Santa Cruz Endurance Racing Team

Last Week's Race Results

2011-06-06T17:45:00.000-07:00

With the second of our two original club founders now residing in the Midwest, Santa Cruz Endurance has been undergoing some changes. But last week's race results show that nothing has changed on the race course as SCE members continued to put up great running and swimming performances.

On Thursday, Dan Wirls and Elizabeth Dane Stampley took to Stevens Creek Reservoir for the first Splash and Dash series race. Dan took first overall and Liz came in 4th for the women.

Saturday morning's rain didn't stop Ryan Hoffman and Max Selleck from taking on the trails out at the Nisene Marks Marathon, Half-Marathon & 5K Run. Ryan won the half in a very solid 1:28:11. After already running the Boston and Big Sur Marathons this spring, Max completed another challenging marathon course, finishing 14th overall and 3rd in his age group.

It's a nice start to the new SCE era!

Run For Shelter and Marine Discovery Run Results 2011

2011-05-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz Endurance members were spread thick over the local races on the weekend. Long dedicated to finding shelter for the seals...or something...SCE were inspired to dominate the podiums.

First the Run For Shelter 10K and 5K in Watsonville

10K
Shoshanah Orzech 2nd Overall, 1st 35-39 AG
Monica Martinez 4th Overall, 1st 25-29 AG

5K
Steve Yatson 3rd Overall, 1st 40-44 AG
Charmin Wolles 2nd Overall, 1st 40-44 AG
Margaret Ellis, 3rd Overall, 1st 35-39 AG

Hang on EVERYONE won their age group? Why do we have such a problem convincing people SCE is not just for fast people?

Charmin, Monica, Shoshanah and Laura

Next, the Marine Discovery Run 10K and 5K put on by Finish Line Productions.

10K
Polly Feyereisn, 4th Overall, 2nd 20-29 AG
Will Hahn, 3rd 30-39 AG (PR 44:02!)

5K
Kim Thomas, 2nd overall, 1st 40-49 AG
Martin Spierings, 2nd overall, 1st 30-39 AG
Andrew Walgren, 4th overall, 1st 10-14 AG in a 18:55!

Full results here.

Kim on the way to 2nd at Marine Discovery Run 5K

Who wants to be the next SCE blogger? C'mon, you can't do better than this?

Wildflower Triathlon Results 2011 | Big Sur Marathon | Leona Divide

2011-05-01T20:26:00.000-07:00

Club records tumbled this weekend all over California. Eric Clarkson placed 25th in the pro division at Wildflower Triathlon on the weekend in a club record time of 4:34:14. Read his race report. Other results at Lake San Antonio, Michael Chase raced the Mountain Bike Triathlon with a time of 1:27:54 and Eileen Chase 3:33:54 in the Olympic Distance. Ryan Hoffman finished a competitive 40th in the Collegiate Olympic distance race in 2:28:01.

Cari Martin ran 50 miles at Leona Divide in 8:42:58 good for 5th overall. She is the first female club member to do that distance. Official results.

Max Selleck, who ran the Boston marathon a couple of weeks ago ran a stunning 3:11:12 at the Big Sur Marathon. Aracelly Clouse ran a 3:13:26 to place 6th woman overall in the Big Sur Marathon.

Dan McKinnon ran a personal record of 1:23:39 to finish 3rd overall in the Avenue of the Giants Half Marathon. Congrats Dan! Results here.

Updated 05/05/11

Operation SCE Wharf to Wharf 2011

2011-04-14T16:20:00.000-07:00

Following the success of the recent Spring Marathon Project SCE is offering a coached interval workout on Thursday nights and an informal Sunday morning run to train its runners up for two big redezvous in July. The Santa Cruz Wharf to Wharf which SCE dominated last year with 13 runners making the Top 100. We will also be putting a team together for the Team Competition of the San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon a week later.

We hear it all the time. Athletes are interested in SCE but are worried about "not being fast enough". We disagree, you're not fast enough...yet. But we understand that being around some of the stars of SCE can be intimidating and as such one of our members Aimee Escalante has volunteered to help. Aimee is experienced helping novice runners. She will be available to introduce new athletes to SCE, help them feel comfortable joining in our group workouts and to assure them they won't be left behind. You'll find our athletes are very supportive of new runners.

The cost of SCE membership has been reduced to $60 for the rest of our season (valid 07/31/11). All you have to do is to sign up on our membership page (if you're not already a member) to join in the fun.

If you wish to have more personalized coaching to complement the SCE workouts both coaches, Martin Spierings and Aaron Jacobsen, are available to help you achieve your goals.

2011 Santa Cruz Half Marathon Results / Skyline to the Sea Results / AR50 results

2011-04-10T16:48:00.000-07:00

Andrew flys around the bend. Photo: Tedd Siegel

A busy weekend of racing, both road and trail, local to Santa Cruz and SCE was out in force.

Ryan Hoffman completed the Santa Cruz Half marathon in 1:18:48 good for 9th overall and 4th in his age group. Dan Wirls was rightfully awarded first in his age group but was beaten on elapsed time (see team director's blog/rant on this very subject) by just 5 seconds. Aimee Escalante was also out there representing. Full results found here.

13 year old phenom Andrew Walgren set a smoking 38:29 PR at the 10K event, needless to say this won him his age group, and had him 6th overall. Julie Stockwell finished 5th woman with a 41:29 PR in the same event.

Rohanna McCord finished 3rd woman overall in the marathon distance pc trails Skyline-to-the-Sea race. Cari Martin fell on her head and still finished 8th woman overall in the 50K

Rohanna slams some Coke at Skyline-by-the-Sea

Stephen Wassather came 13th overall at the 50 mile American River 50 mile race yesterday in 6:49, winning his age group and smashing the SCE club record. Adam Blum crossed the line in 8:20.

But wait there's more. The Artichoke half marathon was held in Pescadero and Liz Dane finished 5th overall with Margaret Ellis not far behind. From experience official results to this race will be hard to find.

Please comment with corrections or other SCE racers we may have missed.

SCE Names Squad for 2011 Lake Tahoe Relays

2011-04-02T09:50:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz, Calif. (April 2, 2011) - Santa Cruz Endurance announced today the 14 runners that will fill the two sponsored teams, SCE FinishLineProductions and SCE McKinnon Construction, at the upcoming Lake Tahoe Relays, June 11.

Aaron Jacobsen, Adam Blum, Benoit Pelczar, Dan McKinnon, Gaylia Lynn Osterlund, Jenn Betancourt, Jeremy Page, Julian Sunn, Kara Henry, Leslie Schaeffer-Haverstock, Maria Laura Reyes Durazo, Ryan Hoffman, Shoshanah Orzech and Stephen Wassather make up the squad. Team management remain tight lipped about the final composition of the teams but industry insiders believe that SCE will field two mixed teams of 4 men and 3 women each in an attempt to dominate the mixed team category. SCE looks certain to improve on its 6th place in the Mens team division in last year's race results.

