Saturday 12/16/23 Holiday Break 12/17 through January 1st (first practice resumes Jan 2nd, 2024)

 Hi, See you tomorrow at the Vieja Valley Elementary School for our last practice of the year 6:30am.

Please see the prior blog post below for the Ventura half and Marathon SBRR discount code! 10 weeks to go!

Rusty/Mike

Ventura Marathon and Half SBRR Discount Code

 Hi guys, here is the SBRR Discount code

Join the “Santa Barbara Running and Racing” team during the sign up process 

   “SBRR2024Fast”

Saturday 12/9/23. Congratulations all Cal Int'l Marathoners! Holiday Get together Sunday 12/10 and SBRR Holiday Break

 Hi, 

Congratulations to all CIM SBRR Runners!

Stacey Bailey 3:13:33

Jamie Duncan 3:14:23 81% AG National Class

Kelsey Roberts 3:21:39

Erin Lamb 3:22:56

Chelsea Frei 3:27:05

Helen Payne 3:27:38

Karlyn Roberts 3:28:55

Christine Tyler 3:29:10

Jill Ireland 3:32:18  83% AG National Class

Roy McLaughlin 3:36:33

Maggie Mason 3:39:48 88% AG National Class

Christina Katz 3:54:20

Margo Rose 5:03:54

Announcements:

• December 13th 5pm to 8pm at Santa Barbara Running Co 1046 Coast Village Rd, Montecito 93108 get your Holiday Shopping done as Rabbit and SBRunning Co team up to give 20% OFF everything in the store. Giveaways, Cupcakes, treats and more!

• Holiday Notice From Jim Sloan: It's that time of year again! Time for our holiday get together. Mark your calendars for December 10th from 4:30 to 6:30pm at the Hilton. Get dressed up in the spirit of the season and come join your friends to celebrate the holidays!

• SBRR Holiday Break **NO practice AM or PM from Dec 17th through Dec 31st. Breaks are invaluable to all of us so this applies to most of us....certainly all folks who raced CIM!...all easy days and strides for two weeks then come back to practice refreshed and ready to have a great 2024 with health, fitness and fast times for all!

See you all tomorrow at Handlebar Coffee on Canon Perdido 6:30am!

Rusty and Mike

Saturday 12/2/23 Good Luck to at Cal Int'l Marathoners!!

Good Luck Jill, Roy, Stacey, Kelsey, Karlyn, Christina, Chelsea, Jamie, Maggie, Erin and MARGO!!

Saturday 12/2 at Night Lizard Brewing 8pm to 10pm our very own SUNKISSED will be performing!

HOLIDAY NOTICE from Jim Sloan:

It's that time of year again! Time for our holiday get together. Mark your calendars for December 10th from 4:30 to 6:30pm at the Hilton. Get dressed up in the spirit of the season and come join your friends to celebrate the holidays.

See everyone else at the Goleta Beach parking Lot tomorrow at 6:30am! We will warm up to More Mesa (~2miles) and workout there.

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 11/25

 Hi Everyone,

Good luck to Santa Barbara High boys at the state meet tomorrow!  8 days out from CIM, we will be meeting at 6:30 am at Ledbetter beach.  Marathoners- we will walk up to lazy acres to start the marathon pace section at 6:30

Hope to see you all there

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 11/18/23

 Hi Everyone,

2 weeks until CIM! We will be meeting at 6:30am at Foothill School. 

Ps. It’s Mike and Ricky Ho’s Birthday tomorrow..feel free to embarrass them and sing HB!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 11/11

 Hi Everyone,

3 weeks until CIM, we will be meeting at 6:30 at Dos Pueblos High School.  See you all there

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 11/4/23

Good luck to John Sim and Jana Mckee who are racing the NYC Marathon Sunday! Good luck to everyone racing the Santa Barbara Half Sunday!

Cal Int'l Marathon 4 weeks to go!

See you all at the Vieja Valley Elementary School tomorrow at 6:30am

Rusty/Mike

Running Buddies Needed! (Sunday at the SB Half 5K)

 From SBRA...a fun a great opportunity to help our youth!

Be a Running Buddy for SBRA Youth Runner! This Sunday SB Half 5K Race warm ups 8:10, race starts 8:30. Email JGP@sbrunning.org to sign up to run a young runner (all levels) and your entry is free when you run with one of our kids!

