, to head Virgin Sport when he started it up a few years ago.

2015 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco - [RESULTS Added] Race Details

See course map, runner tracking, and more below for the Nike Women's Half Marathon- San Francisco.

[UPDATE, Oct. 19th: It took a while to find it, but results for the 2015 Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco are posted online. If you have the mobile app, you should be able to find the results there. If you don't have the app, or just want to view the finishing times and other stats on the web, you'll find the race results for the Nike Women's Half Marathon here. Also on that page you'll find a link to race photos. Congrats to all participants!]

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Get ready for the 2015 Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco with the links below for practice runs, an interactive course map, runner tracking, and more.

• get focused with the Nike+ Training Club, Friday, Oct. 16th at 5 p.m. There's a workout geared for specific areas of your body, to prepare to run your best half marathon
• go for a shakeout run with the Nike+ Run Club, Saturday, Oct. 17th at 7:30 a.m.
• visualize your race route with this course description from halfmarathons.net
• see the Nike Women's Running Facebook page and Run Nike Women Twitter account for updates
• view the interactive race weekend map, showing mile makers, location of aid stations, store locations, and more
• track runners during the race with Track My Run

Good luck to all runners in Sunday's 2015 Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco!

2015 Nike Women's Race Series - Dates & Locations

Nike has announced a series of women's races worldwide... but none in the U.S., so far.

What's going on with the Nike Women's Race Series? Last Fall, we noted that the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco, a very popular event, was eliminated and replaced with a half marathon. In addition, a half marathon in Washington, D.C. was scrubbed.

A recent visit the the Nike women's running page shows a series of events scheduled in cities around the world for 2015. A race page invites runners to "Join the largest women's race series in the world, with distances ranging from 5K to 15K to Half Marathon."

As you can see, there's quite a broad worldwide reach. Ironically, only one is listed in the U.S.—San Francisco—and while it says "Details coming soon," it's the only race in that category for which no date is listed. See the Nike Women's Race Series race page for links to the races you can sign up for.

You can also check out the Nike+ Training Club events worldwide (which seem to be full-day training sessions).

Races available for sign-up: 

• Guangzhou, April 18
• Mexico City, April 26
• Manila, May 9
• Amsterdam, May 16
• Seoul, May 23
• Milan, June 5
• Paris, June 7
• Toronto, June 14
• Berlin, June 20
• London, June 21
• Stockholm, June 27

Races that say "Details coming soon":

• San Francisco (date not given)
• Quito, May 17
• Istanbul, June 6
• Medellin, June 7
• Moscow, June 21

Races for which registration is closed: 
Nagoya, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei (dates not shown)

We'll post further information on races and dates in the Nike Women's Race Series as we find them out.

2014 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco - Race Results & Runner Tracking

Find out where to find results for the Nike Women's Half Marathon, SF below.

[UPDATE Oct. 16th, 2015: See details on the 2015 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco, including interactive course map, runner tracking, and more. The race takes place Sunday, Oct. 18th.

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[UPDATE, Oct. 19th: 2014 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco results are available here. Go to the left-hand green column and click on "Race Results." If the race is still going on, you can track runners at nike.com/nwhm.] 

For those wondering what happened to the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco, it was eliminated and replaced with today's half marathon. In addition, the Washington, D.C. half marathon is no more. Nike says it will be replaced by a half in another city, which is says it will announce in the Fall (so it could be any day now). 

Congrats to the thousands of women (and some men, too) who took to the streets of the city by the bay in today's 2014 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco!

2014 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco - RESULTS! Mobile App, Course Map, Race Details

Find out about the Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco below.

[UPDATE Aug. 22nd, 2017: The Nike Women's Half apparently is no more, but there's a brand-new, co-ed Virgin Sport San Francisco Half Marathon this October. It includes the half, a one-mile run, and a fitness festival. Learn more about Virgin Sport's new half marathon.

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[UPDATE Oct. 16th, 2015: See details on the 2015 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco, including interactive course map, runner tracking, and more. The race takes place Sunday, Oct. 18th.

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[UPDATE, Oct. 19th: Nike Women's Half Marathon San Francisco results are available here. Go to the left-hand green column and click on "Race Results." If the race is still going on, you can track runners at nike.com/nwhm.]
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The Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco is no more, but has been replaced with a half marathon. (Unfortunately, the race has long since filled up, and you can no longer register.) The 2014 race takes place on Oct. 19th at 6:30 a.m., and here are some links to handy details you'll need to know about the 2014 Nike Women's Half Marathon, San Francisco:

• sign up with the official Nike Women's Half Marathon mobile app: https://werunsf.nikeapp.com
• for latest updates, see the Nike Women Series on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RunNikeWomenSeries
• course map of the 2014 Nike Women's Half Marathon SF 
• FAQ about this year's San Francisco half marathon

Note: Nike has announced that it will not be holding a women's half marathon in 2015. It says it will reveal a new location for the race in the fall, which could mean any day now. You can find out more about this change here.

Good luck and good training to all runners in the 2014 Nike Women's Half Marathon!