I recommend signing up for this clean Spartan Race if you are just getting into OCR's. When I think of Spartan races, I envision mud, dirt, hills and hills and more hills. This is the complete opposite of that, and for me, does not truly depict what a "real" Spartan race is. This course takes you all around the perimeter of the stadium, both inside and out. The views of the bay are amazing! As with any Sprint races, I never carry along a Camelbak. The water stations are adequate. However, if in complete dire need of hydration, there are water fountains available. The volunteers offer a lot of encouragement and support without physically helping you through an obstacle (other Spartan racers will be there for you!). The staple Spartan obstacles included in this race are Hercules Hoist, spear throw, wall climbs, sandbag carry, rope climb, monkey bars, cargo frame, and crawls. In preparation for this race, do a lot of stairs - stairmaster at the gym, bleachers, take the stairs at work, avert from taking the escalators/elevators, and take the stairs!!! Though this venue is perfect for a novice racer, a more experienced one might find it mundane. I've raced twice in this stadium and my kids have done three Kids Spartan races here. Keep in mind that Spartan Races are not low-cost. You can go on GroupOn to buy tickets, but race times are in the afternoon. I personally like to race in the morning so although these rates are more economical, they do not apply to me. Getting a refund or deferring your race is not an easy feat and is an obstacle in and of itself, so be sure you are fully committed when signing up. *** For any Spartan Race, I suggest looking into Mission Peak Spartans in Fremont for a more in depth training. Mission Peak (the actual hike) is a popular spot for Spartans *** Beautiful Spartan venues to look in to: Hawaii - the course is absolutely breathtaking!!!! Gorgeous throughout!!! Seattle - the Beast in October is quite impressive! Other Spartan races I've participated in: Monterey and Tejon Ranch - hills and dust for days on out!!! Sacramento - my least favorite course. Potholes everywhere!!! Pala Beast - hella hot and dry!!! No other races scheduled for this venue. read more

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So I have a friend/co-worker who has been volunteering and running this race for a few years now. I've been meaning to do it, but I either waited too long to sign up or I had other plans. This year I was determined to try this out but of course scared since I haven't been super training and well there was a chance of rain which I wasn't too thrilled about. But, to our luck Sunday was a perfect day to volunteer and race and I was glad I did it. In short, if you're looking to try out a Spartan race, this one is a good one to start with. It didn't particularly kill me too much. I do have bruises to say otherwise, but do it with a group of friends who aren't in it for time and you'll have a blast. L O C A T I O N The race takes you in and around the bellies of AT&T Park. Parking is at A Lot which costs $15 even for volunteers. They used to have free parking for volunteers but my luck, it wasn't covered this year. It's a short little stroll to the park from there. If you're volunteering, you have to walk to the far otherside of the park to check-in. V O L U N T E E R As a volunteer, they send out an email a month in advance to sign up for your roles from Thursday-Sunday. If you do one full shift, you get a free shirt and a free race entry for this race or a future race but you still have to pay $14 for the insurance fee. Any extra shifts you take you get a discount at the store. So don't go thinking you can do multiple shifts and get free races for each of them. We signed up for the 7am-2pm Registration booth spot. They needed to do a little better job to introduce leaders of the area and the lead volunteer cause he kind of disappeared for us. Also they could've told us what we should do if certain things happened like, missing/lost chips, extra questions that we can't field, etc. They just kind of showed us how to scan things and said if we had any questions to go to the other booth where they were at, but there wasn't really time for us to run there and keep registering people. Anyways, as a volunteer we had to sign a waiver...another one outside of the online waiver. We did get a Firehouse sub lunch, chips, popcorn, granola bars, and water. Did we really have time to eat? Not really cause we were one of the first booths for registration. I had time to take bites between waves of people. I also ended up standing the whole time which took a bit of toll on my lower back. Goodness me, I clearly am getting old. After they did shut down our area to limit the registration tables, one of the area leads told us to go walk up and down to pick up trash, which if they had actual trash cans, would not be a big issue. Also they should've had gloves if this was going to be part of our jobs. After doing our shift we walked back and checked out, then straight back to registration to sign ANOTHER waiver...same ones again to run the volunteer run at 2pm which we ended up going closer to 2:45pm. R A C E As a racer, you have to go through security after you register. At this point there's no signs to say "Start" this way. I wish there was a sign, though we just assumed it was go up the escalator as the exit is at the same point. The bag check is inside for $5 and they man the tables until all bags are gone. The race starts towards first base. You get a 5ft wall to go over as a teaser. They also check for your heat time on your wrist so make sure you have it. After that they slowly release people. It took almost 15-20 minutes from that first wall to actually starting. The race itself was a lot of stair climbing which killed my calves and there's really no real space when you're in the stands to pass people, so you just have to take your opportunities to pass outside of the bleacher runs. I would suggest to look up videos for techniques to get past all the different obstacles like the herc hull, wall climbs, rope climb and spear throw as the other obstacles really don't have much technique. You just do it. Fortunately for us, the penalty for any incomplete obstacle you do was only 15 burpees. Standard is typically 30. So do lots of burpees for training. O V E R A L L Volunteering then racing is doable. Do it with a group of friends as it was super fun doing it with two of my friends. We all celebrated as we went over the 6ft, 7ft and finally 8ft walls. I wouldn't recommend this to people who don't already workout. You do have to train for this a little. I do cardio 4-5 times a week, weights or crossfit for 2-3 times a week and go on a hike at least once a week. So I wasn't too afraid of this though those walls were very intimidating. But as my first Spartan I thoroughly enjoyed it. I just wish there was more signage, and a better map to better plan for obstacles, though you can definitely youtube a course run to get a feel. read more

