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News From: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | ||
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Photos: Watch Steph and Ayesha Curry surprise Oakland Marathon runners
(SiliconValley.com) The Currys are co-founders of Eat. Learn. Play. which sponsored the Kids Run but they also stayed to greet marathon runners. | ||
News From: Sunday, March 17, 2024 | ||
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Oakland Marathon draws thousands, teams up with Steph, Ayesha Curry's foundation
(NBC Bay Area) The 2024 Oakland Marathon was successfully held on Sunday, March 17. | ||
News From: Sunday, March 20, 2022 | ||
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Photos: Oakland's Running Festival draws thousands on Sunday
(The Mercury News) Phil Hebda won the 2022 Oakland Marathon in 2:31:11 while Allegra Mayer won the women's race in 3:00:16. | ||
News From: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | ||
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The Oakland Marathon is back with first in-person race since 2019
(The Oaklandside) The 2022 Oakland Marathon is set on Sunday, March 20. | ||
News From: Monday, March 25, 2019 | ||
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Bay Bridge run adds new twist to Oakland Marathon
(The Mercury News) Semereab Gebrekidan won the 2019 Oakland Marathon in 2:24 while Sarah Long won the women's race in 2:25. | ||
News From: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | ||
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Oakland Marathon runners first to jog on Bay Bridge
(Curbed San Francisco) The route of the 2019 Oakland Marathon includes a run through Bay Bridge for the first time. | ||
News From: Saturday, March 24, 2018 | ||
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Oakland Marathon: Marathon Will Force Street Closures, Parking Restrictions
(SFGate) This provides vital information on the road traffic and closures during the 2018 Oakland Marathon on Sunday, March 25. | ||
News From: Sunday, April 2, 2017 | ||
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2 Bay Area Residents Win Men's, Women's Division Of Oakland Marathon
(San Francisco Chronicle) Semereab Gebrekidan won teh Oakland Marathon in 2:35:56 while Katherine Klymko won the women's race in 3:09:06. | ||
News From: Sunday, March 22, 2015 | ||
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Winner of neighborly Oakland Running Festival is right at home
(SFGate.com) Jesse Cherry won the Oakland Running Festival Marathon with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 14 seconds. | ||
News From: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 | ||
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Fifth Annual Oakland Running Festival Hosts 10,000 Runners
(Oakland North) About 10,000 runners participated in the Oakland Runners Festival which has raised more than one-million dollars for local charities. | ||
News From: Monday, March 24, 2014 | ||
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Oakland Marathon Running Festival Participants Enjoy Good Weather, Strong Crowd Support
(Mercury News) Eulogio Rodriguez won the Oakland Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 23 seconds | ||
News From: Friday, March 21, 2014 | ||
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Oakland Running Festival All Set To Go
(Contra Costa Times) The Oakland running festival will soon block the streets of downtown Oakland with about fifteen-hundred runners attempting the marathon. | ||
News From: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 | ||
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Before the Oakland Running Festival There Was the Oakland Marathon
(Contra Costa Times) The Oakland Marathon began in 1979 with about two-thousand runners trying to master twenty-six miles, three-hundred eighty-five yards. After five years and scandal the marathon was forgotten until Corrigan Sports Enterprises decided to resurrect the Oakland Running Festival in 2011 | ||
News From: Monday, March 25, 2013 | ||
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Oakland Marathon Draws More Than 9,000 Runners
(San Francisco Chronicle) Shinji Nakadai won the Oakland Marathon with a time of 2 hours 37 minutes and 29 seconds then shrugged off the victory stating that he could run the distance ten-minutes faster. | ||
News From: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | ||
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Oakland Running Festival: Finally, a Tide of Change After Overdose
(Mercury News) Alex Wyse will attempt to run the Oakland Running Festival Marathon around four hours. The twenty-six year old has been through two rehab programs after a drug overdose partially paralyzed his right arm and leg. | ||
News From: Monday, March 26, 2012 | ||
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Oakland Marathon Gets Leg Up On Weather, Mood
(San Francisco Chronicle) Anna Bretan won the women's division of the Oakland Marathon with a time of 2 hours 57 minutes and 33 seconds. | ||
News From: Saturday, March 24, 2012 | ||
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Street Closures For Sunday's Oakland Marathon
(Piedmont Patch) The Oakland Running Festival takes place on Sunday March 25 with the marathon starting at 7:30 am near Snow Park. More than eight-thousand runners are expected to participate in one of the races. | ||
News From: Friday, March 23, 2012 | ||
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More Than 8,500 Runners Expected For Sunday's Oakland Running Festival
(Inside Bay Area) The city streets of Oakland California will see more than eighty-five hundred runners on Sunday as they participate in the Oakland Running Festival | ||
News From: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | ||
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Oakland Marathon Running Festival Draws Runners From Other Countries As Field Grows
(Contra Costa Times) David McDonough traveled a mere fifteen miles to his last marathon in Dublin, Ireland. He is one of several runners from a foreign country traveling to Oakland, California to take part in the Oakland Running Festival | ||
News From: Monday, March 28, 2011 | ||
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Ethiopian Man From San Jose, Berkeley Woman Win Oaklan Marathon.
