Saturday June 6th, 2026

Congratulations to Coach Mike Swan who came in 6th place in his AG at the Hawaii 70.3 half Ironman Champs as well as Karen Peabody who came in 13th in her AG to both qualify for the Worlds!

Also Congrats go out to Kerry Small, 2nd AG 21:30, Stacey Bailey 1st AG 21:45, Mariann Thomas, 1st AG 22:39 and Jill Ireland, 2nd AG 23:31 who all raced the Ventura Beachfront 5K last weekend!

L to R Jill, Mariann, Stacey and Kerry

See you all tomorrow at Mountain Drive/Gibraltar road 6:30am sharp!

Rusty and Mike

Saturday May 30, 2026

Hi, Both Mike and Rusty re out of town this weekend…so your specific workout is below..

Good luck to Coach Mike and Karen in the 70.3 Hawaii Ironman Tri this weekend!

Happy 40th Birthday to Karlyn Roberts and Happy 50th Birthday to Jenny Mintz! We are sorry we couldn’t be at practice tomorrow to sing to you both;)

We will be meeting at Goleta Beach parking lot tomorrow at 6:30.

Workout: easy 40min warmup, strides x 5, low end threshold effort from in front of the restroom at Goleta Beach to just beyond the Bike path/Turnpike intersection (3miles), 5min jog, 2miles @ 10sec per mile faster (still threshold effort, but slightly higher effort), cooldown remaining miles.

See you all Tuesday!

Rusty and Mike

Saturday 5/23/26

Congratulations to Austin Janisch on his 16th place at the Quicksilver 100K in 11:48! Also, Congrats to Evan Moore who raced to a 1:26 Half Marathon on the Hilly Brooklyn Half Course, largest in the country! (30K plus) as well as Brian Dutter and son who ran the Bay to Breakers 12K last weekend!

Brian D and son at the 2026 B2B 12K

See you all tomorrow at Shoreline cafe for some threshold work!

Rusty and Mike

Saturday 5/16/26

Congratulations to those who raced the Wine Country Half Marathon last weekend!

Cari Voth 1st AG 1:37:33

Rosie Yeager 4th AG 1:44:09

Joel Flores 1:55:09

Catherine Gloster 3rd AG 1:55:19

Coach Rusty here, I’m starting an intensive summer running program for high school kids as well as those entering college June 15 through Aug 6th. If any of you know any kids who might be interested please feel free to share this link with more info. https://www.sbrunningproject.com/

We’re meeting at Handlebar coffee tomorrow at 6:30am!

Rusty and Mike

Saturday 5/9/26

Good luck to those racing the Wine Country Half Marathon this weekend!

From Monica at Rabbit:

rabbit is turning 10 and we would love to celebrate this milestone with all of you!

Please join us on Thursday, May 21st at rabbit HQ for an evening celebration with our community.

The night will kick off with an easy 3 mile Golden Hour fun run at 5:30 PM, followed by the party at 6:00 PM.

We will have:
• LUCCA Wood Fired Pizza
• Drinks
• Live music from DJ Curly
• Photo booth
• Free live screen printing by High Desert Printing
• Sweet treats
• Raffle prizes
• Shopping our limited edition Decade Collection

Please RSVP as soon as possible so we can get an accurate headcount for food and beverages:
https://www.movemint.cc/events/rabbit10yearbirthdayparty

Hope to see you there!

We will be meeting at what used to be to be Zizzo’s Coffee out by Girsh Park 340 Storke Rd, Goleta tomorrow at 6:30am!

See you there!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 5/2/26

Congratulations to all SBRR runners who raced the Canyons Trail races last weekend and Martin Tanner who raced the Eugene Marathon to a National Class 2:49:16 Performance!

  • 25K Shayne Mihalka 2:48 2nd AG
  • 50K Monica Devreese 6:29 3rd AG
  • 50K Karen Peabody 6:33 1st AG
  • 50K Coach Mike Swan 4:58 3rd AG
  • 100K Lisa D 13:03 1st AG
  • 100K Rich Dixon 14:51 3rd AG
  • 100K Deanna Odell 15:40 1st AG
  • 100K Dave Odell 15:40 5th AG

Also, Congrats to Josh Small who won the 1600 at his League Championship yesterday!

We will be meeting at Handlebar Coffee on Canon Perdido tomorrow at 6:30am!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 4/25/2026

CONGRATS to all Boston Marathoners and our M2B Marathoner on incredible races! Details and stories to come tomorrow….GOOD Luck to Martin Tanner in the Eugene Marathon this Sunday as well as Coach Mike, Karen, Monica, Dave and Deanna Odell, Rich and Lisa D tomorrow in the Canyon 50K!

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

Rusty and Mike

Tuesday AM workout April 21,2026

Great Boston Marathon for SBRR…results to come shortly…..

Workout:

3-4mile warmup, strides x 5, no need to do these in the first lane, 3-4 sets of 4x1min with 1 min between repeats and 2min between sets and the entire workout is designed to be NON STOP;) set#1@85%, set#2@90% set#3@85% and last set @90%, 2-03miles easy cooldown

Have a great workout. See you all Saturday!

Saturday 4/18/26

Congrats to All those who raced the Carlsbad 5000 last weekend and to Brian Dutter who raced the Deena Kastor 5k in Agoura! SBRR had some great races! Results Below:

  • Gonzalo Munoz 17:41
  • Todd Booth 18:15 4th AG at 84% National Class
  • Josh Small 18:49 PR
  • Robbie Fitzgibbons 18:52 5th AG
  • Christine Tyler 19:07
  • Sid Teegela 19:07
  • Mary Paterson 19:17 7th AG 81% National Class and 26sec PR!
  • Lynn Fitzgibbons 19:24 8th AG 81% National Class
  • Kerry Small 21:55
  • Lynette Snow 22:42 8th AG
  • Ivania Montes 22:45

Deena Kastor 5k:

Brian Dutter 21:40 3rd place AG

Good Luck to everyone racing the Boston Marathon this Monday and the Mountains 2 Beach Marathon Sunday!

See you all at Mountain Drive/Gibraltar Rd intersection tomorrow at 6:30am!

Rusty and Mike