August Trail Racing in the Bay Area

 If you look up the origin of the word August you will see that it is an ancient word meaning "awesome running choices", no kidding. We have several races that I would love to run this month including the sold out Tamalpa Headlands 50k. I might show up to that one anyway just to cheer on the elite runners. I have committed to the Crystal Springs Trail run on the 10th and now I am doing a rock, paper, scissors thing with myself to see what other event I can run in August. We have every distance imaginable to choose from this month including 100 miles, 50 miles and some odd ball distances like 6k, 12k, 18k, 25k, 30k. We even have a 100 yd dash for the youngsters and a 5 yd "diaper dash" for the crawlers!!! Every weekend has a race for you this month but the weekend of the 3rd/4th is stacked and so is the weekend of the 24th/25th. Choose wisely!


Brazen Racing:

• Summer Breeze - August 3rd- Half, 10k, 5k- San Leandro Marina Park, San Leandro
• Bear Creek - August 17th- Half, 10k, 5k- Briones Regional Park, Martinez

Zoom Running Events:

•  Castle Rock Run- August 17th- Half, 10k, 5k- Castle Rock Regional Park, Walnut Creek

Coastal Trail Runs:

• San Francisco 50 & 100 mile -August 3rd & 4th- 50mi, 100mi- Rodeo Beach GGNRA, Sausalito
• Crystal Springs Trail Run- August 10th- 50k, Marathon, 22mi, Half, 5k- Huddart Park, Woodside
• Cinderella Trail Run- August 18th- 50k, Marathon, 30k, Half, 10k- Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland

Enviro Sports:

• Angel Island 12k & 25k -August 3rd- 12k, 25k- Angel Island State Park, Tiburon (take the ferry over to the island)

Inside Trail Racing:

• Santa Cruz - August 3rd- 50k, 30k, Half, 10k- Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, Felton
• Skirt & Dirt - August 31st- 50k, 25k, 10k- Redwood Regional Park, Oakland
• Stud & Mud (Skirt Chaser)- August 31st- 25k- Redwood Regional Park, Oakland

One off events in August:

• San Francisco Bay Area Coastal 5K - August 3rd- 5k, 100yd dash, 5yd dash- Pacifica Pier, Pacifica
• Carmel Valley Fiesta Mountain Run - August 4th- 7.7mi- Garland Ranch Regional Park, Carmel Valley
• Presidio Cross Country 5k- August 4th- 5k- Julius Kahn Park, San Francisco
• Run in the Park- August 10th- 5k, 10k- Garin Regional Park, Hayward
• TCRS#7- August 11th- 4mi- Coyote Ridge, CA (good luck finding info on this one???)
• Race thru the redwoods - August 18th- 10k- Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, Felton
• 38th Annual Bill Flodberg Mt. Madonna Challenge- August 24th- 30k, 18k, 12k, 6k- Mt. Madonna County Park, Watsonville
• Tamalpa Headlands 50k - August 24th- SOLD OUT- WAIT LIST AVAILABLE  - Muir Beach
• Run in the Park- August 24th- 5k, 10k- Contra Loma Park, Antioch
• Crazy 8's Trail Run #3- August 25th- 8k- Los Vaqueros Reservoir, Brentwood
• Lagoon Valley Trail Run 2.0- August 24th- 10k, 5k, Kids 1/2 mile- Lagoon Valley Regional Park, Vacaville
• Dirt Inspires Trail Run (May be a woman's only event??? That is unclear by the website.)- August 25th- Half, 5mi- Laguna Seca, Monterey
• Run by the sea- August 25th- 12k- Wilder Ranch State Park, Santa Cruz