Start of the Inaugural Oakland Marathon (2010)
Finisher’s Medal. Full Marathon (2010)
Oakland Half Marathon, dressed as the Incredible Hulk (2011)
Half Marathon Finisher’s Medal (2011)
Oakland Marathon Tweet Up (2012)
Oakland Marathon Start Line (2012)
Full Marathon Finisher’s Medal (2012)
I’ve run this event since the inaugural year in 2010 and look forward to it each year. I’m hoping you will join me, in fact:
only a few days left to enter the giveaway for a FREE entry into the 2013 Oakland Running Festival.
Have you ever run an event more than once?
If so, which one and why?
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My favorite local race is the Seacoast Half Marathon. Beautiful course mostly along the seacoast, awesome runners and just fun!
Love the hulk hands!
those hulk hands are AWESOME!
Love the hulk outfit!!! I ran the Diva’s 1/2 2x but on the third round I was injured plus just didnt want to run it. I did it in the beginning for convenience but it is a boring course that is overpriced and twice was enough!
So far, I’ve had one repeat race, and it was because it was local, fast (less time away from the fam) and I wanted to beat my previous time. (I did.)
This spring, I have 2 more repeat races planned. Both are great events and yes, I’m hoping to beat my previous times. However, if the event wasn’t a good one, I wouldn’t be back. Ever. Too many awesome races out there to waste my time and money on the sub-par.
Love the hulk outfit, by the way! :)
can i borrow your hulk gloves? I think they would make my next race outfit complete.
;-)
Sure, come on over and they are all yours!
I love our Tampa Bolt run put on by the Lightning..but don’t there will be one this year :(
I love that start line pic. So cute!
I’ve done many races multiple times. If you love them, you return. Honolulu marathon=6, LA Marathon=8, San Diego/Carlsbad Marathon or Half about 10 times. And my favorite, Paris Marathon=2. Oh, and up in your neck of the woods, I’ve done the SF Marathon and/or half a bunch of times too.
Nope! Last year was my first year racing :) Each one was awesome. I’m sure I would do many of them again!
Since last year was my first year of running, I will haven’t had the opportunity to re-run races. I think I only have 1-2 that I will (local races) run again since there are so many awesome ones that I want to experience!
Congrats on all the races!! I love seeing how the medal changes every year!! The race i always repeat is The Lousiville, Kentucky Derby Half Marathon and The Cincinnati Flying Pig Half/Full. They are great races!!
Nice post! In Iowa, Dam to Dam (20K) is a favorite. It was my first distance race, and I try to run it every year- it has a lot of history, and is very well organized.
Love the Incredible Hulk pic!!
I’ve done a couple repeat races…local fun ones, destination ones because they’re affordable, and ones that I can do back in my hometown. It only happens because they are good races though!
I have run the Vision 5k for my husband every year, that’s it. I am hoping to find a longer run that I can run every year.
Love this recap! There are several races I’ve done more than once. The big one being the Scotiabank Half Marathon in the fall. I like it because it’s the biggest race in Toronto, it’s fairly flat, well organized and it gets tons of crowd support.
The only race I’ve seriously done more than once was Rock n Roll San Diego (2011 and 2012) because I wanted course revenge :) Unfortunately I didn’t get it lol.
I love the incredible hulk costume!
I do two races annually. One is a 10K a half a mile from home, and half marathon in boston for charity. I guess I’ll keep running the Boston Marathon as long as I qualify and can get the day off!