Spartan Race Oracle Park - Festivals Near Me - San Francisco, California

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No mud. No barbed wire. No water. No fire. What the heck! But not exactly. We were surprised by what Spartan Race had prepared. All I can say was it was way more brutal than running on hilly sides. I was super excited. I never knew what was going to come. It was a 3.71 miles full of bleachers running, Hobie hop on the bleachers (ground and up motion) sandbag carry, 50 crazy heavy-weighted rope jumping with your both legs banded, 25 push ups inside the Giants' locker room (this was the most awesome part), 25 box jumps,25 ball slams, the traditional rope climb, cargo net climb, rope crawl instead of barbwire,8' wall climb,concrete block lift with 5 burpees and transverse wall. There was no tire-flipping! And of course, 30 burpees for failing an obstacle. In addition, chair side lunges were added. I am not sure of the term but that should be ok. AT&T Park was apparently strict with regard to alcohol and food.Therefore, there was no beer at the end of the race. There were 2 water stations along the course. And the end of the race, bananas and protein bars were almost unlimited. By the gate on or way out was the Core Power protein recovery shake. One of the sponsors. They gave 2 medals at this race. One of them was Giants-inspired medal. What a surprise!! I would do more since my aim is to get a triple trifecta for this year. read more

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A spartan race in a baseball stadium instead of a mountain near the middle of nowhere what can one expect. Since its at a stadium there's no mud, barbwire, or fire pit to jump over with a few obstacles missing from the traditional Spartan races they make up for it with a few more physical challenges like box jumps, floor push ups, jump rope with a battle rope sized rope, & a few other cross fit type of exercises. The race starts inside the concession area of the stadium, heads down to the field, thought the players clubs house, around the inside & outside of the park & finally finishing on the field where you get a photo op on the field. The race was shorter than I expected only 2.25 miles accorded to my phone (that ended up with a shattered screen when my arm band flew off while I was jumping over one of the 8 foot doors. The only time I brought my phone on a obstacle race & I paid the price.) Besides the distance being short the race still covered a lot of the ball park, after the race there's the usually protein bars, bananas, water, & they even offered a free beer this year (Coors light, not shock top or bud light like they have at the normal Spartan races.) The concession stands in the park are also open so there's food & drinks available. If the dirt & danger of the regular Spartan races seems like too much for you the stadium series races might be the thing for you. Less natural elements but the same Spartan experience. read more