The teams are sponsored by event production company Finish Line Productions and local construction company McKinnon Construction.

2011 Oakland Marathon Results

2011-03-27T17:16:00.000-07:00

Some unofficial results from today's Oakland Half and Full Marathons from the team. Gaylia Osterlund won her age group and finished 13th from 2090 ladies overall in the half. She also finished 2nd in the overall age graded results. Shoshanah Orzech was very close to her PR with a 1:38. Kelley Puglisi, Jenn Betancourt and Sam Forde ran 1:33, 1:33 and 1:37 in training runs for Boston marathon in three weeks time. Jenn's run was good enough to put her on the podium in the 25-29 age category. Carlos completed his first half marathon with a 2:03.

Martin Spierings ran a 3:04:34 good for 26th overall in the full. Martin's full race report here. Monica Martinez finished her first marathon in 4:13 and Liz Dane had a disappointing DNF after going through half in great time and then becoming ill but has vowed to have another crack soon.

Full results here. These will be official on Wednesday. Will post updates and photos as they become available.

PRs and Podiums

2011-03-23T20:19:00.000-07:00

Leslie Haverstock of Santa Cruz finished 9th in her age group in the L.A. marathon on Sunday in a time of 3:21:32. Cari Martin of Aptos came in 3:30:56.

On March 12 Santa Cruz's ultra running prodigy, 20 year old Stephen Wassather, placed 14th overall of the 572 participants in the Way Too Cool 50K clocking 3:59:18. Full results here. Adam Blum also completed the event in 5:15.

Samantha Forde, Santa Cruz, and Jennifer Willoughby, Aptos, finished 1st in the 10K and 2nd in the Half Marathon respectively at the Go Green St. Patricks Day run on March 13 in Los Gatos. Results here.

Marathon. A long, long way to run.

2011-03-15T20:19:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz Endurance Spring Marathon Project is coming to its exciting conclusion. Members have been teaming up with each other logging epic miles in preparation for three main target races coming up in the next month. A straw poll of members two weekends ago showed long runs totaling over 250 miles for the team. Running coach Aaron Jacobsen provided expert advice at interval training on Thursday nights and team long runs on Sundays.

Race Previews
L.A. Marathon - March 20

Laura Reyes Durazo and Leslie Haverstock will be racing and Cari Martin will be out on the course on a training run. You can track them here on race day.

Oakland Marathon - March 27

Martin Spierings, Monica Martinez and Liz Dane will be braving the full marathon. Also making the trip to the half: Gaylia Osterlund, Sam Forde, Shoshanah Orzech, Tedd Siegel, Jenn Betancourt, Carlos Angobaldo, Kelley Puglisi and Aaron (maybe!).

Boston Marathon - April 18 - **Updated 03/22/11**

The oldest, the best. SCE has six qualified athletes racing at Boston. Julie Stockwell, Jennifer Willoughby, Kelley Puglisi, Samantha Forde, Jenn Betancourt, Julian Sunn, Greg Richards and Max Selleck. For the first time SCE will have an Open Womens and Open Mens team entered in the Team Competition which takes the top three fastest times to determine the team champion. You can track the team here.
Boston qualifiers were rewarded for their achievement by having their USATF membership refunded by the club.

Updates will also be available on Facebook Page and Twitter.

All smiles after another track workout

There's still time to join the team and get fit with us for triathlon season and the summer running season. Click here.

PRs and Podiums - Winter 2011

2011-02-07T19:44:00.000-08:00

Superbowl 10K - 6th Feb 2011
A great morning for SCE at the Superbowl 10K. Ryan Hoffman placed 3rd overall and Jenn Betancourt and Charwin Wolles finished 2nd and 3rd overall in the women’s division. Age group wins podiums also went to Will Hahn, Andrew Walgren, and Margaret Ellis. Full results here.

Bling at Santa Cruz Superbowl 10K

Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon - 6th Feb 2011

Julie Stockwell, Leslie Haverstock and Shoshanah Orzech raced the SF Half Marathon. PRs to Julie and Sho! Results here.

Los Gatos Track Meet - 5th Feb 2011

Los Gatos Track Meet

Dan McKinnon, Andrew Walgren, Craig Mace and Steve Yatson made history by participating in the Los Gatos All-comers track meet. SCEs first official appearance at a track competition.

Mission 10 mile and 5K - 29th Jan 2011
Race Report by Benoit Pelczar

Five teammates couldn't resist the urge to wake up at dawn and head to San Juan Bautista to enter the 5k and 10 mile races. Miriam, Laura, Dan and Benoît started first at 10:00 for the 10 miles, while Andrew had to wait 15 more minutes before running his 5k. For once Laura let Agnès use the camera, which she put to good use as evidenced by the below shot of Andrew, seemingly flying through the 5k course in the impressive time of 19:15, putting him in 6^thplace overall.

Mission 5K

In the meantime, Dan and Benoît ran together for a couple of miles, energized by the sight of Monica, Gaylia and Jeremy cheering from the top of their bikes after riding from Aptos. It was very appreciated seeing their familiar faces on the course. Shortly after, Dan latched on to a faster group while Benoît was happy to run his own pace. Thanks to the turn around, each runner had a chance to see their teammates one more time before heading to the ever so long flat miles heading to the finish. Dan used his knowledge of the course and superior conditioning to drop his running mates and finished in a PR of 1:05:18. Benoît followed a few minutes later (PW of 1:08:22). Laura was next in an impressive 1:15:43 which gave her an age group 2^nd place, followed by Miriam, who soldiered through back pains in 1:48:42. Results here.

Whale to Whale Time Trial #3 – 22nd Jan 2011
Was held on another beautiful day in Santa Cruz. Congrats to the winners Adam Blum and Michelle Kern. Results here.

PCTR Pacifica - 21st Jan 2011

Laura and Jenn B ran the 21K with Jenn just missing 1st overall by less than a minute. Results here.

*please comment if you have corrections or omissions

Oakland Marathon Course 2011

2011-01-21T22:47:00.000-08:00

New course for 2011. Check out course map and elevation and fly-over video below (have to downlaod Google Earth)

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SCE Oxylent wins the Bay Area Cross Country Corporate Challenge

2011-01-19T11:33:00.000-08:00

Sam, Sho, Gaylia and Aracelly (L-R) at the Oxlent booth

Dan and Julian warm up before the race

Six members of Santa Cruz Endurance got to rub elbows with some of the nation’s top-ranked elite runners on Sunday at the Bay Area Track Club's Cross Challenge in Golden Gate Park. Aracelly Clouse, Gaylia Osterlund, Shoshanah Orzech, Samantha Forde, Dan McKinnon and Julian Sunn won the corporate team challenge, sponsored by Breath Life Drink Oxylent. SCE Oxylent dominated the team division, taking first place by a wide margin over 2nd place Penske. Official race report here and individual results here.

