29,000 runners tour the city during annual San Francisco Marathon

Sunday, July 23, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Race organizers say about 29,000 runners took part in Sunday's San Francisco marathon.

Brice Daubord from France finished first overall.
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The first woman to finish was San Francisco's Leandra Zimmermann.

And the first to finish in the non-binary category was J.L. Odom, also from San Francisco.

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Among the other runners were some former inmates at San Quentin who raced with a purpose.
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"You just want to be better. You want to have that mindset of trying to rehabilitate and better yourself and process everything," said runner Jonathan Chiu. "There are a lot of parallels to running and being in prison where there is maybe a light of hope and you just got to keep going and don't stop."



The 26-mile route was a scenic tour through the city: along the Bay, through the Presidio, across the Golden Gate Bridge, back down through Golden Gate Park and a finish line next to the Bay Bridge.

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