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Wouldn't recommend at oracle park. We did it in December and it was freezing (not Spartans fault). However you had to wait in line 2 to 3 hours prior to starting. By the time we started we were already tired... in the end for our time, it wasn't worth it. read more

The AT&T Park Spartan Sprint was my first Spartan Race back in 2015. It was an awesome introduction to their events and I have been hooked ever since. The AT&T Park race is shorter and faster than their traditional races out on open land. It is the perfect intro to anyone wanting to start doing obstacle course races. Rather than have mud, hills, barbed wire crawls, bucket carries, or dunk walls like their other races, this stadium run involves more physical exercises such as heavy jump ropes, box jumps, and push ups to name a few. They have also have some of the same obstacles as their traditional courses such as rope climbs, cargo net climb, the multi rig, and walls. It is nice change than having to get muddy and dirty after every race. The course takes you through almost the entire stadium. You see parts of the stadium that you don't even see when you go to watch the Giant's games. It takes you through rows of bleachers, locker rooms, and lastly on the actual field. This years course was around 3 miles. At the end of race, instead of the usual free beer, they were giving away free White Claw hard seltzer waters, which was a nice change and really refreshing! Yes, Spartan Races are expensive, but they don't have to be. I know this race can be upwards to $170 the closer it gets to race day. But Spartan is always running deals and they have promo codes to make their races cheaper. And there is almost always a Groupon deal floating around for their races as well. I know for the 2017 event, I paid $70 for this race due to the Father's Day deal they were running at the time. So if you do your research you can save a ton of money on their races. I will most likely be doing this race every year if it continues to come to AT&T Park. read more

Spartan Race Oracle Park - 2017 finisher medal. - Festivals Near Me - San Francisco, California

3.5 stars - but I'm being nice... I hope the workers for Spartan race read this! No mud! What a plus in my opinion! But it would have been epic if it was muddy, haha. Maybe its because this was a Sprint instead of the full race that there wasn't mud/ because it is AT&T park and they can't mess up the ball park. I got the Valentine's deal with my BF and they advertised as BOGO but once we purchased the code, we saw from the link from the code that AT&T wasn't listed... So we emailed support and they were very accommodating to the situation and created special codes for my bf & I. How awesome! But there were a few defects with the codes so it was a bit tedious on our end to email back and fourth... But whatever, we got in!!! The cost came out to me $80 + $14 fee (required to pay when you enroll for the Spartan race... Not sure why they don't make this cost inclusive if it's required??). So one turn off about Spartan race is that if you sign up for one of the time slots (IE: 1PM) and you have your friends join your group but the 1PM slot is closed and they pick 3PM, your whole group will be pushed to the 3PM heat... Which is pretty lame. I'm not sure if I didn't read instructions correctly, but the day of event, I didn't know what heat/ start time was until I arrived and since half of my group had to select 3PM as a time, our start time was 3:30PM... But luckily we asked an employee there and he told us that we could take the 2:45PM time which was the next available one to help fit all 4 of us. Another turn off about the Spartan race were all the fees... First off the $14 for liability when you enroll. Second was ta $43 fee if you want to transfer the ticket under someone else's name. Like where is that money going to? The employee that is transferring names? I don't understand... And then $5 to check in a bag. Like WOW. Good thing we had a friend spectating that watched all of mine and my friend's stuff... And speaking of my friend that wen to watch, it cost $10. Come on... Is it really necessary to be charging all of these random fees? Little ridiculous =/ The event itself was really nice! I liked it more than I expected besides all the stairs we had to do. The volunteers/ workers were very nice and motivating to help you keep going/ pushing it. There was: a rope pull with a sandbag at the bottom, spear toss, wall climbs, rope climb, box jumps, stairs, crawling under the rope, monkey bars, dome climb... So many events! I liked how everything was spaced out from your cardio to the activities they had in the obstacle. Honestly I didn't train too much for this race because it would only be 3-5 miles. And it wasn't too bad! I highly recommend this event for anyone that wants to begin getting into shape/ wants to have a good time with a group of friends. Creating a team is a super plus and will make the experience that much better! I had my friends cheering me on and advising me how to get through certain obstacles - really cool! At the end you get a medal, finisher t-shirt, protein bars, banana, drink to help your recovery and you can claim your free beer at the end! read more