Preview of 2011 Triathlon Club Competitions

2010-12-17T05:42:00.000-08:00

Team competitions and challenges are something still relatively new to the sport of triathlon in the U.S. But with the increase both in the size and number of triathlon clubs around country event directors have been picking up on the desire of these clubs to compete with one another. The national governing body, USAT, has a National Club Championships competition each year. The 2010 event was held in the Myrtle Beach, NC. Its scoring is a convoluted calculation that takes into account team size, age group placing and even distance travelled to the event. With the team aspect being at the heart of SCE’s formation, we review some local triathlon race series to see what they offer in 2011.

USA Productions
Held in four locations USA Productions offers a generous $4,500 purse spread over nine triathlons this summer. SCE finished 5th at the Morgan Hill event last year. The scoring is loosely based on USAT scoring but adds additional points for best swim, bike and run splits and even points for providing volunteers. With no accounting for team size the challenge resembles more an incentive program than a competition disadvantaging SCE.

**Update 01/11/2011: USA Productions have changed their system and points are now divided by the number of club participants. Game on again for SCE. Details here.

TriCalifornia / Wildflower Triathlon
Wildlflower Triathlon has a Fastest and Overall Club Competition. The Fastest Club competition takes the fastest 3 men and women and adds their total times. Fastest time wins. Santa Cruz Endurance placed 5th in the Olympic Triathlon calculations last year. It is probably the most competitive team competition in the state with big SoCal clubs like L.A. and San Diego well represented. The negative is there is no cash prizes awarded for the winners. The Overall Club Competition is more or less a participation award with some bonus points for high age group placings. Hard to win without a big team.

Threshold Racing
Two Threshold races, Reservoir and Metro triathlons will count toward a team competition. It will be calculated the same way as the Wildflower fastest team competition and the results from the two triathlons combined. There is a large and small club category with $1250 for the winner of each. Last year SVTC won the large club division and the small club category was unclaimed. None of this is advertised on the website yet so I’m relying on the work of the race director but it seems like an attractive goal for SCE.

Santa Cruz Sprint and International Triathlons
SCE finished 2nd behind Monterey Bay Multisports in last years Sprint Triathlon organized by Finish Line Productions winning $150. The fastest combined time of the 5 top finishers, regardless of gender, was declared the winner. The structure of this year’s team competition hasn’t been announced yet.

Santa Cruz Triathlon
$1500 prize pool but only available to large clubs. Participation and performance points for each age group (1st – 5th). Four divisions, according to club size, were represented with Olympic Club, Kain Performance, Forward Motion Racing Club and Pacific Bicycles being declared the winners in descending order of size.

Troika Triathlon
While not in California the Troika Triathlon, held outside of Spokane Washington on August 7, is worth mentioning. It’s a half ironman distance awarding a significant amount of prize money for 1st place ($1000), 2nd place ($500) and 3rd place ($250) clubs and will be based on USAT club challenge rules and regulations.

Please let me know of races and details I may have missed and this blog will be updated.

PRs and Podiums - Holiday Races

2010-12-13T22:15:00.000-08:00

Jingle Bell Rock 5K, December 12

1, 2 in both the mens and womens races for Santa Cruz Endurance.

SCE runners on the front page of the Sentinel

Race Report by Steve Yatson

Steve takes 1st place overall

Last Wednesday I threw my run gear in a duffle bag and tossed it in the car on the off chance I’d get to run the Jingle Bell 5k on Sunday. As it happened I woke up at 5:45am Sunday morning and the wife and newborn were fast asleep. It took me less time to sneak out of the house than it did to actually run the race. When you have a newborn and opportunity knocks, you answer.

I arrived on site before the volunteers, which was ironic in the fact that I almost missed the start and jumped across the line just as the gun went off. I was in such a daze and having such a good time talking to friends that I didn’t realize they were lining everyone up.
I went out as planned with a mile one split of 5:43. (I wanted to try a new bit of strategy. I’ve come in right around 19 minutes for the last 4 5k’s I’ve run. I typically hang back on the start and run around a 6:30 first mile. ) I figured I’d go out hard and see if it worked. Dan McKinnon went with me and half way through the race we were running well together.

As we hit the turn around I was surprised to see Samantha Forde right on us. She’s Santa Cruz Endurance and those girls are bad. Any one of them can and will chick you given the opportunity so I dropped a pretty good ego driven surge and hit the mile two split at 6:04. It was then that I realized Dan was falling off a bit so I looked back a few times to see if I could pull him back. He’s just coming off some injuries so he wasn’t quit there yet. I was on a PR pace so I didn’t want to slow at all and I was really hoping to come in under 19:00.

The last half-mile or so of the race was long straight and flat. It seemed to go on forever and as I approached the finish I swear it jumped away from me a couple of times. This it where it hit me hard and I took a mental beating that last half mile. So much for the new strategy of going out fast. It wasn’t until the last 200 yards that I realized I was still in the lead and could actually with the thing overall. It’s not often I get that opportunity. There are easily a dozen guys in Santa Cruz that are younger and faster and I should take a moment to thank them for staying in bed on such a beautiful Sunday morning.
As I crossed the line I looked at the time and saw the 19 minutes and something. The time didn’t matter, it wasn’t a PR, I’d won my first 5k in 25 years and the event was for a great cause. Dan crossed just after with 13 year old (and soon to be team mate) Andrew Walgren 3rd and Samantha 4th.

Sam Forde 19:59.9(!), 1st OA, 1st AG

Gaylia Osterlund 20:52, 2nd OA, 1st AG

Laura Reyes Durazo 24:41

Miriam McKinnon 27:17

Steve Yatson, 19:16, 1st OA

Dan McKinnon, 19:24, 2nd OA

Carlos Angobaldo, 23:50, 2nd AG PR

Full results here.

Summit Rock Half Marathon, December 11

Race Report by Jenn Betancourt

Age group winners
Laura and Jenn sporting their medals

On December 11, the trails of Saratoga were dominated by SCE’s Laura Reyes-Durazo and Jenn Betancourt (me) at the Brazen Racing’s Summit Rock Half Marathon. Having taken a two week break from running due to some gnarly hip pain, I was a little anxious at what awaited me and seriously contemplated bumping down to the 10K. Were my legs prepared for a rugged 13.1mile trail run complete with a 2900 ft elevation gain? I wasn’t too confident. However, after an entertaining car ride filled with Laura’s ever so encouraging and enthusiastic personality, I was convinced to approach the event as a fun run instead of as a race. “Don’t worry about your time! Just go out there, enjoy the views and have fun,” she kept telling me. As we arrived, we checked in seamlessly, took a few pre-race pics and then headed to the start line. Along with about 150 other half-marathoners, we set off UPHILL into the trails of Sanborn County Park. The weather was ideal with temperatures in the mid 50s and a misty morning fog that lingered around for the first 3 miles was perfectly refreshing. The first four miles were brutal and all uphill but aid stations were fully stocked and dispersed conveniently throughout the course. We ran through lush forest and witnessed amazing views accompanied with- you guessed it- more uphill.

