Local Run Groups

Group Name	Contact	Information
Club West	Bill Rupp clubwesttrack.org	To promote programs for athletes of all ages in cross country, road running and track & field. The club was founded in 1972 and one of the initial founders was Jim Ryun. Annual events include youth Track and Field meets, a Jr. High School Cross Country Program and the McConnell’s Endurance Events and a master’s Track and Field meet.
SB Trail Runners	Nancy Kaplan (805) 895-8642 https://www.facebook.com/groups/santabarbaratrailrunners	For all trail runners, all levels. Focus: Running on anything that is NOT on the road 🙂
Santa Barbara Running & Racing	Mike Swan and Rusty Snow https://sbrunrace.blogspot.com/	Focus: All runners, all levels, from competitive to casual, from 5k to Marathon
Hope Ranch Thursdays (HRT)	Brooke Powell [email protected]	Weekly run at 5:30am through Hope Ranch. Mellow, easy pace, hilly. Distances range from 5 – 10 miles.
Santa Barbara Triathlon Club	https://www.sbtriclub.com/	For multi-sport athletes of all abilities
Santa Barbara Track Club	Josh Priester (509) 301-1764	Focus: For all events but mastering field events kids and adults
IV Track Club	Ian Morgan (301) 807-5439	For all runners. Focus: all distances
Blue Collar Running	Terry Howell (805) 689-6548	For distance runners on the more elite level. Focus – 5k to Marathon training
Jason Smith Endurance Coaching	Jason Smith (812) 340-1503	Focus: Everything endurance related. Running, Biking, Swimming. 800m on the track to ultra running events. Racing criterium’s to Ironman’s. Pool workouts to swimming the 20mile channel islands.
Sloppy Seals	https://www.facebook.com/sloppysealrunningclub/ [email protected]	Thursdays 6pm meeting at Rincon Brewery at 208 Gray Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. “It’s super casual, all paces group”
Plant-Based Running Club	Jen Smith (805) 455-0292 meetup.com/plant-based-running-club	Social running group bringing together people who are interested in running and plant-based diets. Mixture of road and trail running, beginner-to-intermediate level runs of 2-4 miles and 5K races. Most runs on Sunday mornings. RSVP for runs on Meetup
SB Running Co. Saturday Shred	Rick Garcia and Colin Henderson at SB Running Co. Postina weekly runs on Strava and the SB Running Co. store’s website (805) 899-8802	Hello trail runners! Every Saturday morning at 7:00am, we invite you to join us for group trail runs at Cold Springs Trailhead (unless posted otherwise in our Strava group). Ricky and Colin lead these fun, adventurous runs. All paces welcome. We hope to see you there!