MARATHON & HALF MARATHON TRAINING GROUPS
OFFICIAL OAKLAND MARATHON TRAINING GROUP
LMJS is the East Bay’s longest-standing running club. Since 2010 they’ve trained more than 1,000 runners of all levels — from first-timers to experienced runners — helping them to meet their personal goals and to cross the Oakland finish line.
Learn More LMJS & their programs below!
Team RunRun
You choose 1 of our 3 running coaches below and they’ll build a custom training plan that aligns with your lifestyle, ability, and budget. Team RunRun is THE place for runners to find a coach, as well as a community that offers support, knowledge and encouragement.
Whether you are trying to qualify for Boston or dip your toes in the running world, we have a coach who is specialized to help and a team that will be rooting for you. Join Team RunRun to find the running coach whose expertise, philosophy, and communication style works best for you.
Learn more about our 3 coaches for this year’s Oakland Marathon below!
Jamie Spruiell
Walnut Creek running coach Jamie Spruiell knows what it’s like to juggle running and parenting, being a mom of 3 boys herself, and she has experience incorporating heartrate-based training and strength training. Reach out to Jamie below to get started!
Evan Covell
Evan will help you set and achieve your running and fitness goals through personalized, science-based training and injury prevention. Evan focuses on consistency, patience and kindness as he helps athletes achieve their goals while building strength, mobility and injury prevention on both the roads and the track.
MIles Bennett-Smith
Coaching intermediate and advanced runners from 1500m to 26.2 on trail, track or road. Return to competition or finally nail that BQ! Miles specializes in working with competitive runners looking to improve in the 5k up to the marathon, as well as older runners coming back from a layoff, or those with previous high-level experience in non-running sports.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING GROUPS
Oakland Track Club is a competitive running club based in the heart of the East Bay, established in 2016 with the purpose of providing runners of all levels the opportunity to train hard and race for a team. Our athletes compete in variety of events and distances, ranging from road racing and track, to cross country and trail ultras. Check out some awesome videos of their training runs here.
The Strawberry Canyon Track Club is like a large running family – a very sociable, diverse and tightly knit group with incredible camaraderie which energizes the East Bay running community. We compete in the local Pacific Association of USATF XC, road, and track series races, and our presence is felt in top tier local road races. We have developed three different Oakland Marathon winners and two victorious Oakland Marathon Relay teams, and have a seriously dedicated marathon training group at any time of the year.
Workouts: These take place on Mondays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Edwards Track. We typically do intervals on Mondays, and tempo runs either on the track or on the trails in Strawberry Canyon or Tilden Park. Workouts begin at 6:00 p.m. and folks filter in at 5:30-45 p.m. to start their warm-ups.
Long runs: Usually take place on Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. – we will either meet for a run in Berkeley or carpool to a nearby destination. Our favorite locations are the East Bay parks (Tilden, Redwood, and Chabot), but sometime we venture as far as Point Reyes, the Marin Headlands, and Nisene Marks near Santa Cruz.
Easy runs and cross-training activities such as pool running, yoga and weight workouts: these are informally organized via the club’s email list and Slack forum.
For more information, you can check out our schedule. We’re also friends with the Cal Running Club.
