You must be able to hear any verbal instructions or commands from race staff. To enjoy all that our race has to offer and for the safety of all participants, the Oakland Running Festival encourages a headphone-free environment during the running of all of our races. The Oakland Marathon reserves the right to disqualify and remove anyone from the course who has any of the above items. These regulations are for your safety and the safety of the other participants in the race. The following items are not permitted on the course: Dogs or any pets, skateboards, bicycles, roller blades, baby joggers, and any other type of vehicle (other than official Marathon vehicles). Participants unable to keep up with a continuous pace of 16:00 minutes per mile may be redirected as the course closes to allow regular vehicular traffic to resume.

There is a 7-hour time limit for the Marathon. The Official Starter is non-other than East Bay native and ’21 NFL Pro Bowler Najee Harris, the event’s Oakland Community Kick-Starter grantee with his Da’ Bigger Picture Foundation ( press release). Your Start Line announcer is the voice of Laney College and Stanford Athletics, James Rockefeller. The National Anthem will take place at approximately 6:50am and sung by Oakland School of the Arts’ Jordyn Diaw. Signs will be posted in 1-minute pace increments from 5-minute per mile pace up to 14+ minutes per mile. When at the starting line, please position yourself near the sign closest to your expected finish time.

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