Named one of the best international running events in the world by Let’s Do This and Runner’s World magazine, the Bay Bridge Half Marathon is notable also because it’s the only half marathon event to take runners across Oakland’s beautiful Bay Bridge, which connects the city with nearby San Francisco and is famous for its nightly LED display known as the Bay Lights.
Start in West Oakland. The race follows an out-and-back route that starts near the intersection of 3rd Street and Adeline in West Oakland, and from there heads west toward the harbor. You’ll run along 3rd, Mandela Parkway and 7th Street before turning onto Maritime Street, and then later onto Burma Road.
After the turn onto Burma, you’ll run onto the Bay Bridge Trail, which carries you across the bridge and over to Yerba Buena Island, taking in views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz off in the distance along the way.
