The inaugural OAKLAND RUNNING FESTIVAL is coming on March 27 & 28, 2010
For the first time in 25 years, Oakland will be home to a marathon! As an official running club of the Oakland Running Festival, EBFRW encourages your participation in one of the race events scheduled for March 27 & 28, right here in our home city:
• Twilight 5K (March 27, 6:30 PM, Lake Merritt)
• Marathon (March 28, 7:30 AM, Oakland City Center)
• Four-person marathon relay (March 28, 7:30 AM, Oakland City Center)
• Kids Fun Run (March 28, 8:00 AM, Oakland City Center)
• Half Marathon (March 28, 9:00 AM, Oakland City Center)
EBFRW Member Discount
EBFRW members receive a $5 discount off the regular marathon and half-marathon prices when they register online. Check the Oakland Running Festival website for more information and to sign up. Or, click here to download and print a paper registration form. EBFRW members: visit our Yahoo! Members Only Group Site and open the "Oakland Marathon Discount Code" document to locate the coupon code to use when checking out.
Get Trained
It's not too late to train for the half-marathon! Click here to find a nine-week Runner's World training program that will have you ready to go by March 28. If you are currently running 15-20 miles a week and like to run the long-run option at our Saturday fun runs, then you have the base to begin this training program. Start this self-directed program the week of January 25. If starting the week of February 1, pick up the program on Week Two.
If you run into aches and pains while training, EBFRW members receive discounts on treatment services at Innersport Chiropractic, Active Wellness Chiropractic Clinic, and HAKA Sports Clinic. See our Join page for more information.
Relay Option
If 26.2 or 13.1 seem like big numbers, consider the four-person marathon relay option. Team up with your EBFRW friends and challenge yourself with a 5 to 7 mile leg. Consider posting to our Yahoo! Group to find relay partners.
Twilight 5K
The challenge is on! Simone Adair has put out the throw-down to all the RRCA club members who will be in town for race weekend to show what they can do in the Twilight 5K run around Lake Merritt on Saturday evening. Answer Simone's call and represent EBFRW in this friendly competition for all-important club bragging rights.
Volunteer to Help
If you're not running in the Festival, there is still a place for you. EBFRW is hosting an aid station on the marathon course, and is staffing information tables both at the Health & Fitness Expo on March 27, and at the Celebration Village Finish Line Party on March 28. We need 25 volunteers at the aid station, so come join the fun and bring a friend. For more information and to sign up to help at the aid station, contact Richard Burg. To help out at the Expo and/or Finish Line tables, contact Michael Roman.
Volunteer to Help
If you're not running in the Festival, there is still a place for you. EBFRW is hosting an aid station on the marathon course, and is staffing information tables both at the Health & Fitness Expo on March 27, and at the Celebration Village Finish Line Party on March 28. We need 25 volunteers at the aid station, so come join the fun and bring a friend. For more information and to sign up to help at the aid station, contact Richard Burg. To help out at the Expo and/or Finish Line tables, contact Michael Roman.
