8/6: Packet pickup pictures are online here.
8/5 Bib pickup notes. You can get your bib at the Golden Squirrel (5940 College Avenue, Oakland) on Saturday between 2 and 5pm OR you can get it at the start on Sunday. Bib pickup starts at 6am and closes when your race starts. For the Half, we will close pickup for 20 minutes between 6:50 and 7:10am to facilitate the start of the 50k.
8/4 Race Briefing. Here’s it is folks.
7/31 RACE WEEK!
Here’s the schedule for the week!
> Wednesday @ 7pm: Digital Briefing on Zoom (link) and Facebook (link). You’ll be able to see the recorded version here too.
> Friday @ midnight: Registration closes. We have 17 spots left, so I’m sure everyone will get in.
> Saturday 2pm-5pm: Bib pickup, photos and beer at The Golden Squirrel (5940 College Ave, Oakland). Come grab your bib and enjoy a discount on a pint of Sierra Nevada! Also, use your bib on this day or any day in August to get a 20% discount over at Transports. YES, YOU CAN GET YOUR BIB ON RACE DAY.
> Sunday, RACE DAY: Gate opens at 5am and we usually have bib pickup going at about 5:30. Lake Chabot Marina. 50k starts at 7am. Half starts at 8:30am. See Race Day on the Skyline 50k event page for niggling details about the course, drop bags, food, aid stations. All those things.
7/27 The Skyline/RBO Fundraising Challenge is back. We challenge you to give to this great organization and will match the first $500 we raise. Learn more and give here. Also! Don’t forget — if you’re company has a matching donation program, this is a great opportunity!
7/15 Training Camp Briefing: The video.
Here it is – the session from last night for those of you coming this weekend.
7/14 Training Camp this weekend! Saturday is currently full and Sunday will be shortly.
7/12 Introducing Skyline Stories! This is a group of reflections from our runners on the race, capturing ‘golden moments’ or even a few of them. You can read them in a separate blog here.
7/1 Welcome to the Skyline 22 blog! This is where we’ll have updates, post the Zoom briefings, and have a fair amount of traveling down memory lane!
First up, is and overview of our schedule of events as we know if, as of today.
July 14, 7pm Training Camp Zoom briefing.
This will be a quick overview of the logistics for the weekend runs, along with some handy advice on training and nutrition.
July 16-17, 7:30am Training Camp!
This is two days of running. Saturday is in Redwood Regional Park (20-ish miles) and Sunday is around Lake Chabot, following the 21k course. Note: these locations have flipped because of the Brazen Racing event on Saturday. You can sign up for training camp here.
August 3, 7pm – Digital briefing
Let’s get together online for a race briefing. Adam will go over the bib pickup, race logistics, course and answer all your questions, live on Zoom (link here). You can also see it on Facebook (link here). After the briefing the recording will be here on the blog, and on Facebook.
August 6, 2pm-5pm – Bib pickup at the Golden Squirrel
See you at Golden Squirrel on Saturday from 2-5pm for bib pickup (directions). If you can’t see us there, there’s bib pickup on race morning, starting at 5:30AM. Remember! Transports will be offering a discount of 20% when you show your bib!
August 7, 5:30am – Race Day, Lake Chabot
Gates open at 5:30am. Races start at 7am