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Golden Gate Headlands Marathon

Name: Golden Gate Headlands Marathon
Start: 2025-04-05
Location: Sausalito, CA

Sausalito, CA
Saturday, April 5, 2025

Description

The Golden Gate Headlands Marathon starts and finishes at Rodeo Beach located at Fort Cronkite in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (west of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County).

The course runs along the trail through the Marin Headlands,with panoramic vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco cityscape and the Pacific shoreline.

The course is a combination of single track hiking trails, fire roads, pavement and a beach crossing.

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Race Information

Race Dates

2025: Saturday, April 5, 2025
2024: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Course Information

Profile: Very Hilly
Type: Multiple Loops
Surface: Trail

Boston Qualifier?: No
World Marathon Major Qualifier?: No

Race Day Weather

Mean Temp.: 55°F (12°C)
Average High: 63°F (17°C)
Average Low: 47° F (8°C)

PR Score & Course Score

PR Score: N/A
Course Score: N/A

Race Size

2024: 55 Finishers
2023: 30 Finishers
2022: 23 Finishers
2021: No Results
2020: No Results
2019: 43 Finishers

BQ Percentages

2024: N/A
2023: N/A
2022: N/A
2021: N/A
2020: N/A
2019: N/A

Miscellaneous Information

Pace Groups?: No

Golden Gate Headlands Marathon Elevation Chart

Max Elevation: 780 feet (237m)
Min Elevation: 200 feet (60m)

No course elevation available at this time.

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Golden Gate Headlands Marathon

Sausalito, CASaturday, April 5, 2025

Description

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Race Information

Race Dates

2025: Saturday, April 5, 2025 2024: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Course Information

Profile: Very Hilly Type: Multiple Loops Surface: Trail Boston Qualifier?: No World Marathon Major Qualifier?: No

Race Day Weather

Mean Temp.: 55°F (12°C) Average High: 63°F (17°C) Average Low: 47° F (8°C)

PR Score & Course Score

PR Score: N/A Course Score: N/A

Race Size

2024: 55 Finishers2023: 30 Finishers2022: 23 Finishers2021: No Results2020: No Results2019: 43 Finishers

BQ Percentages

2024: N/A2023: N/A2022: N/A2021: N/A2020: N/A2019: N/A

Miscellaneous Information

Pace Groups?: No

How does the Golden Gate Headlands Marathon Rank?

The Golden Gate Headlands Marathon was the 538th largest marathon in the U.S. last year and was the 546th largest in 2022.

Golden Gate Headlands Marathon Elevation Chart

Max Elevation: 780 feet (237m)Min Elevation: 200 feet (60m)

No course elevation available at this time.

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Ratings & Reviews: None

Ratings & Reviews: None

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Sausalito, CA
Saturday, April 5, 2025

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2025: Saturday, April 5, 2025
2024: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Profile: Very Hilly
Type: Multiple Loops
Surface: Trail

Boston Qualifier?: No
World Marathon Major Qualifier?: No

Mean Temp.: 55°F (12°C)
Average High: 63°F (17°C)
Average Low: 47° F (8°C)

PR Score: N/A
Course Score: N/A

2024: 55 Finishers
2023: 30 Finishers
2022: 23 Finishers
2021: No Results
2020: No Results
2019: 43 Finishers

2024: N/A
2023: N/A
2022: N/A
2021: N/A
2020: N/A
2019: N/A

Max Elevation: 780 feet (237m)
Min Elevation: 200 feet (60m)

Hotel & VRBO Accommodations for the
Golden Gate Headlands Marathon

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If you ran the Golden Gate Headlands Marathon in 3:14:00, what would your time in other marathons be?

See how your race times would compare on other marathon courses with our time conversion tool.