Cobb Track At Angell Field

A great place to start and finish a run.

Great running track! It’s pretty much open for anyone who wants to run. The pavement is soft, great for beginners. Restrooms available, bleachers are clean and open. I love coming here, it’s clean and lots of available parking but may not be free during the day. Come after 6pm and you’re safe to park free. Sometimes you’ll see the Stanford track team training here and it motivates me to keep running. See you around!

An amazing place to get a walk in.

Super high quality track surface in perfect condition on Stanford campus. Great stadium seating for watching Pac10 track meets. My only complaint is the crowds on Tuesday nights. Two kids track clubs running drills and sprints, the Palo Alto run club running medium long distance, Team in Training running on the outer lanes, not to mention students and locals running laps. Gets pretty crowded.

I train here every Friday morning. The best track in this area.

as a long distance runner who is always looking to improve my race times, i like doing my track work & interval training here.
pros:
*well maintained, smooth track surface
*great location on stanford campus
*lots of free parking (after 4pm on weekdays & all day weekends no permit required)
*separate men’s & women’s bathrooms, very clean!
*water fountains
cons:
*can get quite crowded, esp when the weather is nice
*at times, some lanes are closed off for stanford track team members, so public can only use some of the lanes
*there are walkers on this track, which can be a nuisance esp for those whose goal is to sprint

VERY well maintained track.
I meet up to train a couple women here and though I masochistically wish the bleacher stairs were higher, I’m sure they don’t!
fyi:
Lights go off at 9 p.m. for those of you who want to get a few evening miles on your sneakers in a safe area. Plenty of bodyguard-​types around…
That’s all folks.

My morning track run starts here; then around the campus. I can’t get enough of this track since lots of folks love to run here. They just had the Bank of the West Tennis event here so they closed the track, but now it’s back.

Wow Stanford is so pretty and their track is just one place in the entirety of this beautiful campus.
I had the privilege to run around this campus for my Team Challenge group run on a Saturday morning. Luckily the weather was accommodating and we ran along campus drive from the Cobb Track and back and it was about 4 miles. Finished the run with 1 lap around the track which felt so good on my feet and knees.
There is plenty of parking here and clean bathrooms to use as well.
You do have to leave the track once Stanford teams start to practice on it but before and after that you can practice your pace on this track and also use the bleachers for conditioning!
I’d love to come back! If I don’t I hope all those that have access to this track weather Palo Alto local, student, teacher, faculty, you better use it because I’m jealous! haha

running on Cobb Track
often brings back memories
and feels like flying

Located on the campus of Stanford University, Cobb Track at Angell Field is easily my favorite track and field facility in the greater Northern California. I first visited this facility back in May 2002 as a fan of the Oracle U.S. Open Track & Field Invitational. I loved the facilities so much that I became an active volunteer for different track meets from 2003 through 2006 through USA Track & Field and Stanford Athletics. I really didn’t mind what I was assigned to as long as it was within the facility. Among the many things I did were ushering and doing security in the grandstands, helping to set up hurdles and other track apparatuses and monitoring and chaperoning athletes as part of the required procedure for the U.S. Anti-​Doping Agency.
The track is well groomed, and whether I was situated in the grandstands or milling about along the fence line of the general admission areas I always got great views of all of the action taking place on the field or on the track. The separate area for hammer throw events sits right next to the track in a field surrounded by wired fence. There are lots of trees in the area so if the hot sun bearing down on the grandstands ever becomes bothersome finding shade is rarely a problem.
I volunteer a lot less these days on the track, but I’m still a big fan of track and field both on the collegiate level and on the national level, and whenever possible I still enjoy coming out to the Farm, donned in dark glasses and SPF 45 because it’s always hot and sunny in the grandstands and taking in my share of exciting track action.
Just a note … The 2009 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational takes place on Saturday, May 2 beginning at 3 PM and taking you into the night with the long distance running events closing out the schedule. If you love track and field as much as I do come on out to see some up and coming NCAA athletes compete along with some proven veteran athletes both on the national and international levels.