The CCHP Chinese New Year Run is an annual fundraiser benefiting Chinatown YMCA’s Physical Education Program (PEP) and Community Center, which serves 1,600 youth and families in Chinatown with wellness and community programs each week. The course is a 5K RUN/WALK or a 10K RUN (no 10K walkers, please) and …
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The CCHP Chinese New Year Run is an annual fundraiser benefiting Chinatown YMCA’s Physical Education Program (PEP) and Community Center, which serves 1,600 youth and families in Chinatown with wellness and community programs each week.
The course is a 5K RUN/WALK or a 10K RUN (no 10K walkers, please) and starts at 8:00AM on Grant Avenue/Sacramento Street. It finishes at 9:30am on Kearny/Sacramento Street. The course has some short hills but is mostly flat. Mile markers along the way are on the right side of the course. The 5K is one time around the course and the 10K is two loops around the course.
Afterwards, enjoy post-event awards, refreshments, and fun for the family at Portsmouth Square! There will be water and fruit available, goody bags, winner announcements, and presentation of the best dressed RAT! Visit booths from our sponsors and the Chinatown YMCA for more goodies.
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Good overall
Route was nice, basically a loop repeated. good amount of spectators. There were traffic volunteers, but some folks were in too much of hurry to wait for runners and there … MORE
Route was nice, basically a loop repeated. good amount of spectators.
There were traffic volunteers, but some folks were in too much of hurry to wait for runners and there were many close calls with drivers not wanting to stop.
Swag was a tshirt and medal.
Heckler
I ran the Chinatown 10k. I ran a negative split. It is two loops. I was significantly faster the second go-aroind. I was listening to the Good Place television show, … MORE
I ran the Chinatown 10k. I ran a negative split. It is two loops. I was significantly faster the second go-aroind. I was listening to the Good Place television show, which is funny and probably resulted in me being slower. As I went through the Financial District, a woman, probably in her 60s, white, pushing a shopping cart with items other than groceries, i.e., likely homeless or otherwise troubled, was shouting. She was one of those people who shout at nobody specific, but non-stop. It was “Go home, you parasites!” over and over and over. Then it was “Go back to Golden Gate Park. You disrupted the bus service!” Then it was, “I can walk faster than you can run!” But mainly it was “Go homse, you parasites!” I am not sure if this was heckling or racist heckling. (The field for the Chinatown 10k is heavily, but not exclusively, Asian/Asian American, even for the San Francisco Bay Area.)
For people wondering about the race, it proceeds from Chinatown to the Embarcadero to the Financial District, back to Chinatown, then along a similar but not quite the same route. There are two hills that don’t even count by Bay Area standards. Lots of families, lots of children, and welcoming to all (no need to worry if you aren’t of Chinese background!).