(Mercury News) Tegenu Beru, from Ethiopia, won the Oakland Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 8 seonds. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 24, 2011 | ||
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Oakland Hosts Two-Day Running Fest And Marathon
(KTVU.com) Approximately seven-thousadn runners will participate in the Oakland Running Festival Marathon and events this weekend. | ||
News From: Friday, February 25, 2011 | ||
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Oakland Running Festival Returns To Oakland For Second Year
(Mercury News) The Oakland Running Festival plugged nearly two-million dollars into Oakland's economy last year. The community is ready for round two to kick off on March 26. | ||
News From: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 | ||
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Oakland Running Festival Announced Changes To Marathon Course
(Oaklan Tribune) Race officials for the Oakland Running Festival listened to comments from the inaugural even and have announced a more scenic course that also allows for a smoother flow of traffic. | ||
News From: Monday, March 29, 2010 | ||
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Oakland Cheers Its First Marathon In 25 Years
(San Francisco Chronicle) The city of Oakland hosted a marathon and half-marathon for the first time in more than 25 years. More than sixty-five hundred people participated while Tony Torres of Cedar Glen took home top honors for the marathon with a time of 2 hours 31 minutes and 38 seconds | ||
News From: Sunday, March 28, 2010 | ||
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Marathon Shows The Hospitable Oakland
(The Oakland Tribune) The Mayor of Oakland, Ron Dellums, was the offical starter for the first marathon in Oakland in twenty-five years. | ||
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Cedar Glen Man, San Francisco Woman Win Oakland Marathon
(The Oakland Tribune) Tony Torres, 40, from Cedar Glen won the Oakland Marathon with a time of 2 hours 31 minutes and 38 seconds. Michelle Meyer took home top honors for the women. | ||
News From: Friday, March 26, 2010 | ||
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Older Runners On The Right Track
(San Francisco Chronicle) There are more runners in the U.S. than ever before and Shirley Davis is going the full distance of a marathon at the age of 61. She did her first marathon at the age of 35. | ||
Oakland Marathon Builds Steam With Charity Donations
(Inside Bay Area) The first marathon in the city of Oakland kicks off this weekend and the race has already made ten-thousand dollars in donations to local charities. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 25, 2010 | ||
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Oakland To Be Overrun With Runners
(New York Times) The inaugural Oakland Running Festival will take place this weekend. More than six-thousand runners are registered for the events that take place in the running of the city's first marathon in twenty-five years. | ||
Thousands Expected For Oakland Marathon This Weekend
(KCBS.com) The first marathon in twenty-five years for the city of Oakland will kick off this weekend. More than sixty-five hundred participants are expected this weekend. | ||
News From: Friday, February 19, 2010 | ||
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Oakland Marathon And Oakland Running Festival
(San Francisco Chronicle) The Oakland Running Festival is set for March 27 and 28 with the marathon starting at 7:30 am on March 28. Events surrounding the marathon include a 5K and a half-marathon. | ||
News From: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 | ||
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Run Oakland Run
(The Oakbook) More than four-thousand runners are expected for the Oakland Running Festival which will feature fourteen bands along the marathon route. The race will utilize nearly two-hundred volunteers | ||
News From: Friday, January 29, 2010 | ||
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Raiders To Support Oakland Marathon In Two Decades
(Oakland Tribune) The Oakland Running Festival will mark the first marathon in the city in more than twenty years which is slated to kick off on March 28. Runners will arrive to the finish line and the cheers of the Raiderettes. | ||
News From: Thursday, January 14, 2010 | ||
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Oakland Running Festival Is Right On Track
(The Oakland Tribune) More than twenty-five hundred runners have signed up for the first Oakland Marathon in more than twenty-years. The total number of runners could reach nearly eight thousand. | ||
News From: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | ||
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Oakland Marathon Race Director Speaks
(San Francisco Chronicle) The Oakland Running Festival will kick off the city's first marathon in over twenty-five years in less than three months. Grass roots marketing and local running clubs have helped to support the city's new race. |
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