CCHP Chinatown YMCA Lunar New Year Run
San Francisco, CA
- 10K, 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Chinatown YMCA CCHP Lunar New Year Run gives participants a rare opportunity to run through San Francisco Chinatown’s historic (and slightly hilly) streets. 2026 is the Year of the Horse, known for charisma, ambition, and social nature—the perfect symbol for an adventurous and energetic run. Proceeds from this event … MORE
Local Historical Weather (Mar 01):
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| H (°F) | 62 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 65 |
| L (°F) | 56 | 49 | 51 | 39 | 47 |
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Festive chance to run on SF streets
This was a really fun race lot of community spirit but the real reason I signed up for this race though is for the awesome shirt design with the zodiac … MORE
This was a really fun race lot of community spirit but the real reason I signed up for this race though is for the awesome shirt design with the zodiac sign on it, so it was a horse this year. I paid extra for the long sleeve tech shirt which was totally worth it. The start line had lion dancers, drummers, a labubu mascot, and some very loud firecrackers which was quite alarming even though they did warn everyone. The 10k was two laps of a gentle uphill, then a big downhill, then flat along embarcadero, before a steep uphill for the second lap. The streets were partially closed with occasional stoppages for traffic, and the streets were wide enough that on the second lap it was ok even with the 5k walkers. The volunteers were fantastic and it was overall a really fun event.
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!).