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Wine Country Half Marathon: Results are up and it seems that Santa Barbara was well represented!
Top 3 Overall Female Finishers all from SB (I think this put them in the $$):
1. Drea McLarty 1:21:03
2. Emilie Johnson 1:26:19
3. Jessica Douglas 1:27:47

SB Runners placing in Age Group Top 3:
Ricky Ho 1st M35-39 1:16:14 (7th overall)
Tim Strand 1st M40-44 1:17:20 (9th overall)
Steve Kulchin 2nd M55-59 1:30:39
Nash Jimenez 1st M60-64 1:24:24 (18th overall)
Joe Kelley 1st M65-69 1:32:46
Gary Clancy 2nd M65-69 1:49:58
Kate Elliot 3rd F25-29 1:32:14
Sarah Mandes 1st F30-34 1:29:18
Adrienne Hengels 2nd F30-34 1:34:45
Lara Turner 1st F35-39 1:27:51
Desa Mandarino 1st F40-44 1:37:21
Lynelle Paulick 1st F55-59 1:40:27
Karen Beerman 3rd F55-59 1:47:21

I hear that Peter Crawford and Pieter Van Meeuwan ran together and snagged a 2:07:14 PR, also hear that Marie Schnyer ran a PR.

Many more ran and probably also PR'd. Updates will be posted. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
Searchable results are found here:http://www.runsantaynez.com/race-info/results.aspx (12 May)

Bart Yasso & Wine Country Half Packet Pickup: Packet Pick Up (only for those who signed up for this option) occuring at SB Running Co Thursday 5/10 3-6pm @ the Santa Barbara Store. Stop by between 4-6 to meet Bart Yasso. Bart will be signing his book.

OC Half Marathon Todd Booth ran to an 8th place overall out of 8700 runners at the OC Half Marathon with a time of 1:14:52:00. He won the 40-44 age group and placed 2nd in the Elite Masters Open.

St George Ironman: In what turned out to be a brutal morning in the swim, hundreds had to drop due to high winds. Several Santa Barbara participants managed to beat the wind and finish the full distance.
Congratulations to first time Ironman competitor Katie Haldeman for her 3rd place age group (F30-34) finish! (Katie runs with the SB Trail runners)
Congratulations to all the other SB area competitors many of them members of the SB Tri Club. Dan McCloskey 1st in M55-59, Kyle Visin, Craig Spreadbury.
(difficulties with the online results today, sorry for not having a complete posting) (6 May)

Wildflower Results: Congratulations to the many Santa Barbara participants at Wildflower Long Course yesterday.
Special shout out to Patty Bryant who placed 2nd in age group, Fred Maggiore with a 3rd in age group finish and
Lauren Capone (friendly face at SBRunning Co.) taking the top spot-1st female Amateur!!

Olympic Distance: Gary Maxwell placed 2nd in age group, congratulations!
(6 May)

Wildflower Triathlon: It is happening this weekend. Best of luck to everyone!

Updated Info-Leona Divide 50Km/50mile: While some choose the pavement, others choose the dirt. George Williams and several other SBAA/SBRR/SBTrail runners put their talents to the test in the mountains above Lake Hughes. While the 6am start was cool and windy, temperatures reached 80 degrees later in the day.
George Williams finished the 50miles with 8900 feet of elev. gain in an impressive 9:06!
Jennifer Brown in her first ever 50mile event (10:48)and Nichol des Jardin Clark (11:24) also both completed the 50 miles.
Andreas Hampp (6:25)took on the 50km with 4900 feet of elev. gain and
John Voorhis (7:42) continued his running streak by running the 50Km, taking it easy (I hear there was a mid race nap involved) so as to stay 'rested' for his Ironman in St. George next weekend.

