Oakland Marathon Running Festival
Oakland Marathon Running Festival
( 26 reviews )-
Oakland,
California,
United States - March
- 3 miles/5K, 6 miles/10K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon, Relay, Other
- Road Race
- Event Website
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Celina Yee-Izon
Concord , California, United StatesOverall
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I’m not a big fan of virtual races especially for distances that I run weekly but with COVID, virtual races are now the way to go AND Oakland Marathon/Running festival is more than just a race. Oakland Running Festival is about community! A community of people who love Oakland and to run! The medal illustrated the roots of Oakland and the shirt was cleverly designed to represent California and Oakland!
Throughout the week of the Oakland Running Festival, their Facebook pages were blasted with runners proudly boasting where they ran and on race day there were fun trivia facts about Oakland! Who knew Mai tais were invented in Oakland! On the weekend of the race there was some live action in Oakland supporting those who virtually ran the course or wanted more swag. I’ve never seen a virtual race so involved and organized!
I can’t wait for Covid to settle down and for live races to open up! Oakland Marathon has been on my list and I’ll definitely be there next year!