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San Francisco’s Bay to Breakers is getting sober

The Columbian
Published: July 7, 2010, 12:00am

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s Bay to Breakers footrace is famous for its lack of rules, but organizers say there’s one that racers will have to follow next year.

Organizers of the bawdy annual run through the city announced Wednesday that they’re banning booze next year and challenging the estimated 92,000 people who descend upon the 712-mile course to do so sober.

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