Saturday 10/28/23

Hi, 

Anyone interested in Great live music and/or pre workout carbo load, Sunkissed is playing at the Night Lizard Brewery, 607 State Street TONIGHT 7-9pm! They'd love to see you (Kerry, Lynette and Laura)

We are one week away from the SB Half Marathon and the NYC Marathon and 5 weeks away from the Cal Int'l Marathon. We will be meeting at Shoreline cafe tomorrow at 6:30am.

Half marathoners will run one 3.5mile loop at above 90% effort (above threshold effort). Cal Int'l marathoners will run two full loops and then down to Milpas and back a mile for 10miles.

see the map below:

See you tomorrow!

Mike/Rusty

Link to summit for danny

 https://summitfordanny.org/register/santa-barbara-team.php

Hi everyone,

Above is a link to register for Summit for Danny.  It takes place Saturday, after practice all SBRR are invited to attend as part of Patty’s team

10/21/23 2 weeks to the SB Half Marathon and New York City Marathon, 6 weeks to Cal Int'l Marathon

 Hi, Both Mike and Rusty are out of town this week. We will be meeting at the Foothill Elementary School and the workout loop is below. Click on it to enlarge it and please take a close look. We have done this one before. It's 2.75miles.

workout: 40min jog, strides x 5, then......

Workout for the NYCity Marathoners AND the Cal Int'l Marathoners is 3 continuous loops (~8:25mi) at Marathon Goal Pace.

Workout for SB Half Marathoners and Everyone else: 2x1 loop with 5min jog between them.  First loop at half marathon Goal Pace, 5min jog, then second loop 10-15sec/mi faster. 

Good luck and see you Tuesday!

Mike and Rusty

Saturday 10/14/23 3 weeks to NYC Marathon, SB Half Marathon and 7 weeks to CIM......and Congratulations to Chicago Marathoners!!

Hi, Congratulations to all Chicago Marathoners! Bill B, 3:05, Lynn Fitzgibbons 3:06, Sid T 3:12, Mary Paterson 3:15, Kerry Small 3:29 and Nakisa Herrick was running great until she had some stomach issues and toughed it out to finish in just a hair over 4 hrs:). GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!

We are meeting at handlebar Coffee on Canon Perdido tomorrow at 6:30am.

See you there!

Mike/Rusty

Saturday 10/7/23

 Hi Everyone,

Good luck to SBRR racers in Chicago on Sunday,Go Bill, Mary, Kerri, Carrie, Sid, Lynne and Nikisa!

For this week we will be meeting at SB running co parking lot at 6:30 am.  See you all there

Rusty/ Mike

Saturday 9/30/23

Hi, Congratulations to Shane Mihalka 3:18:27 (1:39:18/1:39:10 negative split!), Adrienne Cass 3:23:35(1:41:34/1:42:01 Great Splits!) and Julie Amble 3:37:09 (1:46:12/1:50:58) at the Berlin Marathon!

Great performances!

1 week from the Chicago Marathon and 5 weeks from the Santa Barbara Half Marathon and the NYC Marathon

We are meeting at Shoreline Cafe tomorrow at 6:30am!

See you all there!

Rusty/Mike

9/23/23

Hi, we are meeting 6:30am tomorrow at the Vieja Valley Elementary School!

Good luck to Adrienne, Shayne and Julie Sunday in the Berlin Marathon!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 9/16/23

Hi, we are 1 week out from the Berlin Marathon (Adrienne and Shayne), 3 weeks out from the Chicago Marathon and 8 weeks away from the NYC marathon and the SB Half Marathon.

We will be meeting at handlebar Coffee on Canon Perdido tomorrow at 6:30am and using the 4mile loop from Chase palm Park up and around Tye Warners place and finishing by the old East Beach Grill Parking lot and for those doing 5miles you finish where you started at Chase palm park.

See the previous post for results of last weekends races....one not listed is Ida Zaid who ran a great Jack and Jill Martin as well! Congrats to everyone who raced!

For weekend events Saturday 6pm to 8pm at Draughtsman Aleworks in Goleta:

Tuesday 6:00AM workout and Congratulations…!

