23 YEARS
AGO IN SF RUNNING HISTORY
   
1986

Grete Waitz and Ed Eyestone win Bay to Breakers, which sets a Guinness World record for being the world's largest footrace, with 78,769 registered runners.  Throw in bandits and the number is estimated to be 110,000 runners!

Holy sourdough chowder bowls!!

Literary Factoids:
  
The Gaelic alphabet consists of 18 letters.
The Hebrew alphabet consists of 22 letters.
The Korean alphabet consists of 24 letters.
Chinese consists of over 10,000 characters.

A-cross the Bay
B-ay to Breakers (see "V" below)
C-able Car Chase  (see "J" below)
D-ipsea (see "V" below)
E-levation gain (see "J" below)
F-oggy summer runs
G-olden Gate Park (GG Bridge is nice too)
H-eadlands
I-mpalas (see "U" below)
J-ello Legs (see "E" above)
K-ezar
L-ake Merced
M-aratona della citta di San Francisco
N-aked running (see "B" above)
O-cean Beach
P-residio & Polo Field (tie!)
Q-uirky runners (see "N" above)
R-un to the Far Side
S-tatuto Race (see "V" below)
T-urkey Beach Trot (see "O" above)
U-nrivaled beauty (see "I" above)
V-intage races (see "B," "D," and "S" above)
W-e're not LA! (We're not LA!)
X-Country in GG Park
Y-ou!
Z-est (see all of the above)