Gaucho Gallop Results: Scores of runners turned out for the popular Gaucho Gallop 5k, 10k, Doiji Doggie Dash and the new Gaucho Challenge.
10K:Ricky Ho (34:38) ran away from the field for a first place finish in the 10K, Fred Mellon (37:12) took second. Cindy Abrami(38:39)took the lead female spot.
5K:12 year old Sean Ricketts of Grover Beach took 1st in the 5k with a 16:47 while Santa Barbara's own Joshua McGregor age 11 finished a strong 4th place 19:47. Female 1st went to Nicole Sabes 20:19 with Monica Illes 21:45 coming in second. The youth dominated the 5km course.
I think there were a few issues with the 10k course...contact Wally sbaa@cox.net for corrections.
Preliminary results can be found at
http://resultsarchive.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?rsID=127289

Kevin Steele was on hand to photograph the event. Check here under Galleries:UCSB Gaucho Gallop 2012: http://kevsteele.photoshelter.com
Information on the kids 1mile race can be found under the KIDS link to your left.

Looks as though it was another successful Gaucho Gallop, congratulations! (29 Apr)

Update from London Marathon:: Andrew Chorlton, in a post marathon photo, proudly displayed his SBAA/SBRR loyalty in front of Buckingham Palace.
Where have you been in your SBAA/SBRR colors? (27 Apr)

Nite Moves 5K Grand Prix Despite the foreboding forecast of rain, wind and possible thundershowers there was a pretty good turnout for the opening Nite Moves of 2012. Conditions were actually close to ideal for Nite Moves Grand Prix #1 which saw Todd Booth running away from the field and finishing first overall in 16:52. Laura Turner was the top woman in 19:34. Results: http://goo.gl/wStlP (26 Apr)

Gaucho Gallop: Registration and packet pickup this Friday 4/27 at the Santa Barbara Running Company (Goleta location) from 12-6pm and on Saturday at the event, starting at 7:30am. (25 Apr)

Trail Series Race #2-San Ysidro: Cool weather brought out the crowd for trail race #2 benefiting the Montecito Trails Foundation. Starting at the San Ysidro trail head, this course covered 8.4 miles and 2536 ft of elevation gain. First place went to a very speedy Marcelo Mejia Perez(1:00)with Joe DeVreese (1:05) in pursuit to claim second place, Scott Devore (1:13) in third. Top women, in a close race for lead, Linnea Koopman(1:28), Stacie Gannon (1:29), DeAnna Odell(1:32), Jeannee Diaz (1:36). Still awaiting full results, they will be posted as soon as available. Thanks go to race director Nancy Kaplan for organizing another fun event. (22 Apr)

Take the Gaucho Challenge! We are less than a week away from the 5th annual Gaucho Gallop presented by Geico. There are a lot of exciting changes for the local running community including the first ever Gaucho Challenge presented by SB Airbus. Teams of two will navigate the 5K course while also completing five challenge stations. While the challenges themselves will remain a mystery until race day, competitors can rest assured that they will be tested mentally as well as physically. Other race day options include the Grand Prix-sanctioned SB Running Company 10K, Elite Rehab 5K and of course the grand-doggy of them all, the Dioji Dog Dash. This is truly a family-friendly event with two running options for the shorter members of the family: the G Kids Dash (ages 5 & Under): a non-timed romp around the soccer field at Harder Stadium and the G Kids Mile (ages 6-13): A "roughly" 1 mile timed race that will send young harriers on a 1K loop before heading into Harder Stadium for an incredible finish (both are free events). Free Woodstocks Pizza, bouncehouses for the whole family, hats and T-shirts for all competitors. We guarantee that it will be your favorite race of the year! For more information and to register, go to http://www.ucsbruns.com/ (John Lofthus) (22 Apr)

SLO Marathon: Report from John 'I run a marathon a week' Voorhies comparing the Inaugural San Luis Obispo Marathon today to his Boston run last week.
"20,000 less runners, 40 less degrees, foggy, and 1 minute faster."

John also reports that it was impressive for a first year event.
A good expo with a finish at the Madonna Inn. Well supported by locals, great course aid and volunteers well trained. Not a fast course, but scenic with rolling hills.

