The San Jose Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, which has its twentieth operating this weekend, is sort of a progressive music competition with greater than a dozen bands on pop-up phases round city. The one catch is you need to run 13.1 miles to listen to all of them.
However almost 5,000 folks did simply that final 12 months — together with one other 3,700 who participated within the accompanying 5K and 10K runs — so there should be one thing in regards to the music that will get legs pumping.
Runners cross below the Freeway 87 overpass through the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Space Information Group)
The lineup of bands and DJs is so eclectic that when you don’t like one thing you’re listening to, simply run a little bit quicker to the subsequent spot. There’s mariachi, basic rock, nation, digital dance and plain ol’ rock ‘n’ roll with the native lineup together with Mariachi Estelar, Math Class, Cadillac Jack, the Black Pandas and Faculty of Rock.
On the finish-line competition at Plaza de Cesar Chavez on Sunday, alt rock tribute band The Final Decade will open at 9 a.m. — early sufficient to catch the 10K finishers — earlier than Bay Space cowl band Pop Rocks performs at 11 a.m.
The 5K, which begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, has its personal soundtrack with DJ Johnny taking part in rock hits on the first mile, Mariachi Estrela acting at Mile 2 and High 40 cowl band Math Class performing on the end line. And there’ll even be tunes on the Youngsters Rock race, which will get going at 9 a.m. Saturday at Market and Balbach streets downtown.
By the best way, when you’ve bought plans in San Jose on Sunday morning that don’t contain operating a half-marathon, you need to plan forward. The course goes by way of downtown and contains Japantown, The Alameda and the Rose Backyard neighborhoods. You may get extra info at www.runrocknroll.com/occasions/san-jose.
FLYING HIGH AT 100: The Santa Clara Valley Fowl Alliance — which modified its title final 12 months from the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society — is celebrating its one centesimal anniversary this Saturday with a wildlife truthful at West Valley Faculty in Saratoga. The occasion, which runs from 10 a.m. to three:30 p.m., features a Q&A and book-signing by birder and creator Kenn Kaufman (who may also be taking the Younger Birders Membership on a nature stroll beforehand).
You may get the complete schedule for the wildlife truthful at scvbirdalliance.org/centennial-celebration.
FUN FOR SHORE: Regardless of some gloomy climate this week, it ought to be a pleasant autumn day for Day on the Bay alongside the shoreline of Alviso Marina County Park on Saturday. Alviso, in fact, offers San Jose with its connection to San Francisco Bay and the marina there was as soon as a well-used port.
Then-Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese began Day on the Bay in 2009 to have fun that connection and historical past, and it’s nice to see that Supervisor Otto Lee and the Santa Clara County Parks Dept. have saved that custom going. The festivities on the 20-acre park start at 10 a.m. and embody kayak excursions, a pumpkin patch, dwell leisure and a useful resource truthful targeted on neighborhood wellness and environmental well being.
By the best way, Cortese nonetheless has a comfortable spot for county parks even whereas he’s in Sacramento. On Oct. 25, he’s internet hosting the third annual Picnic by the Lake Multicultural Competition and Useful resource Honest at Hellyer County Park.
GETTING CAMPY: It doesn’t shock me after I run into individuals who have by no means heard of San Jose Household Camp at Yosemite, a 40-acre campground on the Tuolumne River, since I solely first discovered about it a few decade in the past. The camp wasn’t open this summer season to permit time for repairs and enhancements, however the Buddies of San Jose Household Camp is holding a fundraiser, “Wilderness Within Reach,” on Saturday.
The 5 p.m. occasion on the Leininger Group Heart courtyard and amphitheater at Kelley Park will embody a camp-style dinner catered by Outdated Greenwood BBQ, in addition to camp actions like crafts, video games and a campfire. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for youths as much as age 12, which incorporates parking and dinner. Get extra info at www.friendsofsanjosefamilycamp.org/wilderness2025.
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