Bay To Breakers 2009

2009 Bay to Breakers winner crushes course record: Deena Kastor comes in 3rd
22-year-old Sammy Kitwara of Kenya was the first professional runner to cross the ING 2009 Bay to Breakers finish line winning the race in a course record time of 33 minutes, 31 seconds.
The previous record of 33 minutes, 42 seconds by fellow Kenyan Ismael Kirui was set back in 1993 at the infamous San Francisco 12K.
“I feel very well but very hot,” Kitwara said, all smiles. He said he knew he was going to win because of how he did during training in Kenya. This visit is his first in the Bay Area and he’s thrilled to be here.
“I love this place. It’s the best place,” he said. “The beaches, the chance to relax with no one bothering you, it’s like Kenya.”
According to the San Francisco Examiner:
"The first woman to cross the finish line was 26-year-old Ethiopian Teyba Erkesso.
“I’m happy,” she said, after setting a personal best time of 38 minutes, 29 seconds.
Lineth Chepkurui, 21, of Kenya, came in second among the women, with a time of 38 minutes, 35 seconds. In third place was Olympian Deena Kastor, 36, of Mammoth, with a time of 39 minutes, 5 seconds."
Deena Kastor was the firts America women to finish the race and the first America man to cross the finish line was 29-year-old Justin Young of Boulder, Colo.
The first place winners each take home $25,000...

BAY TO BREAKERS 2009 OFF TO WARM START

The San Francisco tradition of athletics, revelry and well, debauchery too, took off as scheduled from the Embarcadero this morning in typical fashion.

While some of the early news reports were saying the race had less nakedness and public drunkenness, the party on Howard Street certainly had plenty of the above with people determined to carry on the unique traditions despite fear of a crackdown...

2009 Bay to Breakers 'pivotal' in San Fran

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (UPI) -- Organizers of the annual Bay to Breakers footrace and street party in San Francisco said they are working to keep the event fun despite strict new rules.
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, whose district contains a large portion of the race route, said Sunday's event, the 98th Bay to Breakers, will be important to the future of the race, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.

"This is a pivotal year," Mirkarimi said. "We're trying to perform the fine pirouette of addressing any negative consequences from previous years while making sure we don't thwart the fun and spirit of the Bay to Breakers."

The new rules, adopted by city leaders in February, include a ban on kegs and glass bottles and a regulation requiring floats to enter the course only via the starting line behind the runners. The rules came after last year's race yielded numerous complaints about trash, public urination and floats hindering the runners...


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