London Marathon: Word from across the pond is that SBRR member Andrew Chorlton ran 4:02:11, besting his 2011 time by 16 minutes. He has vowed to return next year to race again even faster.
Great job Andrew! (22 Apr)

What's On Your Calendar? This weekend finds SBAA members participating in the Ragnar Relay, San Luis Obispo Marathon, London Marathon and the SB Trail Race #2.

Please send race reports, comments, photos and articles. I am happy to post and share the running love! (Heidi)
(20 Apr)

Trail Series Race #2 The second race in the trail series happens this Sunday April 22nd @ 8:30am. Meet at the San Ysidro trail head for an approximately 8.5 mile run. The course will be marked but bring your water bottle. These events benefit the Montecito Trails Foundation. A $10.00 donation is requested. Come out and enjoy a run on our beautiful front country trails. (18 Apr)

CONGRATULATIONS BOSTON FINISHERS! SBAA/SBRR and other locals made quite a showing in Boston. I have heard a few tales of a tough-hot day on the road from Hopkinton to Boston. Great job by everyone for the fantastic effort, enjoy the recovery!!!

Bruno, Benjamin 03:54:00
Christ, Douglas 03:16:26
Christ, Jill 03:23:36
Clancy, Gary 04:58:47
Dilly, Geoffrey 04:33:03
Douglas, Jessica 03:12:41
Enger, Patty 05:38:12
Feldman, Pete 03:16:58
Greer, Michelle 04:08:44
Hieshima, Marla 04:37:30
Kolendrianos, Megan 04:23:39
Kulchin, Steven 03:34:01
Luddemann, Claudia 04:29:31
Mason, Maggie 04:34:32
Moran, Susan 04:05:58
Nigh, Phillip 04:57:55
Odell, Deanna 03:45:16
Prater, Craig 03:20:50
Royer, Heather 04:33:12
Schatzle, Jenny 04:24:18
Seelandt, Karl 04:30:14
Spreadbury, Joslynn 03:37:30
Stein, Johnny 03:58:36
Toro, Wanda 04:33:04
Voorhis, John 04:09:09
White, Larissa 03:42:49
York, Tracy 04:11:06
Zemella, Joy 03:19:37

Searchable results can be found here: RESULTS

Apologies to those not yet posted, please let me know if there is someone we missed. (16 Apr)

Heidi Heitkamp on the web... In an effort to make sure the SBAA web site is fresh, interesting, fun with plenty of posts, Heidi Heitkamp is now contributing to SBAA web site posts. Heidi is an active member of the SBAA/SBRR and Santa Barbara Trail Runners. Make sure to thank Heidi next time you see her! (Tamara Berndt) (15 Apr)

Profile: Jill Himlan Nearly all runners remember a specific mile in their first marathon for all the wrong reasons. This memory (aka nightmare) is typically located between mile 19 and 22 when a marathoner crashes headfirst into the proverbial "wall". Jill Himlan avoided this common nightmare during the 2012 LA Marathon; in fact she ran her fastest mile over the final 5,280 feet of the race. Jill's nightmare-less Sunday lead her to run a 3:14 first marathon…not a bad first marathon memory. (15 Apr)

Boston Marathon Tracking: Get ready....Follow your fellow runners here on Marathon Monday April 16th: Elite Women start at 9:32am EST, Elite Men & Wave One start at 10:00am EST.
http://www.baa.org

Track online or sign up for AT&T athlete text alerts (search under Entrants for bib numbers)

Good luck to everyone running, and here's hoping for cooler weather! (15 Apr) (15 Apr)

Len Miller's 2nd Annual Elite Summer Distance Camp July 9-14,2012, Cost per person or family: $250. per session. Each athlete must register with USATF. The cost $15.00. We will need proof of registration sent to us prior to the start of camp. Please contact Len Miller for detailed brochure at coachlenmiller@verizon.net.

