<![CDATA[ Bay to Breakers, the world’s longest-running footrace, returns on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Tens of thousands of costumed runners and walkers trek from Howard & Main in the Embarcadero up the 7.5-mile course to the Great Highway at Ocean Beach — past live bands, neighborhood block parties, and the infamous salmon swimmers going the wrong way up Hayes Hill. Start: Howard & Main (Embarcadero). Finish: Great Highway at Ocean Beach. Source: Bay to Breakers / SF Funcheap spring events. ]]> SF’s costumed footrace from Embarcadero to Ocean Beach, Sunday May 17.