Grab your running shoes for a time traveler run that visits the past, present and future shoreline of the San Francisco Bay. Starting in the financial district, the run will head south along the Mission Creek Watershed, a natural predictor of the line of the 2030 flood plain. You will explore places where the water below reaches the sidewalk above, where canals are lined with house boats, all the while listening for the red winged black birds that are always there—a sign that the wetlands are closer than you might expect. Passing the sites of future and present pump stations, the run will trace the trajectory of Mission Creek, passing through marshlands now buried in asphalt and the sheltered valley near the fresh water of Laguna Dolores, before arriving at Mission Dolores, the head of the creek.

Run 6 miles long. Pace 12-minute mile. Total running time 75 minutes.