Why: I had 18 miles on the training schedule for race weekend, and tagging a late morning half marathon on the end of it made sense to me. Oakland has always been a logistically easy race. I usually like the…
Why: I had 18 miles on the training schedule for race weekend, and tagging a late morning half marathon on the end of it made sense to me. Oakland has always been a logistically easy race. I usually like the…
Last week, I ran the Oakland Half Marathon. I realized that I should recap this race before I forget too many of the details. Plus, I leave today for an 8-day work trip, and I definitely won’t have time blog.…
Since I ran two races this year at the Oakland Running Festival as part of the “We Run The Town Challenge“, I decided to break this recap into 2 parts. This is part 2 recounting the Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon.…
Since I ran two races this year at the Oakland Running Festival as part of the “We Run The Town Challenge“, I decided to break this recap into 2 parts. This is part 1 recounting the Bank of the West…
Less than 3 days to go until race day! This will be my 5th consecutive year participating in the Oakland Running Festival (ORF), but my 1st time doing two events in one day – the 5K and the Half Marathon!…
My next race is actually 2 races in one day: the Oakland Running Festival‘s, “We Run This Town” challenge on March 20th. I’m running a 5K at 7:30, followed by a half marathon at 9:10. As race day approaches, I’m…
On Sunday, March 22nd, I ran my 4th consecutive Oakland Running Festival event. In 2012 and 2013, I ran the half marathon. Last year, I tackled (or got tackled by) the full marathon. This year, I ran the 4-person marathon…