Santa Cruz Endurance to compete at Silicon Valley Half Marathon

Introducing the Santa Cruz Endurance team for the Silicon Valley Half marathon to be held on Sunday 26th of October. The team will be competing in the Running Club Challenge which is calculated from the top 3 aggregate times both overall and female...

Women's Team

Domenica Alvarado, 29, Aptos - 2nd Place Overall Silicon Valley Marathon 2007 (3:14), 1st Place Overall Mermaid Half Marathon 2008 (1:29:23)

Kim Thomas, 42, Santa Cruz - 48th Place OA Wharf to Wharf 2008, 1st Place Age Group Race Thru Redwoods 2008


Rachael Brown, 31, Scotts Valley - 1st Place OA 23k Skyline Trail Run 2008, 1st Place OA Napa Valley Stomp Trail 10k 2008

Polly Feyereisn, 25, Aptos - 12:54 Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2008, 2nd Place Age Group Scott Tinely's Adventures Triathlon 2008.

Amanda Shuman, 28, Santa Cruz - 2nd place Age Group Santa Cruz Trail Half Marathon 2008.




Men's Team

Martin Spierings, 31, Santa Cruz - 6th Place Overall Santa Cruz Firecracker 10k 2008, 65th Place Overall Wharf to Wharf 2008, 4th Place OA Santa Cruz Sentinel Triathlon.



Adam Boothe, 29, Santa Cruz - 7th Place Overall Santa Cruz Firecracker 10k 2008, 96th Place Overall Wharf to Wharf 2008


Ed Burns, 36, Soquel - 1st Place Age Group Race Through the Redwoods 2008

Benoit Pelczar, 36, Santa Cruz - 2nd Place Age Group the GREAT Race 4 Mile 2008, 1st Place Age Group Santa Cruz Firecracker 2008, 2nd Place OA Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Half Marathon


Greg Feyereisn, 25, Aptos - 2:49 marathon PR, 10:58 Ironman Coeur D'Alene 2008.

2009 Wishlist

We would like to field teams in basically any endurance event that either has a team category or a team result can be achieved. Here a selection of events that we'd love to recruit teams for in 2009:

Lake Tahoe Relay
Wildflower Triathlon
24hrs of Adrenaline
The Grand Columbian
Thule Adventure Race - Sea Otter
Central Coast Challenge Dawn to Dusk
Big Sur Marathon Relay

Please send your suggestion of other races that could be considered.

which brings us to SPONSORSHIP....

We are ideally searching for a single title sponsor to fund team to these events in 2009. We would prefer a local sponsor who we can devote all our resources to promote and elevate. To be considered please register your interest with us so we can send you a sponsorship dossier in November following our participation in the Silicon Valley Half Marathon.