Note: Len was the coach of Steve Scott, one of the greatest milers in American history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Scott_(athlete) (Kevin Young)
(15 Apr)

Martian Marathon Detroit, April 14th: Congratulations to Ethan Reece (3:07:24) and Chad Ratliffe (3:24:54) for great performances yesterday! I hear they got to run in the rain. Crazy marathon weather this weekend. Looking forward to hearing them share their marathon stories. (15 Apr)

Chardonnay 10-Miler & 5K Blustery conditions greeted the runners/walkers for the traditional Chardonnay 10-Miler & 5K. Local area runners dominated the top spots in both the 10-Miler and 5K. In the 10-Miler it was Jason Smith first overall in 1:00:02 with Jill Himlan the top woman in 1:05:07. The 5K saw Angus Maclaurin finish first overall at 18:37 while Kim Hazard was the fastest woman in 21:01. Per tradition many hung around and enjoyed the ever popular wine tasting. Wine or no wine a good time was had by all of the close to 800 finishers.

Thank you to race director Jose Gonzalez, his crew and all the fine volunteers. Many of the volunteers, especially out on the course, were local students. Beneficiaries of the Chardonnay are La Cuesta High School, Alta Vista Alternative High School, San Marcos High School and UCSB. Results: 10-Miler http://www.sbtiming.com/results/char_10ovr_2012.txt
5K http://www.sbtiming.com/results/char_5ovr_2012.txt

As usual, there is no way I would rather start my day other than with a beach front run on a beautiful day in Santa Barbara. A race and some windy condition made it more fun and challenging! This race is well organized and having a 10 mile and 5k option makes it great way for everyone to reach their fitness goals. No traffic worries, volunteers handing out water every 2 miles, huge muffins, plenty of water and Gatorade and some wine tasting at the finish. I was fortunate enough to take 2nd and take a bottle home with me! My favorite part was seeing so many of my yoga students out on the course and after we finished. I love this city! (14 Apr)

Carlsbad 5000-Posting this before the month runs out!-April 1st was the running of the Carlsbad 5000. Several of our SBAA/SBRR running crew took to the streets in this highly competitive event. Larry Brooks ran a 21:23 (a 24 second PR over last year) to take 3rd in his age group! It has been great fun meeting and running with Larry in our Tuesday night track. Drea McLarty with 17:43 was 8th female and I believe John Brennand also competed but unfortunately there were some problems with results posting so neither one of them show up. Apologies to anyone left out of this post.
Results (as good as they get) are found here: http://carlsbad.competitor.com/results/ (14 Apr)

Those Crazy Boston Marathon Carbo Loading Fools.... Yes, it is that time of year when the proud running community in Santa Barbara sends a disproportionate percentage of runners to Boston.

Almeida, Kristiana, Battles, Kristen, Brier, Arnie, Bruno, Benjamin, Clancy, Gary, Douglas, Jessica, Ewasiuk, Glenda, Feldman, Pete, Hieshima, Marla, Kirkmire, Katherine, Kovanda, Debbie, Kulchin, Steven, Luddemann, Claudia, Macphee, Joseph, Manar, James, Mason, Maggie, Moran, Susan, Odell, Deanna, Olson, Robert, Prater, Craig, Royer, Heather, Schatzle, Jenny, Spreadbury, Joslynn, Stein, Johnny, Voorhis, John, White, Larissa, York, Tracy, Zemella, Joy, Christ, Douglas, Christ, Jill, Dilly, Geoffrey, Enger, Patty, Kolendrianos, Megan, Nigh, Phillip, Greer, Michelle, Seelandt, Karl, Toro, Wanda, Ho, Ricky & Kosche-Gelinas, Wendy
(12 Apr)

Rape Prevention Education Program's 2nd Annual 5K Fun Run & Walk The Rape Prevention Education Program at UCSB is sponsoring its second annual 5K Fun Run and Walk in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The race will take place on Saturday, April 21, and will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the UCSB Faculty Green. All proceeds from the race will benefit the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center.

Registration and race information is on-line at http://goo.gl/kFE6Y

For questions or more information please contact Kegan Allee, Advocacy Support Specialist with the Rape Prevention Education Program, at (805) 893-3305 or kegan.allee@sa.ucsb.edu.

To learn more about the Rape Prevention Education Program or other programs and events through this office, please visit: http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/women/index.aspx.