 Congratulations to Ming in her very first marathon finish! 4:44.

Congratulations to all those who raced the She is Beautiful 5k and 10K!

5k results:

Mary Paterson 19:45PR 5th overall/2nd in AG

Mallory Price 20:02 1st in AG

Michaela Clemence 20:43 2nd in AG

Chelsea Frei 20:46 2nd AG

10K:

Mari Hickman 46:47 5th AG

Heather Silva 49:07 2nd AG

Tomorrow’s workout:

For those racing the SB Half:

3x800@Threshold effort (45sec between), 3min jog after 3rd, 2x1600@ 5K Race effort (93-94%) with 3:30 jog between, 2min jog after 2nd one, 3x400@5K Race effort with 90sec between

Everybody else is lanes 3 through 8: 4x90sec @85% perceived effort, 3x6min@85% perceived effort, 4x90sec@85% effort, 60sec between each repeat

Saturday 9/9/23 and SBRA looking for junior high coaches

If you or anyone you know is interested in giving back to the youth in our running community, there are ample asst and head coaching opportunities at the Junior HS level. please contact JGP@sbrunning.org asap.

Upcoming race calendar:

9/9 She is Beautiful 5k/10k.....Good luck to all SBRR Runners!

9/24 Berlin Marathon 2 weeks!

10/8 Chicago Marathon 4 weeks

11/5 NYC Marathon/SBHalf 8 weeks

Our course for Saturday is a 2.5mile loop. (Chicago Marathoners....5 loops and into the 6th loop for 12miles, NYC Marathoners, 2loops plus a mile into the 6th loop)

Everybody else:

2 complete loops (5miles) at threshold effort

We are meeting at the Foothill Elementary School at 6:30am. Mike and Rusty are out of town this week. Have a great workout! Rusty will be out of town through Tuesday afternoon so will post the Tuesday AM workout on the blog Monday night.

Good Luck!

Mike/Rusty

Saturday 9/2/23

 Hi, We are meeting at Goleta Beach Park tomorrow at 6:30am.

See you then,

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 8/26/23

Upcoming Races:

4 weeks to Berlin

6 weeks to Chicago

10 weeks NYC Marathon

10 weeks to SB Half Marathon

Please take a close look at the new course for our workout tomorrow...it's NOT the same "Pebble Hill" Loop we are used to....it's a 3.5mi loop.

 See you tomorrow at the Foothill Elementary School 6:30 AM!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 8/19/23

Hi Everyone,

See you at the Vieja Valley Elementary School again tomorrow at 6:30AM! (Same location different course)

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 8/12. 6:30 am

 Hi Everyone,

We will return to normal meeting time of 6:30 am, at Vieja Valley school.  Hope to see you all there

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday AM 8/8/23

Hi, Tuesday AM workout:

Please run this in lanes 3 through 8 as others who have a different workout use lanes one

3 mi warmup, strides x 5, 5min@90% perceived effort, 1 min recovery jog, 2 min@90%, 1 min jog, 30sec @90%, 30sec jog x 3 sets (30 min total)

2-3 mi cool down

Have a great workout!

Rusty

Saturday Aug 5,2023. PRACTICE 6AM!

 Hi, We had multiple requests to change practice time while it’s hot out to earlier….so see you all at Shoreline Cafe tomorrow at 6AM!

Rusty and Mike

Saturday 7/29/23

Hi, We will be meeting at the old Zizzos coffee at 370 Store Rd, Goleta 93117 tomorrow at 6:30am!

Please click on the link below and quickly fill out your current short and long term running goals. Thanks!

                   Short and Long term goals

See you tomorrow,

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 7/22/23

Hi! Both Mike and Rusty are out of town this week but will be back for Tuesdays practice. 

Tomorrow’s workout location: Vieja Valley Elementary school at 6:30am.

Warmup 40min finishing at the Laguna Blanca Tennis courts. 

Strides x 5

The short loop going clockwise (1.28miles) x 3 continuous at threshold effort, 7 min jog, 1xshort loop at 10-20sec per mile faster 

Cool down remaining miles.

rabbit is having a Sample Sale at the rabbitHOUSE - 1913 State Street, Santa Barbara CA 93101. It's Saturday, July 22nd from 9am-12pm. 