Along the clearly pink-ribbon marked course, we climbed up to the top of summit rock overlooking a thick blanket of white clouds hovering over South Bay, we trampled over mini green apples that had previous fallen from their trees and tested our brevity on the extremely steep downhills, and then finally- the turnaround! Headed back, there was mutual cheering-on and encouragement from runner to runner and this is what I love most about this sport. Approaching the finish line, I could hear motivational music (maybe the theme to Rocky? I am not sure) and the crowd cheering “3rd female! 3rd female!” At the finish I was greeted with friendly volunteers, a medal and of course….tons of food: apple pie, pumpkin pie, hot chocolate, an assortment of snacks, It’s It ice cream, coffee, bagels, bananas and the list goes on. I quickly grabbed some food and a sweater and headed down to cheer on Laura as she finished her race, winning her age division and later informing me that this was her first division win! Way to go Laura!! Full results here. As we drove back over 17, we reminisced about the difficulty and beauty of the course, talked about how much fun we had and discussed signing up for PCTR Angel Island and/or Pacifica. In my head I even entertained the following thought: A 50K at Pacifica! Who’s with me?

Silicon Valley Turkey Trot 10K, November 25

Daniel McKinnon 40:11 PR

Adam Blum 41:17

Gaylia Osterlund 41:25 1st AG

Craig Mace 50:45

Miriam McKinnon 54:35 PR

SCE Places 3rd in North Face Endurance Challenge Marathon Relay

2010-12-06T08:40:00.000-08:00

Report by Leslie Haverstock…

The SCE Endurance Team of Jennifer Tavella-Willoughby, Leslie Schaeffer-Haverstock, Aaron Jacobson, and Benoit Pelczar set off to dominate the North Face Endurance Challenge Championships held in the Marin Headlands. The team participated in the Marathon Relay. Heading to the race, worries set in that we were in for a miserable day as the rain was coming down at a rapid pace, and when we pulled in to the parking lot to catch the shuttle, the rain was continuing. Fortunately, come race time at 11:00 am, the rain had stopped. Benoit was the first racer out on the course. Knowing that the course had elevation changes over 2000 feet with 1300 feet of climbing, we had expected Benoit in about 45 minutes. When he wasn't back at this mark, we knew something had gone wrong. About 51 minutes later, Benoit had returned and let us know that we should go RIGHT at the arrow and not left as he and a few other lead runners had. With this knowledge, Jennifer took off on the course for her solid effort coming in at 54:51 bringing the team in 6th place. At this point she was quick to inform Leslie that it was a left at the blue tent and right at the arrow and the course was then a no-brainer. During this stage, Leslie was able to pick off another relay team and close in on another while finishing in 55:08. Then, superstar Aaron took over. Within the first mile he quickly overcame two teams landing SCE in third place. Aaron finished in 42:56 which was the fasted leg of any individual running the relay. The entire team agreed that the course was indeed a real challenge. There were parts that we wondered if it would be faster to actually walk than run up the hills. Each leg was deemed a "10k" but the GPS indicated that it was 6.78 miles in length. Initially, we had agreed to keep the details of this race to a minimum as the swag was so incredible. The event was very well organized, the shirts were so amazing that we elected to not have them screen printed so that we could wear them as is. We got a couple of water bottles, bags, coupons, samples, North Face socks, and Benoit and Leslie won $50 North Face gift cards. We would like to thank Dr. Joseph Robb for sponsoring the team and hope that we represented with a 3rd place overall finish and 1st place mixed team finish. Now that we came clean on the swag, more sponsors will be needed for next year. Full results of Marathon Relay here.

The SCE Spring Marathon Project

2010-12-02T20:00:00.000-08:00

Santa Cruz Endurance will be offering a focussed 12-16 week program leading up to several marathons next spring. This campaign will start January 1 and includes a Thursday night interval workout and a Sunday morning long run, with marathon and half marathon paced efforts. The sessions will be led by running coach Aaron Jacobsen. The project boasts six Boston qualifiers and many experienced marathon runners so the learning opportunities from, not only the coach, but from fellow members of the team are many.

Marathons members will be attending are:

L.A. Marathon - March 20
Oakland Marathon - March 27
Boston Marathon - April 18

SCE Members at the 2009 California International Marathon

The workouts would also serve as an appropriate running base for triathletes on the team. You're encouraged to join us on a kick-off run on January 1 along West Cliff Dve. Details on this Facebook Invitation.

The SCE Spring Marathon Project is free to members.

PR and Podium - Competitive Turkey and Ironman Joe.

2010-11-21T17:48:00.000-08:00

Results from SCE at the Santa Cruz Turkey Trot

5K
Steve Yatson - 19:03, 1st AG
Carlos Angobaldo - 24:28, 2nd AG
Agnes Pelczar - 25:35, 3rd AG

10K
Aaron Jacobsen - 34:49, 2nd AG, 5th OA
Julian Sunn - 35:54, 1st AG, 7th OA
Martin Spierings - 36:07, 3rd AG, 8th OA
Dan McKinnon - 40:21, 1st AG
Charmin Wolles - 42:17, 1st AG, 2nd OA
Josh Mader - 42:21
Will Hahn - 46:17, 2nd AG
Laura Reyes Durazo - 47:29, 3rd AG

Full results here. Sentinel report on the race here.

Joe Walker finished Ironman Arizona in a time of 11:29 placing 13th in the 20-24 age group.

Marathon Relay Team Announced for North Face Endurance Challenge.

2010-11-20T19:29:00.000-08:00

SCE Dr Joseph Robb DDS will race on the 4th of December at the North Face Endurance Challenge in San Francisco at the Marin Headlands. Each participant will run a 10K lap which features a 2062 feet elevation change. The team consists of Leslie Haverstock, Aaron Jacobsen, Benoit Pelczar and Jennifer Willoughby. Leslie, Aaron and Benoit come fresh off their wins for SCE at the Morgan Hill Marathon Relay and join Jennifer who finished 3rd in the individual marathon on the same day.

PRs and Podiums - Weekend 13-14/11

2010-11-14T19:20:00.000-08:00

Nick Moless (L) and Martin Spierings (R) battle to the top of Boony Doon

Extraordinary weekend of results for Santa Cruz Endurance. On Saturday, Stephen Wassather won the Folsom Point Fall Trail 50K run overall on Saturday in a club record time of 3:55:43. Full results here.

Also on Saturday, Dan McKinnon raced the Run Forrest Run 5K in a time of 19:36 which placed him 2nd in his age group. Results.

Will Hahn, Martin Spierings and Nick Moless raced up Boony Doon Road at the Low Key Hill Climb Series. The team finished 13th out of 40 teams. Results.

The next day Shoshanah Orzech ran a PR 1:39:43 at the Big Sur Half Marathon finishing 8th in her age group out of 557. Results.

