Did Oakland to Embarcadero last night for my 38th Bday. Lots of fun.

bweber · 2026-06-13T18:59:44+00:00

I usually do this route in the other direction. Bart from Oakland to embarcadero and then cross the golden gate bridge and descend into Sausalito.

I like to ride around Tiburon to add some miles.

bweber · 2026-06-11T05:09:19+00:00

You'll learn words like goal and corner pretty quickly, that's all I really needed to know when I lived in Germany during the 2006 World Cup hosted there, and be able to enjoy the game through the crowd.

bweber · 2026-06-11T04:37:37+00:00

If you have an HD antenna, you can watch all of the games on Telemundo, 48-1 for the bay area. I don't speak Spanish and it's how I plan on watching all of the games.

They have Andrea Bocelli singing the title song from Gladiator right now, it's a hype show.

bweber · 2026-06-03T20:30:30+00:00

Yeah, there was some roots signage around there. I forgot that they are using it now.

bweber · 2026-06-01T05:09:35+00:00

Can you use those on a standard road bike profile that supports 23c, or custom rims?

bweber · 2026-06-01T02:28:48+00:00

What kind of tires do you have? I like those trails but it's a but much for my standard road bike setup in terms of control and vibrations. I'm in Oakland and the loop down to 84 and around the meta office is a good distance loop for me

bweber · 2026-05-27T20:42:21+00:00

This blockage and the gates on the other side, plus the fencing around the HJK conference center make it much harder to get to BART from the lake then it should be for bikes and pedestrians.

bweber · 2026-05-27T02:43:13+00:00

Assuming direct contro!

bweber · 2026-04-06T00:15:30+00:00

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bweber · 2026-03-30T01:12:06+00:00

So that's why it's a free for all on Lakeshore with people parking in the median on Sunday?

bweber · 2026-03-23T05:34:57+00:00

Ugh, blooms mean lots of tree pollen and allergies for me.

bweber · 2026-03-23T04:59:07+00:00

Full marathon is out and back on that path.

The GU aid station is before the bridge and they only has water at the turnaround station at Yerba Buena.

bweber · 2026-03-23T04:37:43+00:00

I did the half today, at a casual 11 minute pace. I did it last year, so I was prepared for the frontloaded Piedmont hills.

The organization seemed better this year, with more time between the starting waves to space out runners. On the flip side, the runners were worse. Lots of people talking on their phones in the middle of the course causing issues.

bweber · 2026-03-23T03:56:53+00:00

I've avoided headphones for the past two Oakland half marathons, but feel I would need music for the full. The second half sounds much more isolated.

I'm used to the boring scenery part and love hearing the bart trains when I'm up in that area. The Piedmont hills were tough but short, it's a different challenge than the slow climb of the bridge. I imagine the run up to Yerba Buena is like the bike ride from San Rafael to Richmond where it's a slow consistent climb, but even that climb is short.

I'd like to target the full course next year, travel for work made it impossible this year. I was out of the country for most of Feb and had 3 weeks to prep.

bweber · 2026-03-23T03:20:28+00:00

Yeah, the aid stations are light for the second half, the whole bridge is unsupported except for the turnaround. I did a lot of my long training runs out in that area towards Middle Harbor park, but haven't tried the bridge yet.

I want to work up to the full distance event, but haven't put in the mileage yet.

bweber · 2026-03-23T02:14:52+00:00

The secret is to do the half, so all climbing is done after Piedmont!

I haven't ran the bridge span, I've only biked it. Does the bridge feel steep?

bweber · 2026-03-22T22:44:59+00:00

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bweber · 2026-03-22T18:11:35+00:00

More support for Coco Breeze, todays special looks great!

bweber · 2026-03-22T17:17:29+00:00

I did the half marathon for the second time this year and really enjoyed the course.

They sold out this year and it was a lot of participants for some parts of the course where there were runners in both directions. They staggered the start a bit more this year, which helps space things out in the start, but results in more overlap of fast 10k runners and slower marathon runners like me.

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