Edward Ndiritu with RhinoBoy Chris in a rhino costume by Save the Rhino

Why Running for Charity Matters & How You Can Make a Difference, Too

This year, runners at the London Marathon raised over £87.5 million for charities. That's over $117,000,000. Imagine how much impact this amount of money can have. That's people fed, cancer research funded, and conservation efforts made reality. You can be a part of that, too, simply by running. Written & edited by Pavlína Marek ...
Danae Andrea Labraña of Alice 97.3 poses after her run

Running for a Cause: Meet Danae, Fundraising for the SF Marin Food Bank

Did you know that you can run and do good at the same time? That's exactly what Danae Andrea Labraña is doing at the 2026 San Francisco Marathon. She's running the full marathon and fundraising for the SF Marin Food Bank. Danae is the Director of Marketing and Promotions for Alice 97.3. and an avid runner. The Who and Why R...

“Life Is Precious:” San Francisco Marathon Ambassador Jonathan Sockolosky and his Running for Moms

“What a loaded question! Who is Jonathan Sockolosky…?” That was Jonathan trying to find an answer to Who is Jonathan Sockolosky? It might have been an unfair thing to ask. After all, there are many ways to define oneself. Defined by his work, Jonathan is a scientist at Genentech, working in antibody engineering and large molecule ...
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation | Biofreeze SF Marathon

How The Running Community Gives Back To Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation

Written by Kayla Giacin. Kayla is a survivor of a brain tumor during her childhood. She is running the 2019 Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon on behalf of Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF) as well as raising awareness along with two other children’s brain tumor survivors, David Cuadro and Jake Noone. If you’d like to contribute to ...
Running To Find A Cure Through Athletes vs Epilepsy | Biofreeze SF Marathon

Running To Find A Cure Through Athletes vs Epilepsy

Written by Amy Biviano. Amy was diagnosed with partial complex epilepsy in 1997. She is a member of Athletes vs Epilepsy, and raising funds to help find cures and overcome the challenges created by epilepsy. This year she hopes to raise funds to find a cure of Epilepsy and share the message by running the Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon. You ...
Running The San Francisco Marathon

Running for Charity

Contributed by Erin Mink Garvey, a 2018 Ambassador for The Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon. It is very exciting to say that we are officially only a few weeks away from the 41st annual Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon, half marathon, ultramarathon, and 5k! By now, we’ve all probably begun visualizing what we’ll feel like as we toe the ...

Born to Run: Why I Am Excited to Run The Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon

Dr. Daniel Lieberman is running #TSFM2016 for the Leakey Foundation, which supports research on human evolution.

Running for Charity at The Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon

Run for good by fundraising for charity with The Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon in 2016.

Help a Child Run for the First Time with World of Children Award

Imagine not being able to walk to the market, tie your shoelaces or jump out of bed. Imagine not being able to go to school because you couldn’t walk there by yourself, or you were afraid that people might hurt you because of the way you looked. These are just a few challenges that 93 million children with a disability face every day. ...

Running for Team #HOPE4YAWC

We have a lot of amazing marathoners who are running The Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon for a cause. Check out the story below and find out how you can do good with your run. David Johndrow - Framingham, MS Running for: Hope for Young Adults with Cancer I am a heart attack survivor of three years. I took up running a few weeks after I ...