Everything will be ten dollars. Sizes will vary, but mostly men's mediums and women's smalls. 

We hope you can make it!

Tuesday 7/18/23

Hi, I am away this week so for those that do not already know their workout….here is yours:)

3mi warmup, strides x 5, 12x60sec@Threshold effort (perceived effort 7-8 out of 10 with 30sec recovery…if you cant recover in the 30sec then you are running too hard/fast)…then after your 12th 60sec repeat, take your 30sec recovery interval then finish with 4min@ same relative effort as the previous 12 repeats, cooldown 2-3miles

Have a great workout and see you next Tuesday!

Rusty 

Saturday 7/15/23. Santa Barbara Running Company SBRR 25% OFF Sale!

Hi, We will be meeting at Santa Barbara Running Company 1046 Coast Village Rd in Montecito again this week where Joe will open the store early for all of our members and offer us 25% OFF EVERYTHING in the Store!

Great time to support our partners for the past 18yrs with buying your shoes, apparel and fuel for the year!

Take a close look at our workout loop....we will combining last weeks loop with an upper loop (~1.8miles)

Start at the crosswalk where we started last week then take Channel Dr to the top of the hill, right on Fairway left on Butterfly, right on Hill and follow it back to where you started.

See you Saturday!

Rusty/Mike

 

Saturday 7/8/23

 Hi, we are meeting the Santa Barbara Running Company tomorrow at 6:30. 

1046 Coast Village Rd  Montecito, CA 93108

See ya then!

Rusty and Mike

Saturday 7/1/23

Hi, We are meeting at the Foothill Elementary School tomorrow at 6:30am. See you all there!

Our course for tomorrow:

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday PM workout 6/27/23

Hi, We are in a strength, endurance building phase of the year with Fall Marathons and racing season ahead....so these workouts have been threshold effort  (they are self correcting...meaning if you have to walk at any point then you are above threshold effort and slow down!)

John Zaid, be careful:)

warm up 3miles, strides x 5, 2min@threshold effort, 20seconds at above 90% (not straining, but fast), 40sec slow jog x 8....this is 24min continuous run which if done correctly should keep your HR in the 85-88% Max HR threshold zone, 2-3mi cool down

Threshold effort explained: HR@85% if you know your max and wear a HR Monitor, or perceived effort 7-8 out of 10 OR add 40sec/mi to your last 5K per mile race time OR 5-10sec per mile faster than your most recent half marathon race pace. :)

Have a great workout and see ya Saturday!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 6/24/23

Hi, Good Luck to Kerry Small and Michaela Clemence who are racing the Goleta 10k and 5K respectively tomorrow! We will be meeting at Mountain Dr/Gibraltar Rd tomorrow at 6:30am.

Come celebrate Solstice with Sunkissed! Sunday 3-5 at Night Lizard Brewing.

And they are super excited about their special guest Laura Mihalka, that’s right Shayne’s wife is going to be rocking it out with them! Don’t miss it:)

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday 6/20 workout

 Hi, 

Any folks racing the Goleta 5K,10k or Half Marathon this Saturday your workout: 3x600@5kRP with 90sec between.

Everybody else:

30x30sec@threshold effort with 30sec recovery jog between each…if you have to stop at any point after any of the 30sec repeats then you are running too hard an effort…slow down. This is 30 minutes continuous.

Good luck and see you Saturday!

Saturday 6/17/23

Hi, We will be meeting at Handlebar Coffee on Canon Perdido at 6:30AM. 

See you all there!

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday 6/13/23 workout

 Hi, Mike is away for the next three weeks. All SBRR runners who participate in the Tuesday evening workout with Mike, please check the blog for workout details.

See you all Saturday!

Rusty

Workout:

This workout is essentially threshold effort aside from the 3x30sec on the last set

3min@85% perceived effort, 1min jog, 2min@85% perceived effort, 1min jog, 1min@90% perceived effort, 1min jog x 3 sets then after the last 1min rep on the 3rd set, do 3x30sec at 95% with 30sec jog between. 

For those racing the Goleta 5k, 10k or half marathon in a couple weeks:

6x800@5K Race pace with 2min between

Saturday 6/10/23

Hi, We will be meeting at the Montessori School, 401 N. Fairview Ave tomorrow at 6:30am.