Jenn Betancourt finished 4th woman overall and won her age group, at the 2010 Malibu Marathon in a time of 3:23:45 on a hot and windy day. Results.

Jenn representin' at the Malibu Marathon.

2010 Morgan Hill Marathon Results

2010-11-08T19:20:00.000-08:00

Marathon
Jennifer Willoughby 3:23:34 PR 3rd Female Overall
Craig Mace 3:54:05 PR First Marathon

Half Marathon
Daniel McKinnon 1:30:59 PR
Samantha Forde 1:31:02
Charmin Wolles 1:36:24
Julie Stockwell 1:38:57 PR
Nicholas Moless 1:46:49 PR
Heather Rozario 1:47:43 PR
Laura R. Durazo 1:48:11 PR
Tedd Siegel 1:49:23
Miriam McKinnon 2:25:10
David Kraemer 2:35:37

Marathon Relay
SCE Finish Line Productions (Blum, Yatson, Spierings, Pelczar, Jacobsen) 2:44:45 1st Team Overall
SCE RealChange (Haverstock, Betancourt, Osterlund, Puglisi) 3:02:21 **New Club Record** 1st Female Team, 3rd Team Overall

Full Results here

SCE E-Sponsorship

2010-11-07T20:12:00.000-08:00

Want to promote your website and social media network through Santa Cruz Endurance? With an E-Sponsorship you can connect with the Santa Cruz Endurance Facebook Fan base of over 200+ and advertise on a regularly updated blog and website. You will also have the appreciation of our active and growing 50+ member base as they continue to dominate triathlon and running team and relay events across the Bay Area and beyond.

Worried you’ll be lost in a sea of other sponsors and links? As an E-Sponsor your membership will last for a year and there will only ever be four available at one time. We will not co-advertise products or services that directly conflict with your business.

E-Sponsor Benefits:

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·         Two Facebook Fan Page updates a year directly referencing your support with a link to your page.

Cost: $300

If you’re ready to partner with us or have questions please send an email to Martin at scendurance@gmail.com requesting the agreement. Again, there only four E-Sponsorships available.

Thanks for considering our offer to partner.

PRs and Podium - Shoreline and abroad.

2010-10-29T20:23:00.000-07:00

Kelley and Carina demonstrate patented fist/claw hand technique at Shoreline.

Another big turnout from the new kids on the block at the Pacific Association cross country race last weekend. The guys team finished 10th and the girls 7th team at the 13th Annual Shoreline Open cross country. Team results here. Which is exactly where the teams stand in the series overall. Revenge on GVH and Pamakids tomorrow at the John Lawson Tamalpa Challenge at the Marin Headlands.

Ryan at Army 10 mile.

Further afield Adam Blum completed the Javelina 100k ultramarathon, Ryan Hoffman represented and PRed in D.C. at the Army 10 miler and Nick Moless starred in the 3rd annual Central Valley Triathlon coming 2nd overall.

Next week relay teams SCE RealChange and SCE FInish Line Productions will compete in the Morgan Hill Marathon along with a host of other members in the half and full.

Shoreline Open Cross Country Maps

2010-10-16T22:12:00.000-07:00

Maps for the Pacific Association 13th Annual Shoreline Open Cross Country
23-Oct-2010
Women's Race 9:00am
Men's Race 9:45am

Results will be posted here.

Fly-over video of the course
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PRs and Podiums - A little bit Cross Country, a little bit Rock and Roll

2010-10-07T13:57:00.000-07:00

PACIFIC ASSOCIATION CROSS COUNTRY

Open Women XC team captures 3rd place.

The 12th Annual Presidio Challenge Cross Country race was held on Saturday October 2nd. The Santa Cruz Endurance Open Womens team of Mikayla Murphy, Kelley Puglisi, Carina Hendricks, Jenn Betancourt and Leslie Haverstock edged out Golden Valley Harriers by the narrowest of margins to claim 3rd team behind Bay Area running institutions Impalas and Tamalpa. The Open Men team turned the tables on Pamakids and US Coast Guard teams to place 6th. We also fielded our first ever Masters team. Full individual results here and team results here. Overall standings for the series here. Next target race at Shoreline on 10/23!

SAN JOSE ROCK AND ROLL HALF MARATHON (by Jenn Willoughby)

SCE at San Jose Rock and Roll Half Marathon

Santa Cruz Endurance members were once again Rockin’ and Rollin this past
weekend as 7 members participated in the Rock and Roll Half Marathon in San
Jose. Samantha Forde of Santa Cruz led the SCE pack with a 1:30:30 PR beating
her goal time and finishing the 3rd in her age group (35-39). Jennifer Willoughby,
Soquel, placed 5th in her age group (30-34) with a PR time of 1:31:37. Charmin
Wolles, of Aptos, placed 9th in her age group (40-44) with a PR time of 1:33:15. Also
claiming PR’s in the October 3rd race were Salinas resident, Roxanne Peralez with

a 1:38:30, and Craig Mace, of Boulder Creek, coming in at 1:39:17 and beating his
former PR by nearly five minutes. Santa Cruz residents, Maria Laura Reyes Durazo
and Leslie Schaeffer-Haverstock, who ran the race for training and moral support,
rounded out the team with a 1:50:11 and a 1:43:27. Also in attendance, Benoit Pelczar,
photographer and cheerleader extraordinaire. Full results here.

SCOTT TINLEY ADVENTURE TRIATHLON
Nick Moless finished 4th in his age group in the Long Course Race. Results here.

Weekend PRs and Podiums

2010-09-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

We begin in Budapest, Hungary where Dan Wirls claimed a silver medal in the Aquathlon World Championships and Steve Yatson finished first American and 31st overall in the 40-44 age group of the Sprint Triathlon World Championships.

Michael Chase, Roxanne Peralez and Will Hahn represented at the Pac Grove Triathlon with Will claiming 2nd place in his age group in the Sprint.

Michael backed up the next day to join Stephen Wassather at the South Valley Endurance Henry Coe Trail Run.

Heather Rozario came 9th in her age group and Julian Sunn 36th overall at the Big Kahuna Triathlon in Santa Cruz joining fellow SCEers Nick Moless and Josh Mader.

Competing in the incredibly competitive PA association cross country series our two Open teams performed great against well established track clubs at the Golden Gate Park Open. The team results should be published tomorrow. Congrats to the teams for bravely taking on the best clubs in the Bay Area. We still have some cards to play before the season is over. See here for more details.

SCE PODIUM LONG-SLEEVED T-SHIRTS

2010-09-09T17:09:00.000-07:00

***BUY YOUR BROOKS LONG-SLEEVED TECH T HERE!***

SCE ladies modeling the new SCE Long-sleeved T at Redwood Park

Simply choose a size, pay on the Buy Now PayPal link below and the garment will be shipped to you direct. For sizing and specs click here.

