Our mission

Santa Barbara Athletic Association provides community leadership and support for all types of running, including track trail, ultra, road and cross-country. We encourage people of all ages and abilities to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle through running and we work collaboratively with the community to bring attention and respect to Santa Barbara as a great running community.

ELINGS TERRAIN FESTIVAL

MEMBERSHIP

RACE CALENDAR

SPECIAL EVENTS

Race Calendar

No upcoming events

Support the Santa Barbara Running Community
Become a Member of the SBAA!

Membership not only provides you with some great discounts such as 10% off at the Santa Barbara Running company and a cool technical trucker hat, it helps build a strong and vibrant running community. SBAA provides critical support to the Club West Junior High School Cross Country Program, Special Olympics of Santa Barbara Track and Field athletes and High School Cross Country and Track Programs. Additionally, we celebrate our community's runners through the year-long Grand Prix Competition, annual Banquet and numerous social events.

Your SBAA membership will automatically enroll you in the Grand Prix Competition, were approximately 10 local races per year with your race results matched up against other SBAA members in your age group and the top three recognized at our annual banquet in December!

Build a stronger running Community in Santa Barbara!

NEWS

Tough Enough Cancelled

Hart Kornell has announced that April's event will not go ahead. He writes:

As of this writing, New Year's Day, the pandemic is accelerating in the US, in California, and in our county. Anecdotally, this afternoon's walk toward Inspiration resulted in an early turn-around to escape the many hikers who were not wearing masks. It would be naïve to think the local caseload will diminish soon.. Or, as a declarative sentence, the caseload won’t diminish soon. Hopefully by next September.

In any event, this year there will be no event.

Keep your distance, stick to your pod, and speaking as a former hospital janitor, wear your masks.