See ya then!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 6/3

 Hi Everyone,

We will be meeting at 6:30 at vieja valley. See you all there!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 5/27

 Hi Everyone,

We will be meeting at 6:30 at Handlebar coffee on Canon Perdido.  See you all there

Rusty/ Mike

Tuesday evening track

 Just a reminder that evening track will now meet at Goleta beach at 5:45.  See you all there

Saturday 5/20/23

Hi, we will be meeting at the Vieja Valley Elementary School at 6:30am. We will warmup on the bike path to Patterson Ave to More Mesa.

Good luck to all those racing the Mountains 2Beach Marathon and Half this Sunday!

See you all tomorrow,

Rusty and Mike

She is Beautiful Medic Volunteers needed!

 Hi-Im the medical director for the She is Beautiful run on 9/9/23, interested in being a medic volunteer? Either in a medic tent or as a medic runner? You get to run the race for free and get s goodie bag/shirt at the end! Or if you have any friends interested please send em my way!

Thanks

Chrissy

Chrissyfaulding@yahoo.com

Saturday 5/13/23

 Hi Everyone,

We will be meeting at Ledbetter beach/shoreline beach cafe area at 6:30 am.  See you all there

Rusty/Mike

Saturday May 6th, 2023

Hi, We will be meeting at the Vieja valley Elementary School tomorrow at 6:30am. Good luck to Karlyn, Karen, Brett and patty on running the Marin 100K tomorrow!

See you all then!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday April 29th

Hi, we are meeting tomorrow at the Mountain Dr/Gibraltar intersection 6:30am.

Also, come see lynette with Spencer the Gardner at 5pm tomorrow and then Geoff Grays Band, The Last Decade at 6pm. The shows are at Alameda Park. See the link below

https://www.sbearthday.org/

See you then!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 4/22/23

 Hi Everyone,

Congratulations to all of our Boston runners, a full recap is to come, and good luck to those running London this weekend.

We will be meeting at 6:30 am at handlebar coffee, corner of Canon Perdido and Santa Barbara St.  See you all there

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday Am workout 4/18/23

 Hi, we are still in Boston but will be back for Saturday practice….

Here is the Tuesday Am workout:

Warmup 3 miles, strides x 5, 10x400@threshold effort with 100m jog. This is a continuous run (5000meters or 12.5 laps total)

Cool down remaining miles

Have a great workout!

See you Saturday,

Rusty and Mike

Saturday 4/15/23

 Hi, good luck to all Boston Marathoners! 

Mike and Rusty are both in Boston this weekend so won’t be at practice tomorrow.

Workout tomorrow:

Meet at Vieja Valley Elementary School 6:30am

Warmup 40 min start 3 mile tempo run from neighborhood in Nueces Dr right after the walking bridge 

Then do 3 miles at threshold effort out toward Goleta Beach on the bike path, take a 7 min jog recovery and come back 2 miles 10sec/mi faster.

Cool down remaining miles

Tuesday AM workout: check blog Monday for Tuesdays workout as Rusty is out of town until Wednesday.

Have a great workout!

Mike and Rusty

Tuesday AM workout 4/11

 Hi,

Boston Marathoners:

Workout 3 mile warmup, strides x 5, 2-3x1600@20sec/mile faster than goal marathon pace with 1 minute between, 2 mile cool down

Keep in mind, stopping after 2 x1600 is fine. The purpose of this workout is to aid your carboload…no need to over do it as it is not to gain fitness…the hay is in the barn!

Keep carbs high all day today and 80% of what you eat the rest of the week.

Everyone else: 

16x200m at threshold effort with 100m jog (continuous 12laps or 4800 meters).

Good luck to Boston Marathoners and everyone else tomorrow!

Rusty 

week 4/8/23 10 days to Boston!

 Hi, We are 10 days out from the Boston Marathon!

There will be a photographer coming to practice so Boston folks please wear your new uniforms that Lynette will be passing out before practice.

Tuesday AM Rusty will be traveling to Boston early so will not be at practice. Check the Blog for the Tuesday workout.