Only $20 including shipping:

Weekend Results: Dan Wirls Crowned 2010 National Aquathlon Champion

2010-08-16T20:08:00.000-07:00

Aquathlon National Championships - August 15

New Santa Cruz Endurance member Dan Wirls was crowned National Aquathlon Champion at the championships held at San Ramon on Sunday, August 15, in the 50-54 age group. The event consisted of a 1.5 mile run, 1000m swim, 1.5 mile run. Dan, a UCSC politics professor, finished 4th overall. Full results here.

Race Thru the Redwoods - August 15

Rhodes Walton 6th OA, 2nd 35-39 AG
Martin Spierings 12th OA, 3rd 30-34 AG
Jeremy Page 4th 35-39 AG
Laura Reyes Durazo 7th 35-39 AG

Folsom Olympic Distance Triathlon - August 15

Roxane Peralez 6th 40-45 AG

Results from this weeks racing

2010-08-09T17:51:00.000-07:00

Benoit claims 3rd in 35-39 age group of SC Sprint

Threshold Racing Splash and Dash #3 - August 5, 2010

Dan Wirls - 1st Senior Male
Sam Forde - 6th Under 40 Female

Santa Cruz International Triathlon - August 7, 2010

Eric Clarkson - 2nd Elite *
Joe Walker - 2nd 20-24
Ryan Hoffman - 2nd 30-34 *

Carmel Fiesta Mountain Run - August 7, 2010

Jenn Betancourt - 2nd female overall
Kim Thomas - 3rd female overall

Santa Cruz Sprint Triathlon - August 8, 2010

Eric Clarkson - 2nd Elite *
Martin Spierings - 1st 30-34 *
Benoit Pelczar - 3rd 35-39 *
Shoshanah Orzech - 2nd 35-39 *
Faith Reid - 7th 30-34
Will Hahn - 6th 35-39

Steve Yatson - 1st overall (Duathlon)

* Performance incentives
(still awaiting team results)

Eric on the way to 2nd at SC Sprint Tri

Quiksilver SCE Race - August 8, 2010

10K
Stephen Wassather - 3rd OA, 1st AG

21K
Michael Chase - 3rd AG
Roxanne Peralez - 2nd AG, 3rd OA
Miriam McKinnon - 4th AG

Santa Cruz Endurance goes Cross Country

2010-07-27T17:35:00.000-07:00

Our male team battle it out at the Presidio.

Santa Cruz Endurance is a registered PA/USATF club. We are competing in the Cross Country Series held in the Bay Area between August and November and test ourselves against the very best Bay Area running clubs. The teams competition is calculated by adding the fastest 5 places on the day in Open Male and Open Female categories. The first race was right here in Santa Cruz and the others are in great locations that will be great fun to car pool to as a team. You must be a member of the PA/USATF to compete and our Club Number is #415. Sign up here.

TARGET RACES

8/20 Santa Cruz - Result: 5th Open Female Team, 6th Open Male Team.
9/11 Golden Gate Park - 8th Open Female Team, 9th Open Male Team.
10/2 San Francisco, Presidio - 3rd Open Female Team, 6th Open Male Team, 8th Masters Team.
10/23 Shoreline, Mountain View
10/30 Marin Headlands
11/21 PA Champs** in San Francisco

Check out the current series Standings and check out the SCE runners on the PA roster.

SCE PA/USATF REFUND INCENTIVE

As always, to support and encourage our best athletes, and provide a goal for others on the team, we are offering to refund the PA/USATF membership fee of $30 if you:

Meet the following qualifying times at any timed race in the last 18 months (our old Level 2):

Women: 5K 21:40, 10K 45:30

Men: 5K 18:00, 10K 38:00

Agree to race at least one of the races on the cross country schedule

Be a signed up 2010/11 member of Santa Cruz Endurance.

If you meet the criteria above sign up for the comped PA/USATF membership, email the confirmation to scendurance(at)gmail.com and we’ll refund you $30 by PayPal.

If you aren’t fast enough now but manage to hit one of the qualify times before the end of the season you can apply for the refund then.

Wharf to Wharf 2010

2010-07-26T19:02:00.000-07:00

A massive 13 SCE members stormed the Top 100 of the Wharf to Wharf yesterday to claim the prestigious Centurion sweatshirts. Many more of our athletes also turned out PRs at the 15,000 participant event and a great day was had by all. A list of the SCE Top 100 placegetters are below and the full results are here

PLACE NAME            TOWN           ST TIME
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56 RHODES WALTON    LOS ALTOS HILLS CA 33:02
70 JULIAN SUNN      SANTA CRUZ    CA 33:52
96 MICHAEL MCNAMARA APTOS         CA 35:11

PLACE NAME             TOWN        ST TIME
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34 KELLEY PUGLISI    SANTA CRUZ CA   39:10
36 SAMANTHA FORDE    SANTA CRUZ CA   39:26
49 KIMBERLY THOMAS SANTA CRUZ CA   40:33
50 JENNIFER WILLOUGHBY SOQUEL       CA   40:35
62 LESLIE SCHAEFFER SANTA CRUZ CA   41:14
65 JENN BETANCOURT SANTA CRUZ CA   41:32
69 CHARMIN WOLLES    APTOS        CA   41:46
74 SHOSHANAH ORZECH SANTA CRUZ CA   42:07
93 CARI MARTIN       APTOS        CA   43:23
95 JULIE STOCKWELL SANTA CRUZ CA   43:25

Video of the event:

The running team will now focus on the Pacific Association Cross Country events and Morgan Hill Full and Half Marathons in November and anything else they feel like dominating! Our new membership season starts August 1.

Join our winning team for the Santa Cruz Triathlons

2010-07-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz International and Sprint Triathlons - 7/8 AUGUST

Santa Cruz Endurance will be awarding 6 x $40 performance incentives to support and encourage our members help us win the Team Challenge. These are based on your age group placing in either of the two events. In the event of a tie it will be based on overall place.

Conditions for the rebate:
- Be a signed up 2010/11 member
- Register under Santa Cruz Endurance
- Wear the SCE tri gear, uni or tattoos during the race
- Your rebate will be delivered by PayPal or cash once the official results are released

Sign up now to become part of our racing team.

Details of the Team Challenge can be found here:
http://www.finishlineproduction.com/events/TriSanta%20Cruz/Tri%20Sa

Sign up for the event here:http://www.finishlineproduction.com/events/TriSanta%20Cruz/TriSantaCruz.html

Santa Cruz Endurance pulls top off Firecracker 5k/10k

2010-07-13T22:33:00.000-07:00

Many SCE members made it down to the 25th Firecracker 5/10k on July 4th and completely dominated with overall wins in 5k both male and female. It was great to see the wave of blue and white singlets swamp the event. Here are the team results:

5K
Male
Rhodes Walton 1st OA, 16:20
Aaron Jacobsen 2nd OA, 1st AG
Julian Sunn, 6th OA, 1st AG
Benoit Pelczar, 8th OA, 2nd AG

Female
Jenn Betancourt, 1st OA, 19:46
Jennifer Willoughby, 2nd OA, 1st AG
Kim Thomas, 3rd OA, 1st AG
Agnes Pelczar, 1st AG
Kristen Van Kley, 1st 41 week pregnant category.

