Instead of being 13.1 miles, the course through the city was actually only 12.6 miles.
On Tuesday, SF Marathon participants received an email stating that a mistake had caused organizers to miscalculate one of the half marathon courses.For thousands of Bay Area runners, this year's San Francisco Marathon has been a massive disappointment.
"It was confusing in the beginning. There's a little bit of like, maybe over time someone made a mistake, the next mile will be longer, we'll make up for it," Bhalla said. "I got cheated from that experience because I did spend a couple of miles just mentally being like, what's going on, who do I listen to, what pace do I have to follow, do I look at my watch?" said Bhalla.
"To have two bad experiences, I'm like, damn what new mess up are they going to come up with when I do it for a third time?" Leng said.In a statement, they said, in part:
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