Oakland Triathlon Festival

Our focus around the Oakland Triathlon Festival is to get everyone involved around swim, bike, and run categories. Join us around Sprint/Olympic Triathlons, Duathlon, AquaBike, Relay Teams and Aquathlon. We look forward to your participation!

The swim is held in the Oakland Estuary starting at the Jack London Aquatic Center. Tide flow in and out of the Oakland Estuary create a clean swim environment for the Oakland Triathlons. The current will approximately measure between 0.8 and 1.1 knots of water with an ebb tide flowing toward the SF Bay and making the swim safe for all. This will be one of your fastest swims ever. The tide will be flowing in the direction of the swim course.

The bike course begins at Webster and 3rd St, heads up 3rd St to Mandela Parkway to 32nd St and back down Mandela to West Grand. Heading right on Frontage you will head into the Port of Oakland and looping back through Jack London Square using Brush and 2nd St. This will be a one loop course for the Sprint. The second loop on the Olympic will start at Franklin St and 3rd.

The new run course will be along the new pedestrian trail that almost connects fully to Lake Merritt; hopefully the 10th street overpass project will be completed by the event date allowing the use of the new trail that will go under 10th St and connect with the trail around Lake Merritt. The run course includes the unique pedestrian crossing up and over the railroad tracks along the Embarcadero. There is an elevator on either side if you’re not able to climb the stairs.