10K
Male
Martin Spierings 4th OA, 1st AG
Stephen Wassather 6th AG

Female
Samantha Forde 5th OA, 1st AG
Shoshanah Orzech, 2nd AG
Laura Pelczar, 5th AG
Miriam McKinnon, 16th AG

Full results with times for the event here.

Preview of Santa Cruz Endurance at the Tahoe Relays

2010-06-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

The SCE Finish Line Productions team will be competing this weekend at the 46th DeCelle Memorial Lake Tahoe Relay. It is the oldest running relay event in America.

The team is an all-star cast of local Santa Cruz runners:

Leg 1: Benoit Pelczar, Santa Cruz, 37, Top 100 2009 Wharf to Wharf finisher.

Leg 2: Greg Hales, Aptos, 44, Winner 2008 Antarctica Half Marathon.

Leg 3: Jeremy Page, Santa Cruz, 37, Winner 2010 Pescadero Half Marathon

Leg 4: Javier Naranjo, Soquel, 52, 3rd 2009 Santa Cruz Turkey Trot 10K
Leg 5: Johan Schimmel, Santa Cruz, 47,Top 10 Age Group 2010 Wildflower Olympic Triathlon

Leg 6: Julian Sunn, Santa Cruz, 24, 10th 2009 Santa Cruz Half Marathon

Leg 7: Dan McKinnon, Santa Cruz, 43, Winner of 2010 Dirty Legs Trail Running Series

The relay team is proudly sponsored by the race production and timing company Finish Line Productions. Please contact us if you're interested in becoming an "SCE Team/Relay Event Sponsor".

Santa Cruz Endurance 2011/12 Membership Form and Payment

2010-06-03T10:25:00.000-07:00

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WEEKEND ENDURANCE MADNESS

2010-05-25T17:31:00.000-07:00

SANTA CRUZ, MAY 25, 2010: South Valley Endurance hosted the Dirty Legs Trail Run and Offroad Duathlon on the weekend at Santa Teresa Park, San Jose. Samantha Forde was 1st female overall and Dan McKinnon 2nd male overall in the 21k event with Miriam McKinnon also completing the tough course. Jeremy Page and Benoit Pelczar (pictured) came 3rd and 4th overall in the Offroad Duathlon. Amanda Shuman won her age group and finished 2nd overall female at the PC Trail Runs 15k in Big Basin. Roxanne Peralez completed the World's Toughest Half Triathlon in Auburn in a time of 7:06:26.

FLEDGLING RACE TEAM FROM SANTA CRUZ SHAKES UP TRIATHLON CLUB ESTABLISHMENT AT MORGAN HILL

2010-05-24T21:32:00.000-07:00

SANTA CRUZ, CA, MAY 19, 2010: A 13 member team from Santa Cruz Endurance descended on the Morgan Hill Sprint Triathlon at UVAS reservoir Sunday May 16. It was the first race of the USA Productions summer long Tri Club Challenge Series. A 1st place finish in the 25-29 age group by Erik Clarkson (4th overall), 2nd place in the 30-34 age group from Martin Spierings and 2nd in the Athena category for Aimee Escalante were the podium finishes from the team. This was supported by Top Ten age group performances by Heather Rozario, Shoshanah Orzech, Benoit Pelczar, Julian Sunn and Amanda Shuman and Roxanne Peralez. Official results are not yet published but our calculations show Santa Cruz Endurance in 2nd place in the competition behind Forward Motion Racing. Full individual results here. Eric and Aimee top point scoring efforts earned them free entries to the next event, the SVIT on June 13.

Races That Pay

2010-04-17T22:04:00.000-07:00

A team member mentioned to me the other day that it would be cool to win some prize money to off-set costs of racing. It would! Team prizes also financed Santa Cruz Endurance's first teams. But it's slim pickings for amateurs. Here's what I know in the Bay Area:

Teams

USA Productions Tri Club Challenge Series has $2750 prize pool spread over 5 races this summer. Points are awarded for strong age group finishes and also participation. SCE has 6 members signed up so far for their first race in Morgan Hill on May 16.

Threshold Racing is a new race series and they are offering $2500 to clubs over a two race series (Reservoir and Metro Triathlons). The details I was given were a little vague but it's basically a total of the first 3 females and first 3 males finishing times plus a participation bonus.

The Santa Cruz Triathlon was the first in the area to offer a team competition. It offers $1500 but it has traditionally been split among the larger clubs. Details are not yet published on the website.

Individuals

SCE discovered the great new South Valley Endurance race company. Samantha Forde and Dan McKinnon have been winning the $50 and free entries on offer for their Dirty Legs Series races.

For women the Dirt Inspires Half Marathon in Nisene Marks State Park on August 29 boasts a $500, $300, $200 overall pool and more money for over 40s and over 50s.

The new Morgan Hill Marathon has prize money for 5k, 10k, Half and Marathon events have impressive pay outs for individuals featuring $1000 checks for first place in the marathon. That's November 7.

The Wharf to Wharf pays $3000, $2000, $1000 but good luck with that one if you're not African.

May 15, 2010 - Heart and Sole race in Salinas has $50 for 10k male/female overall

And don't forget the lucrative underground 6mi Whale to Whale Time Trial.

Let me know if you know of others and I will post to this blog.

2010 Calendar

2009-12-21T23:39:00.001-08:00

Sponsored Races

Sponsored Races are supported by SCE by providing its members incentives to race. The races are chosen for their potential for team exposure, prestige and a good time. We hope to add more races will be added to the Sponsored Races calendar when we find a sponsor in 2010.

May 1-2 - Wildflower Long Course and Olympic Triathlons.

Top 3 SCE finishers in male and female in both competitions receive a $50 rebate.

for details on the Team Competition:

Who's signed up to race for Santa Cruz Endurance already here.

June 12 - Lake Tahoe Relay

Free entry to the event for the 7 person mixed team pre-selected before the race.

Supported Races

These races spread the good name of SCE through organized team or club competitions. While we can't (yet) offer financial support we will help organize and coordinate a big team showing. This is a work in progress please suggest more team and relay events to us.

February 28 - Couples Relay (2 x 5K) - Lake Merritt

May 16 - Morgan Hill Sprint Triathlon ($$)

Santa Cruz Endurance signed up: Steve Yatson, Eric Clarkson, Shoshanah Orzech, Amanda Shuman, Martin Spierings.

