Author: SBRR

Good luck to all those racing the SB Triathlon tomorrow!

Congratulations to Helen Payne who came in 2nd in her Aage Group at the Leadville 100miler last weekend in 24:45!

Also, Congratulations to Deanna and Dave Odell who finished the TDS 100miler in France yesterday! Deanna was 1st in her AG!

Also, Congratulations are due Coach Mike Swan who along with Karen Peabody ran and successfully finished the 40miler as part of the UTMB series in Chamonix, Fr!

Race Calendar:

• She is Beautiful 5K & 10K 2 weeks 
• Chicago Marathon 6 weeks
• Marine Corp Marathon 8 weeks
• NYC Marathon 9 weeks
• SB Half Marathon 10weeks
• Indianapolis Marathon 10 weeks
• Philly Marathon 12 weeks
• Cal Int’l Marathon 14 weeks
• USATF Club/National Champs 15weeks https://www.usatf.org/events/2026/2026-27-usatf-club-cross-country-national-champion

Those racing the Chicago Marathon will run 8miles@Marathon Pace around the Laguna 1.28mi loop 6.25 times for 8miles.

Those racing the Marine Corps Marathon will be doing ~5 Loops for just over 6miles at Marathon. Pace.

Everyone else, I’ll go over the workout with you in the morning!

Finally from our Daughter who is looking to rehome her 6 year old, lab/hound mix. She is very sweet but not adjusting well after she had a baby 11 months ago. She would love a house without kids or with older kids/teenagers. She loves to eat, play fetch, and get belly rubs, and lounge in the sun.

If any interest, let Rusty or Lynette know….805-563-4503

We will be meeting at the Vieja Valley Elementary School tomorrow at 6:30am

See you all in the am….the heat will be breaking soon!

Rusty

Hi Everyone 

Greetings from Chamonix,

For tonight’s workout

Warmup including 2 laps of strides, building 1-4

The workout is

2 sets of 10×300 with 100 jog recovery 

400 jog plus 1:00 between sets

Times for the 300’s

Chris group 67

Helen’s group 71

Roy’s group 76

Alejandra’s group  79

Tom/ brett  group 83

Karen’s group. 87

Heidi’s group 91

That is the time for each 300, should all feel like threshold effort

Race Calendar:

• She is Beautiful 5K & 10K 3 weeks 
• Chicago Marathon 7 weeks
• Marine Corp Marathon 9 weeks
• NYC Marathon 10weeks
• SB Half Marathon 11weeks
• Philly Marathon 13 weeks
• Cal Int’l Marathon 15 weeks
• USATF Club/National Champs 16 weeks https://www.usatf.org/events/2026/2026-27-usatf-club-cross-country-national-champion

USATF Club Cross Country Nationals is December 12th and anyone and everyone of our club members are welcome. Our goal is to field as many Teams as possible. Last year we had a great time training and racing the XC Nat’s. Please click on the link and fill out the form below if interested. We are 16weeks away and will formally begin training soon.

Also, for your Saturday Fun, come see Sun-kissed at Beau tomorrow (Saturday 8-10)!

See you all tomorrow at Shoreline Cafe 6;30am…it looks like it’s going to be a hot day!

Race Calendar:

• She is Beautiful 5K & 10K 4 weeks 
• Chicago Marathon 8 weeks
• Marine Corp Marathon 10 weeks
• NYC Marathon 11weeks
• SB Half Marathon 12weeks
• Philly Marathon 14 weeks
• Cal Int’l Marathon 16 weeks
• USATF Club/National Champs 17 weeks https://www.usatf.org/events/2026/2026-27-usatf-club-cross-country-national-champion

USATF Club Cross Country Nationals is December 12th and anyone and everyone of our club members are welcome. Our goal is to field as many Teams as possible. Last year we had a great time training and racing the XC Nat’s. Please fill out the form below if interested. We are 17 weeks away and will formally begin training soon.

See below for a reminder of how much fun you all had:)

https://form.jotform.com/262257224722050

We will see you tomorrow at Goleta Beach where we will warm up and workout on More Mesa.

Rusty and Mike

Race Calendar:

• She is Beautiful 5K & 10K 5 weeks 
• Chicago Marathon 9 weeks
• NYC Marathon 12 weeks
• SB Half Marathon 13weeks
• Philly Marathon 15 weeks
• Cal Int’l Marathon 17 weeks

We will be meeting at Ellwood Shores Parking lot tomorrow at 6:30am….it’s been awhile since we’ve worked out here so here is our location:

See you all tomorrow!

Rusty/Mike

Hi,

Race Calendar:

• She is Beautiful 5K & 10K 6 weeks
• Chicago Marathon 10 weeks
• NYC Marathon 13 weeks
• SB Half Marathon 14 weeks

we will be meeting at Vieja Valley Elementary School at 6:30am. See you all there!

Rusty and Mike

Practice at Santa Barbara Running Company, 1046 Coast Village Road in Montecito tomorrow at 6:30am.
SBRunning Co is kindly offering all SBRR members 20% off anything in the store….they are super excited currently on this shoe: Try it out!

See you all tomorrow,

Mike and Rusty

Congrats to Maggie Crawford who ran the John Muir Trail (211 miles) in 7 days!

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

For those wanting some great music after the World Cup at Fox Winery 3pm-5pm…come see SunKissed!

See you tomorrow,

Rusty and Mike

Hi! We are meeting at Handlebar Coffee on Canon Perdido tomorrow at 6:30 and will workout starting at Chase Palm Park.

For those looking to listen to some great Music tomorrow evening, go see Geoff Gray’s band tomorrow at Validation Ale 6pm to 8pm, then asleep by 9….perfect!;)

See you all then!

Rusty and Mike

Happy 4th of July! As we mentioned, there will be no formal practice tomorrow…..Good luck to all racing either the SBRA 5k at Elings Park or another July 4th race out of town…Please send your results so we can post.

For those that want to meet. Meet 6:30am Goleta Beach and workout is: easy 30min warmup, strides x 6, 4-7mile Progression run (those running 30miles per week or less keep it to 4miles….start 10-20sec per mile slower than marathon effort and increase pace 10sec/mile every mile until you get to threshold effort on the last mile only. Cooldown 20 plus minutes depending on your mileage/schedule.

See you all Tuesday!

Rusty