Begin Registration: Spring 2025 Season

Critical Information

Please Read Before You Proceed

1.) Run Mentors must be the first registrant in their registration group.

If you plan to register a run mentor, complete their registration first and add students later.

2.) Younger Students must be Added to a Run Mentor's Registration

If your student is in 1st grade or younger they can not be registered without registering a Run Mentor first. That Run Mentor is required to run with their young student in all races and 50% of practices.

3.) Running for a Better Oakland has five types of registration:

RBO is powered by Run Mentors!

RBO Run Mentors are volunteers older than 18 years old that want to run alongside students in practices and races or fill other important roles at practice.

Run Mentor Requirements:

Run Mentors must be older than 18 years old.
Run Mentors are also required to complete a free Sexual Abuse Awareness and Reporting Training every two years.
Run Mentors are required to pay $20 to approve and pass a background check once per year. It is critical to RBO that this cost is not a barrier to participation for anybody! Please don’t hesitate to contact RBO if you need financial assistance to cover the cost of your background check.

Students are always in first place at RBO!

All students will receive an RBO performance running shirt, free entries to local races, transportation to races from Snow Park and back, healthy snacks, and a community of unwavering positive support as they train and compete in local races!
Students in 1st grade or younger must be added to a run mentor's registration. They may not be the first or only registrant in their group.
Run Mentors registered with younger students are required to run alongside their student in all races and 50% of practices.

Students are always in first place at RBO!

Students will receive an RBO performance running shirt, free entries to local races, free transportation to races from Snow Park and back, healthy snacks, and a community of unwavering positive support as they train and compete in local races!
If you would like to run with your student (regardless of grade), register yourself as a Run Mentor first and then add your student to your registration on the "Manage Registration Group" page.
If you plan to apply for the RBO Senior Scholarship this year, you must be the first registrant in your group.

Share your passion for running and build your resume at the same time!

RBO Youth Coaches are high school volunteers that support RBO in a variety of ways while gaining career skills and experience.
RBO Youth Coaches arrive early to help set up practice, support our check-in process, and then run with our K-5 students once practice begins.
Youth Coaches are eligible to receive community service credit for participation.

Students must submit an application to join the RBO Youth Coach Program. If you would like to register as a Youth Coach, click the button below and apply to the program first.