Boston folks workout tomorrow: walk to Elise Way then run 4miles down past Milpas then turn around and head 2miles back toward Shoreline cafe (6miles total) This is a dress rehearsal starting 10-20sec a mile slower than goal pace to warm up, then getting to your pace by 3miles then 10-20sec a mile faster than goal pace the last couple miles, 4mile cooldown. 10miles total.

Non Boston Marathoners, 40min jog warmup finishing at Elise way, 4mile tempo run down slightly past Milpas/Shoreline.

See you at Shoreline Cafe 6:30am!

See you tomorrow!

Mike/Rusty

Saturday 4/1/23

Hi,  We are 17 days away from the Boston Marathon day! Everyone looks great so far. last long run tomorrow. We will do 2 loops of the Pebble Hill loop outlined below. (you can click on the pic to enlarge the course map). The Carlsbad 5000 is this Sunday and Rich Cagley is racing and happy to report he is running great and ready to go. Good luck Rich!

See you all at the Foothill Elementary School tomorrow at 6:30am,

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 3/25/23

 Hi, one week to Carlsbad 5K and 3 weeks to Boston! Big day tomorrow for Boston marathoners. Below you will see the first 7.3mi of your workout....when you get to the bike path and Milpas, turn around and retrace your steps finishing at Lazy acres. It'll be ~12miles total.

Non Boston folks will do the first 5miles of the course you see below.

See ya tomorrow at Shoreline Cafe, 6:30am

Rusty/Mike

Saturday March 18

 Hi Everyone,

4 weeks until Boston Marathon, 5 weeks until London.  We will be meeting at 6:30 am at Vieja Valley. 

See you all there

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday 3/14 AM Practice update

 Hi, Goleta and Santa Barbara schools are closed tomorrow because of  a major rain storm coming into our area tonight and tomorrow.

Practice is still on tomorrow But please don’t feel the need to come if you don’t feel safe driving to the Hs.

The nature of the workout may change as well depending on what’s happening in the morning.

See you either tomorrow and/or Saturday:)

Rusty 

Saturday March 11, 2023

 

Hi, We are meeting at Dos Pueblos HS tomorrow at 6:30am.

See you then!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 3/4/23

Congratulations to all our Ventura Half Marathoners and Marathoners! Come to practice tomorrow to hear the details!

Napa Marathon Week ....Good luck Karen Fields!

4 weeks to Carlsbad 5K

6 weeks to Boston!

Tomorrow we are meeting in the parking lot next to what used to be Zizzos Coffee 370 Storke Rd, Goleta 93117 and we will be doing a flat Marathon Pace run for all Boston runners. See Map below....it's a figure eight 2.4mi course that most have done before.

See you tomorrow!

Mike/Rusty

Saturday 2/25/23

Hi, Good luck to all 43 SBRR runners entered in the Ventura Half Marathon and to Sven Dybdahl and Lynn Fitzgibbons in the Ventura Marathon this Sunday! Weather looks to be cold so dress warmly so as not to shiver before the start. Throw away clothes are recommended. Please wear our SBRR uniforms if you have one.

One week to the Napa Marathon (Karen Field)

7 weeks to the Boston Marathon

We are meeting at the Vieja Valley Elementary School tomorrow at 6:30am for either the workout or pre race warmup run.

see you tomorrow,

Mike/Rusty

Saturday 2/18/23

 Hi, We are 8 days away from the Ventura Half Marathon and Marathon! 2 weeks from the Napa Marathon, 3 weeks from the LA Marathon and 8 weeks from the Boston Marathon.

We are meeting at Shoreline Cafe 6:30am.

See you tomorrow,

Rusty/Mike

Morning Track SMHS donation (for the bathroom and gate access)

 Hi, 

Dawn Shroeder has been kind enough to help with getting us the key to the bathrooms on Tuesday mornings and opening the gate. In order for us to gain a more permanent  access to these wonderful benefits are asked to donate to the SMHS Track program. You can either write a check to SMHS track or Venmo your donation to Dawn here: @Dawn-Schroeder-2 

Deadline is Saturday Feb 18th.

SBRR is donating $500.

Thanks,

Mike/Rusty

Saturday 2/11/23

 Hi Everyone,

15 days until Ventura half and full marathon 

9 weeks until Boston marathon

10 weeks until London

We will meet at 6:30 am at vieja valley. We will be running on the figure 8 course and will provide a table and cups with water to practice drinking on the fly.

