Day of Event Information

Walk Day

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Location: Hellman Hollow (Speedway Meadow), San Francisco, CA
Registration/Check In: 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Program and Activities: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Getting to the event

The event will take place in the same site as last year. The SF Recreation and Parks department renamed Speedway Meadow to Hellman Hollow. Look for signage with either name within Golden Gate Park or follow the Brain Tumor Walk directional signs to the event.

View maps and directions

Parking and Shuttle Service

Please allow ample time to park since public parking is limited at the site. Parking is allowed in Golden Gate Park on both sides of John F. Kennedy Drive near Hellman Hollow (Speedway Meadow), on a first come first served basis.

Additionally, free public parking will also be available at Ocean Beach, where Golden Gate Park meets the Pacific Ocean. (Ocean Beach - 1000 Great Highway, San Francisco, CA)

Complimentary Brain Tumor Walk Shuttles will run continuously from The Beach Chalet (across from Ocean Beach) and Hellman Hollow (Speedway Meadow) between 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM. Look for the Shuttle Stop signs.

Drop-Off Information

There will be a designated drop-off/ loading area near Hellman Hollow (Speedway Meadow). Look for the orange parking cones near the entrance to the event site with the paved path.

Walk Day Program

• Registration and check-in open at 9:00 AM

• Registration fees include an event T-shirt (for pre-registered participants ONLY), breakfast foods & beverages, and full access to activities. Event T-shirts may be collected after you check-in on walk day. Event T-shirts are only guaranteed for those who pre-register. To guarantee yourself a T-shirt, register today!

• Event program starts at 10:00 AM, followed by the walk at approximately 10:30 AM.

• The optional 5K walk will start and finish at Hellman Hollow (Speedway Meadow) near the picnic area. This is not a race and participants are not required to walk the full course. Those who wish to remain in the picnic area during the walk are welcome to do so. Walkers will head towards the soccer and polo fields, around the fly casting pools and Anglers Lodge, past the buffalo paddock, along John F. Kennedy Drive passing by the model yacht club and Spreckles Lake, continuing to Crossover Drive, and back to the finish line at the picnic area.

• The closing ceremony will begin at approximately 12:00 PM.

• Top team and top individual fundraisers will be honored during the closing ceremony. Raffle winners will be announced shortly thereafter.

• Lunch will no longer be provided.
  
  
• After the event concludes, please feel free to stay and relax in the picnic area.

Rain or shine the event will go on! In the event of rain, we will build extra tents to help keep everyone dry.

Regardless of weather, layered clothing, wind breakers, sunglasses, and sunscreen are recommended.