Oakland Marathon Giveaway Results

I'd like to thank everyone for participating in the Oakland Marathon giveaway. I'd also like to thank the race for offering not one, but two entries for the community.

Overall we had almost 146 entries spread out among almost 25 runners. Everyone deserved to win, but unfortunately, there could only be two. I listed all the entries on an excel spreadsheet and labeled each entry, wether it was a follow, a tweet, or a comment. Then through a random number generator, the winners were selected.


Congratulations Paulette, @paulettezf, you won the first entry.


Paulette also can be found through her blog at: SoJustKeepRunning.blogspot.com


Also, congratulations to Beth, @Boston2Berkeley, you won the second entry.


Beth can also be found through her blog at: boston2berkeley.wordpress.com

I'll be reaching out to you both via twitter and give you further instructions on claiming your prize.

As for all the other entrants, thank you again. I'm working with the Oakland Marathon to make sure that you don't go away empty handed. Please keep an eye on your twitter DM inbox, or FB message board for additional information.

I'm hoping to see you all out there on race weekend March 24-25, 2012. I know plenty of people that will also be running the event and there has been discussions of a massive tweetup happening, so stay tuned.

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Rock'in Motivation - My Next Race

Runners can get motivation or inspiration from a number of places. It could be the random person that runs by as you stand in line for your morning coffee leading you to think "I'd rather be doing that." As of late, I've been getting my motivation from races. It's a common practice among runners, we simply need something to train for. Put a race on that calendar and you have a locked-in goal: "I need to be race-ready by THAT date."

For me, "THAT" date wasn't until Nov. 6 when I'll be running the US Half. But then I saw a tweet from @DiaryAvgRunner holding a give-away for an entry into the Rock n Roll San Jose Half. I flat out love that race. I signed up for my first RNRSJ in 07 and continued to do so for the past 4 years.

Last year, I decided I was going to take a break from repeating races. RNRSJ fell subject to this race revelation, but when I saw the contest, I couldn't resist. I threw my name in the hat knowing I was pretty close to race ready having run a half 2 weeks ago.

Fate. Destiny. This Awesome Blog! Whatever you want to call it, I won and will be running the RNRSJ for the 5th year in a row. Race day is less than 2 weeks away so I'll tune up my legs... get it? Rock n Roll... Tune Up... your welcome.... with a couple 10 milers and attempt to finish what I couldn't in Davis, a sub 2-hour finish.

Over the next few days I'll be diving into the archives and sharing some of my past RNRSJ memories, photos and of course, revamping my playlist in preparation for the 2011 race.

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Do You Rock? Do You Roll? Do Both in San Jose!

Our twitter friend and fellow blogger "Diary of an Average Runner" — @DiaryAvgRunner — is doing a fantastic give-away on her blog! It's an entry into next month's San Jose Rock n Roll Half Marathon. I love this race. I've done it in the past and have had a blast. I was trying to stay away from it this year, but like destiny or fate or something, it is calling out to me through YOU, my running friends.

Here is the post about the give-away courtesy of Brooks.

http://diaryofanaveragerunner.blogspot.com/2011/09/giveaway-rock-n-roll-san-jose-half.html

Several simple steps to earn multiple entries. Good luck me... and of course, good luck you.

Race day is less than a month away... Oct. 2nd, so Half Marathon-ready runners need apply.

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