See you all there

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 2/4/23

Hi, We are meeting at Shoreline cafe tomorrow at 6:30am. Good luck to those racing this Sunday in the San Francisco Half Marathon!

3 weeks to Ventura Half/Marathon

3 weeks to Napa Marathon

10 weeks to the Boston Marathon

See below for our course tomorrow (starts at Lazy Acres and heads down hill to a left turn on Loma Alta uphill to a left turn on Cliff Dr to Lazy Acres down hill back to Shoreline Cafe)

Saturday 1/28/23

Hi, see you tomorrow at the Vieja Valley Elementary School 6:30am! Our Course tomorrow is shown below. Click on the map to see larger version.

Rusty/Mike

Saturday Jan 21st workout

Hi, 

Race Timeline:

Ventura Marathon/Half Marathon Feb 26th (5 weeks)

San Fran Kaiser Permanente 1/2 Marathon Feb 5th (2 weeks)

LA Marathon March 19th (8 weeks)

Boston Marathon April 17th (12 weeks)

The Annual Rabbit Sample Sale is Saturday 9am-12am see below and click on the pic to see full size....mostly men's Medium and Women's small

Tuesday Evening workout (5:45pm) location update:

Since Goleta Beach is closed from storm damage, we will be meeting in the Deckers Parking Lot off Los Carneros Rd and warming up to the UCSB track for the next few weeks until Goleta Beach re-opens.

See you tomorrow at Shoreline Cafe 6:30am! (FYI, we were just informed that there is construction beginning at 7am at Leadbetter so please park in the lot west of the Cafe as well as the Harbor 90min parking lot...although access is one way.)

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday night track

 Hi everyone

As Goleta beach is closed, nighttime track will temporarily meet at the deckers parking lot off of Los Carneros, and will warmup by running to the ucsb track.  We will use this meeting location for the next weeks until Goleta beach reopens

Morning Workout Tuesday 1/17/23

                                                                     

Hi Guys, two separate workouts. Many have received their specific workout. For those who haven't... Workout #1 is for those racing the Half Marathon. Workout #2 is a threshold workout for those who do not have a race that they are currently training for.

Workout #1

3x400@5K Race Pace with 90sec between, 3min jog, 1600@previous 400m pace plus 4sec (example: you ran your 400's at 96sec, then your 1600 would be at 1:40/400) x 2sets with 4min jog between sets

Workout #2

THRESHOLD WORKOUT

16x200 with 100m jog continuous run...this is 4800m worth of running or 12 straight laps. The 200m segments are at a perceived effort of 80-85% which is an effort at which you can comfortably jog 100m after each repeat and continue jogging.

Saturday 1/14/23

Hi, We will be meeting at Dos Pueblos High School tomorrow at 6:30am.

See you all then!

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday morning Practice Canceled 1/10/23

Hi, in the vein of better safe than sorry, we are cancelling tomorrow's morning practice.

Evening practice 5:45pm meeting at SBCC is still on as it's supposed to stop raining tomorrow afternoon.

See you all Saturday,

Rusty/Mike

Happy New Year,Saturday January 7th practice and SBRR Award night Gathering

Hi, please join us for our SBRR get together Saturday January 7th, 3pm to 7pm at Patty and Bob Bryant's House, 1491 Owl Ridge rd, Santa Barbara 93105. We very much want everyone to show up as we will be honoring many of our athletes as well as giving away some fantastic NEW SBRR shirts! Don't miss it! If you have trouble finding the Bryant House, please text/call Patty 805-252-2501 (she gave us permission for this:)

It will be potluck style so here is a suggestion of what to bring:

Last name starts with A-G- Appetizer 

H-L Main Dish

M-S side dish

T-Z Dessert 

We will provide plates, utensils, Cups etc. We will also have 2 Quarter kegs of Draughtsman Ale (Awesome Possum IPA and Czech Pilsner) and water. Please feel free to bring your favorite drinks if  water and beer do not appeal to you😊.

PLEASE CHECK THE BLOG SATURDAY JAN 7TH because if it rains we will be changing the venue from the Bryant House to another local TBA then.

See you tomorrow at the Vieja Valley Elementary School at 6:30am!

Mike/Rusty