Santa Barbara Athletic Association

Profile: Jamie Haggar Jamie Haggar is another runner who seems to wake up every day a couple of steps faster than the day before. Jamie’s dedication has enabled him to continue his string of impressive PRs. Look for this trend to continue as Jamie can be found at nearly every running event or workout. (6 Sep)

Four runners and a wedding As I was running up Gibraltar yesterday, I was passed by a guy who told me that after the race a couple of runners were getting married. I didn't get the entire story straight at the time (it's hard to think straight when running up that road), but Persidio Sports has an ungarbled version. (6 Sep)

Reef and Run Last R&R of the year will be tomorrow, Tuesday, at 6:25pm (Starting at the east beach bath house) (6 Sep)

Pier to Peak Fog to the Mission, sunny beyond. The sun wasn't too hot nor the fog too cold. A pleasant day for a hard run. Eric Forte won, and Sara Kida (née Dillman) won the women's race. As far as I know, no one got lost:-)
Congratulations to all the runners & walkers who made it to the Peak. Attached are the results. Thanks to all participants and volunteers and special thanks to race director Jake Clinton.
Results.
Photos by SB Pix. by Simon Ibsen. by Drea. (5 Sep)

Red Rock 40 Registration for the 2010 Santa Barbara Red Rock 40 Mile Endurance Run (this is the race that the old 9-trails has morphed into) is now open. Complete information and online registration is available at http://www.allwedoisrun.com/ In the past, this event has fill quickly - please sign up soon. (2 Sep)

Westmont Invitational Every year Westmont College has an invitational Cross-Country race at the end of September. They very kindly invite the SBAA to field men and women's teams. It's an 8K race for men and a 5K for women through the hilly Westmont campus (first year on a new course now that construction is over). John Loftus and Drea McLarty will be captaining the two teams (though Drea won't be able to run this year). They are looking for courageous runners (male and female) to join the cause (putting a beat down on the collegiate runners). Anyone interested in racing, should contact them ( John.Lofthus@ia.ucsb.edu, dreapink@Hotmail.com ). (30 Aug)

Nite Moves Last Nite Moves is this coming Wednesday (1 Sept). (30 Aug)

Santa Rosa Marathon Carrie Blakemore was 4th woman and finished in 3:42! Results (30 Aug)

Pier to Peak Bib pickup for P2P is on Saturday, 4 Sept. 5-7pm at State & A. If you can't make that, show up at 5am (ug) race day (Sun, 5 Sept.) at the base of Stearn's Wharf. In both cases bring a photo ID.
Race starts at 6:30am. (27 Aug)

Club West Track Meet UCSB track, Saturday 2 Oct, various times (depending on the event) (16 Aug)

UCSB Cross Country 5K UCSB has a benefit 5K on Saturday 4 September 9:30 at the Lagoon. (16 Aug)

San Diego Half Marathon Todd Booth finished as 2^nd place master with a time of 1:15:39. In his own words... (16 Aug)

MCCONNELL'S ICE CREAM ENDURANCE EVENTS: New women masters 10K course record set:

As the runners toed the line for McConnell's 10K this morning, under ideal racing conditions, Melissa Marsted's masters women course record was very much in jeopardy, as the starting field included three women who were more than capable of topping Marsted's time of 39:32 set in 2006. It seemed to be simply a matter of which woman would win and what the final time would be. The result was one of the more competitive women's masters races in recent memory. In the end, Mary Jones was victorious, finishing in 38:52, edging out Cindy Crawford and Chrystee Bradley, with times of 38:55 and 39:08 respectively. All three broke the women masters record. Additionally, the trio were 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the age graded placings, with only Tim Strand achieving a higher age graded percentage(81.96%).

Strand was fifth overall, with Aaron Gillen running a spectacular 34:12 to easily win, followed by Michael Shalhoub in 34:41, Ricky Ho at 34:44 and Justin Torrellas in 34:55.

No records were to be had in the 5K, with Justin Torrellas winning by a huge margin in a final time of 17:07, well ahead of Matthew Preiss who ran 18:49 and Bill Daley in 18:51. Elizabeth North of Arroyo Grande won the women's race in 21:36 and had the best age graded time in the race. Second for the women went to Celeste Marx in 21:45, with Anne Thwing third in 22:09.

Kevin Young did his usual masterful job as Race Director, with the help of many volunteers. With free McConnell's ice cream for all, it was a true family event, with many young runners out there along with their parents enjoying a great Sunday morning at Goleta Beach.
Full results: http://snipurl.com/10okwr (15 Aug)

Pier to Peak needs volunteers! the morning of Sept. 5th easy job, stand on downtown corners and wave at the runners. 1-2 per intersection...get a P2P shirt for your 45 minutes of volunteer time...please email Jake Clinton ( jrclinton99@msn.com ) for assignments. (8 Aug)

Westmonster 5K Westmont College has a new race open to the community, a 5K cross country race on Thursday the 19^th. Event starts at 6:15pm on the Westmont Campus in Montecito and finishes on their new track (which is lovely to run on, and people who did Vicki's can attest). This is a fund raiser for the Westmont Athletics program. There will also be a 1k, a free kids' fun run after the 5k race. (5 Aug)

McConnell's Hope to see y'all at the 32nd McConnell's Endurance Events at Goleta Beach on August 15, 2010. Gordan McLenathen and the Saunders were in the 1st annual in 1978. Since 1984 we have kept track of the times of our fastest runners on this Goleta Beach certified course. Course record for the 5K women is by 12 year old... Jordan Hasay 17:06. Kevin Young can email you the word document of these times. Fundraiser for SB's youth running program: Club West Run for Life http://www.runforlife.org/ (5 Aug)

SB Chardonnay Makes the WSJ The Wall Street Journal recently included the Santa Barbara Chardonnay 10-Miler & 5K as one of the "5K Runs, With Cookies, Too" in an article about a few "unique" 5K's around the country. Here's the link: http://snipurl.com/101b2v (28 Jul)

Santa Barbara International Marathon and Half Reminder: registration fee increases on 31 July (that is to say, Saturday). SBAA members should use the active code "SBIMSBAA" for -$10 off the fee. (28 Jul)

San Francisco Marathon Panagiotis Mitroulias finished in 3:25:32. Well done! (25 Jul)

Profile: David Monico Seeing David Monico’s effortless stride makes it easy to see why UCSB cross country wanted him running for them. While most of us will never be able to run a 14:36 5K, at least David can admit that he cannot run a marathon with little training. (Note- David’s “Worst Race” and medical tent visit post race still resulted in a sub 3 hour Boston Marathon.) (19 Jul)

Chuck's Beach Run 31st Annual run at the beach! Perfect day for a run in the sand - sunny, cool, calm. Lots of happy runners/walkers/bikers enjoying the most fun race of the year. Thank you to Brad and all the folks from Chuck's of Hawai'i for another excellent year.
Results (18 Jul)