For more information about the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center and the services and programs it provides, please visit: http://www.sbrapecrisiscenter.org/
(10 Apr)

Tough Enough 2012 Full moon over the Pacific, driving down to the ultra start. Four ultrarunners took off at 4:30, thirty-seven teams at 7:00.

A young man from Delano (Direct Relief) ran the first mile in around 4:45, looking very smooth, but the day belonged for the fourth time in a row to the formerly Delusional, now Living the Dream’s. Barely, though: the Superfriends we only a minute back, and victory wasn’t a sure thing until the last leg. 7:09 to 7:10. (Dreams: Dave Saunders, Leif Reynolds, Scott Ingraham, Eric Forte, Joe Nordin.)

The mixed team We’re the FUGAWI!?!? crushed their previous mixed team record in third (7:14). Great run, not diminished at all by the Superfriends breaking the same record four minutes earlier (Superfriends: Ricky Ho, Tim Strand, Chrystee Bradley, Mike Shaloob, Drea McLarty; Drea and Chrystee have the distinction of being on both the women’s and mixed-team record holders.) (FUGAWI’s: Scott Devore, Steve Harding, John Loftus, Dana Battalia, Chris Chisney.) New mixed record: 7:10.

In the ultra, Uvaldo Lopez stuck close to Scott Young, because he didn’t know the course and was afraid of getting lost. At the end, though, he kicked (!!), finishing in 12:02, with Scott running the same time. (RD: “This is your first ultra?” Uvaldo: “This is my last ultra.”)John Hoenigman (12:52) and Steve VenDenburgh (12:59) completed the ultra finishers.

Miscellaneous awards:
o Dominating last place. The Rats et al. Lucky Enough threw down a challenge, even getting lost (on a course with a total of eight turns), but first Worth the Wait unsurpassed them, then the Rats, a whopping 84 minutes after their closest competitors. (The Rats sweep the course annually, something much appreciated by those they’ve helped.)
o Loch and Load built on last year’s clothing victory by again running in kilts. Excellent for mountainous terrain.
o Elite Rehab again fielded three teams
o FUGAWI’s Steve Harding was again awes on getting the Horny Toad blankets.
o Steve Harding, who doesn’t work for anyone and was not claimed by any team, demonstrated the breadth of style options open to TE participants; Steve also gave inspiration to the possibility of instituting a dress code for future TEs
o Finally, dialog of the day award. A team stranded on W Camino Cielo with a flat tire and a flat spare, to a passing truck: “Excuse me, sir, but you wouldn’t happen to have a compressor, would you?” “Why, indeed, yes, I do!” (For future reference, you can pump up a car tire with a bike pump. It’s a pain, but ti can be done.)

1 7:09 Living the dream
2 7:10 Super friends
3 7:14 We’re the FUGAWI!?!?
4 7:53 Hows the knee? (Matt Skenazy)
5 8:02 Los Amigos de Goleta (Willy Rocket Rossow) √

6 8:18 Four and one-half men (Jim Johnson)
7 8:22 Cyclepaths (no cars, bikes all the way!) (Dylan Jones)
8 8:32 Direct Relief #1 (Sara Eyman)
9 8:34 Quick feet elite (Yvonne Castillo)
10 8:43 The honey badgers (Andrew Schoneberger)

11 8:45 Slash and burn (Micky Sederburg)
12 8:54 Beauty and the beasts (Dan Shimizu)
13 8:54 Free to play (Andrea Stouffer) (First all-women)
14 8:54 Play for free (David Groom)
15 9:01 Pumped up kicks (Cody King)

16 9:02 Care4paws (Megan Rheinschild) (Second all-women)
17 9:03 Not up to snuff (NUTS) enough (Stephen Otero)
18 9:13 The Argentineans (reinforced) (Gustavo Dabos)
19 9:16 Leo Heos (Amy Tracewell)
20 9:17 Team RAGE (Chrissy Faulding)

21 9:31 Loch and load (Michael Larkin)
22 9:46 Flock of seagulls (Kristin Brown)
23 9:49 DNR (Nichol des Jardins)
24 9:57 Knuckelheads (Gabe Wishingrad)
25 10:04 Phad chants (Bob Dutcher) √

