The San Francisco Marathon offers two half marathons; the first half and the second half. These “halfs” represent the first and second parts of the full marathon course. I prefer the Second Half because the shuttle service to the start line is infinitely better that the shuttle service at the end of the “first half,” the course covers more of the city and those gorgeous San Francisco houses we all like to see during a visit there and it ends at the finish festival unlike the first half. Also, I love that the course weaves through many diverse neighborhoods, and the people are all outside cheering you on as you go by! I love crowd support at a race. And frankly, their support is sometimes what propels me to the finish line! The people of SF come out for this race and they made me feel welcome and supported! The finish line festival was great and I loved that they offered free BareFoot wine instead of just beer.