The AT&T Sprint was my first Spartan Race, and introduction to OCR. I was ill-prepared. I didn't know what to expect. I agreed to it and forgot... but I will always remember how awesome it was. It was awesome for a few reasons. One - it totally kicked my butt and I kinda liked it. I've ran a half marathon or two but this was something different. It was a new challenge and I got hooked! Two - i'm a giants fan and the race took place not outside the venue like other fun runs, not even just through the field, but it was literally the whole stadium. i went from the nosebleed seats to the field, to the locker room, the suites. It was an awesome tour of the place Three - it was the community. Yes the first time it kicked my butt but as I was struggling, people offered to help. Random strangers lending you a hand or a shoulder to stand on to get over the walls. I'm a big fan! I now look forward to doing this race every year. #AROO 11/100 read more

I tried to do a spartan race a year ago with my best friends and could not participate because of a family birthday. I new I wanted to do it again later and paid an additional 25$ so I could use my ticket later. I contacted Spartan to help me claim my credits for my first race and they gave me zero credit... I will never do a spartan race do to this poor customer service. They took 200$ and gave me nothing. read more

I've gone for several years now and have always had a great time but this year I can only give 2 stars due to an asinine policy they have towards people who get minor injuries on the course. A friend of mine tore up her fingers a bit on the rope climb and was bleeding, but when she went to a paramedic to ask for a band-aid the paramedic said that if he gave her a band aid he would have to pull her out of the race. Of course nobody wants to abandon the race and nobody should have to be put in this position over something as simple as a bandaid. I guess they prefer to have people get their blood all over the obstacles that everyone uses rather than hand over a simple band aid. I can only imagine how much of other people's blood I must have been exposed to during my race today, and I feel especially bad for my friend who had to touch the same equipment with her open wounds. Simply disgusting. The department of health ought to be notified. read more

So this was my second Spartan (I did the Sacramento Sprint last year). I would potentially do the Sacramento one again. I would not do the AT&T one. I think it was a huge ripoff and was false advertising. I don't know how they can get legally get away with it. Sprints are supposed to be 3-5 miles in length. The mileage is clearly stated when you sign up. This race was closer to 2 miles. The finish times were MUCH faster than last year - like less than 2/3 the time. I was done in 40 minutes, and I was walking the stairs (every once in a while I was able to break into a very slow jog through the bleachers, but I had to walk most of that as well) Perhaps they were trying to pack more people in to get more entry fees and did so by shortening the course? I can't believe I paid $150 for the privilege of mostly walking through bleachers for 40 minutes. I actually didn't realize at first that I was at the finish line because it was so much sooner that it should have been. Anyway - I will give it to them that, other than the bleachers/stairs which all had slow walking people who were impossible to get around, the obstacles themselves were not too crowded, and the crowd was fun. That's the good part. The bad part was that I feel like the obstacles were phoned in. Each little wall you hopped over was counted as a separate obstacle, and they had 'obstacles' like doing 20 pushups or things like that - which are both highly subjective in terms of effort, but are also exercises, not obstacles. In summary - I think this was huge rip-off that was falsely advertised and, while billed as being 'hardcore' is really now pretty much geared toward people who just want to say they did a spartan race and got through. That said, there are people who wanted just that, and I think those people had a good time and didn't mind the substandard course. If you want to run around in the stadium and do some exercises and obstacles with a group of friends, and don't mind the insane amount they are charging for that privilege, go for it. I think it is fun for people with that mindset. It would have to be priced MUCH lower for me to think it was worth it. read more