26 10:13 WTF (Paula Waldman) √
27 10:17 Fish out of water (Tim Siciliano) √
28 10:20 Weekend warriors (Art Tracewell) √
29 10:23 Four sugars with a cup of Joe (Twila Douglas) √
30 10:23 Quick chicks (Maggie Bahnson) √

31 10:32 Happy trails III (Julianne Hastings) √
32 10:44 I want my Bloody Mary (Simone Kleinschmidt) √
33 10:53 Lucky enough (Barry Abshere) √
34 11:33 Worth the wait (Melissa Rodriguez) √
Last 12:57 We don’t give a rat’s ass… (Happy Snappe)
Also last 12:57 … Neither do we!

Yet again, everyone took care of and cheered for everyone else, the views were astonishing — how many places on the surface of the Earth can you look to the left to ocean and islands, and to the right to a wide valley and rugged, tall mountains? — we can give roughly $3 thousand to Direct Relief, and everyone had a good time. Thanks to all participants, and see you next year. (Jim Kornell) (8 Apr)

Carpinteria All Comers Track 4 Carpinteria All Comers Track meets -- 6:30 p.m., June 15, July 6, July 20, & August 3. Perhaps this could be with a notice on the current home page & in the monthly race schedule.

These Friday meets include a variety of races including 50M, 100M, 200M, 400M, 800M, 1500M, & 3000M, for which accurate times are noted. All are welcome to this very friendly environment -- $5 ($3 students). You can even try your hand at hurdles, jumping, or throwing!

The location is at the mountain side of Carpinteria High on Foothill Road. Van Latham is the Director. And current information is kept posted at http://www.warriorcountry.com/track/allcomers/all_comers.htm (Ralph Philbrick) (4 Apr)

Peabody School 5K & 10K A chilly, windy morning greeted everyone for the 8th Annual Peabody School 5K & 10K at Goleta State Beach. The 10K was a Grand Prix event and was won by Matt Dubberley in 37:13. Jeanee Diaz was the first 10K woman at 46:19. The 5K field was dominated by a bunch of the Peabody kids and was won by Lukas Wendling in 19:11. Desa Mandarino the top 5K woman at 20:52. Thanks to race director Garrett Headley and all the other fine Peabody volunteers. Results http://goo.gl/TCKjK (1 Apr)

Paso Robles Wine Country ½ Marathon The Paso Robles Wine Country ½ Marathon was an out and back course starting and ending at the River Oaks Event Center . The course was changed this year to a more challenging course that included a tough last mile on rain soaked dirt, but picturesque nonetheless. Forecasts for heavy rain and wind were surprisingly absent, with mostly blue skies and light winds, a great set up for great results.

Doug Christ, finished 4th overall runner with an impressive PR of 1:20:35. Doug finished 2nd in his age group to overall winner and common runner to local races, Jason Brosseau who won in 1:13:58. Doug’s wife Jill Christ also PR’d with1:28:24. Jill won her division in the 25-29 age group and finished as the 6th overall female. Fantastic job for the Christ’s, considering the race organizers had a countdown clock of 17 minutes to race start then changed to a 5 minute countdown while the Christ’s were in their car warming up. Doug and Jill had to run from their car to the starting line and zig zag through the masses to get out front. I could see Doug’s neon green compression socks working feverishly running horizontally almost as much as vertically to get to the front.

Joy Moats finished as the 2nd overall female and 9th overall runner. She had a tremendous PR, shaving over 8 minutes from her prior personal best at the ½ marathon distance. Her time of 1:23:22 was second only to former Olympian and Chicago marathon winner Linda Somers Smith’s 1:16:25. This was an out and back course, and Joy claimed when she saw Linda coming the other way on the turnaround, Joy could only muster the words “amazing” watching Linda run by.

The last in the quartet of SBAA runners also included Ethan Reece, finishing as the 11th place male, 1st in the 35-39 age group in a very impressive time of 1:28:16. (Ian Moats) (27 Mar)