June 12 - Silicon Valley Sprint Triathlon ($$)

June 13 - Silicon Valley International Triathlon ($$)

August 15 - Folsom Olympic Triathlon ($$)

($$) = offer cash prizes to teams

Measuring your Improvement in Triathlon Racing

2009-11-22T16:42:00.001-08:00

Unlike running, triathlon is a difficult sport to determine improvement in race performance using splits and times. While distances advertised for the events are generally standard – Sprint, Olympic, Half-Ironman etc. – conditions vary wildly not only between events but from year to year at the same event. Race Directors have many priorities and accurately measuring the course is often way down the list. You really think your local race director swims out there every year with his or her GPS to measure that .5 mile swim you just did? Doubtful.

But, obviously, you want to measure if you’re improving or not as you continue your triathlon journey. So you can make adjustments to your training schedule and concentrate on your strengths or weaknesses. The best way to do this is use your fellow competitors. USA Triathlon has developed a rather elaborate ranking system which I find, anecdotally at least, works quite well.

The best way to use it is to go to the Search tab, type your name in and check the two boxes down the bottom to get the details.

The math is beyond me but if you’re interested the details of the calculations can be found here

Below is an example of an athletes results for the season. It enables athletes and coaches to get an idea strengths and weaknesses and whether an athlete peaked for their "A" races (see my Planning Your Triathlon Season post)

Another useful site for Bay Area triathletes is Dave Leroy's database Bay Area Triathlon - Race Results and Statistics.

Simply type in your name and a range of interesting graphs and stats on your time and place from the race come up. It also gives stats on each individual race.

One of my favorites is the graph showing your progression through the race which is not always easy to figure out during the race or by looking at the results afterwards.

Lots of triathlon geek stuff to get into on your off-season.

First Ever Santa Cruz Endurance Team Cycling Result

2009-11-21T21:34:00.000-08:00

Julian and Jeremy (pictured above) stumbled on Santa Cruz Endurance's first team cycling result in the club's history (all 5 months of it) during their Saturday ride this morning. They competed in the hill climb up the gnarly Alba Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They collectively placed 10th. Full results here. Benoit Pelczar also raced (pictured below) but for Bike Trip. More to come from the Santa Cruz Endurance cyclists.

Benoit devastated not to have signed up with the correct team and frustrated that Bike Trip won't give him one of their jerseys. I think it's something to do with Thierry Henry's handball.

Carnage at the Santa Cruz Turkey Trot

2009-11-21T16:10:00.000-08:00

Santa Cruz Endurance made foie gras out of the competition at this years Turkey Trot dominating the age group rankings. Nice work team.

10K
1st 20-24 Carina Hendricks (1st female, 8th overall)
1st 20-24 Dewey Helvestine
1st 25-29 Kelley Puglisi
1st 35-39 Shoshanah Orzech
1st 40-44 Roxanne Peralez

2nd 25-29 Amanda Shuman
2nd 40-44 Josh Mader
2nd 25-29 Nicolas Sosa

5K
2nd 40-44 Dan McKinnon

Full results of the Santa Cruz Turkey Trot here.

It's Official

2009-10-30T22:02:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz Endurance swept the Male and Female Club Competitions at the Silicon Valley Half Marathon last Sunday. The girls team won by a combined time of over 30 mins and the guys handed Silicon Valley Tri Club their first defeat ever at this event. Full team results here and a run down in the Sentinel here.

In the excitement of last weekend I missed the great age group win of new member Julie Stockwell at the Grape Stomp half marathon. Results here.And here's a pic of me being chased by Gozilla.

PRs and Podiums

2009-10-26T19:53:00.000-07:00

This weeks edition of PRs and Podiums is a daunting one with the Silicon Valley Half Marathon. So I'm just gonna cop out and link to the results of the Top 10 men and women at the SV half here. They speak for themselves. Seven of the women and four of the men are Santa Cruz Endurance members. If they didn't have the swine flu, or weren't one of the two washed up SCE directors/coaches, they probably did a PR too. Add to this Dan McKinnon's 15 min PR, Miriams first half marathon finish and Mike McNamara's 4 minute PR and that covers it. We were bummed for Jeremy missing out on his Boston qualification goal but know he will fight again.

Over at the Big Kahuna Triathlon, disappointment as the swim was cancelled meaning that Heather's first attempt was a duathlon. Eric came 7th overall and was probably disadvantaged sans swim.

Fuelling for the Silicon Valley Half Marathon

2009-10-20T19:52:00.000-07:00

This is my advice for a half marathon nutrition strategy. Eat a normal breakfast at least two hours before the event. Don't go crazy on the hydrating if it's not a hot day - have a bottle around so you can drink if you're thirsty. Take a coffee if that's what you are used to. Research continues to show that caffeine is very effective in all sorts of ways. Should probably be banned as a performance enhancing stimulant...

I would rely on liquid carb intake (e.g. Gatorade) during a half because generally they digest better IF I could trust a) the person mixing it or b) the person handing it to me. Neither of which I generally can. In addition we researched the brand that are carrying, Ultima, has no carbs! What's the point!

So I usually carry a gel in my pocket - one GU espresso. I'll take it at the aid station at about 45-50 min for a 1:20. So take it at about an hour if you're more like a 1:40. Unless you're training for a longer distance event and want to practice you may want to try and take an extra one but it won't have time to absorb and make you any faster.

Make sure you take a good 2 cups of water to wash that gel down. And plan ahead so you're not surprised by the aid station. Have your gel out and ready to dump it before getting to the aid station.

Oh, also, I'm not a huge fan of the Hammer nutrition guide mentioned yesterday at the clinic. A good rule of thumb is don't bother reading anything called a "clinical study". Look for scientific studies published in scientific journals. The Gatorade Sports Science Institute is a much better resource in my opinion for hydration and nutrition information.

This is just my opinion based on my research and experience. Would love to hear about your strategies.

Martin.

PRs and Podiums of the Week

2009-10-08T21:07:00.000-07:00

Some of the boys headed down to the last Swanton Time Trial of the year last Thursday. Julian Sunn posted a 31:43 at his first attempt, Benoit Pelczar 32:26 and Jeremy Page 32:57 on the single speed. Results, when they are posted, will be here.

At the Scott Tinley's Adventure Triathlons Roxanne Peralez finished 2nd in her age group in the long course event and I finished 2nd overall in the international distance triathlon.

Rebecca Cress got a PR at the San Jose Rock n' Roll Half marathon 1:46:48.

Weekend Results 09/28

2009-09-28T19:46:00.000-07:00

Great results from SC Endurance on the weekend at the Mermaid event held at Seacliff State Park, Aptos on Sunday. Charmin Wolles won the duathlon overall (photo). Roxanne (1^st 40-44) and Aimee (2^nd 35-39) both finished in the Top 10 overall of the Olympic Distance triathlon and Kristen finished 4^th in her Age Group in the Sprint distance. Congrats. Full results here

Starting at Harvey West Park runners were competing in the Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Run . Results for SC Endurance included Michael Shallop 3^rd in his age group in the 10k. Mike McNamara 5^th overall (2^nd AG) and Amanda Shuman 9^th woman (4^th age group) and 7 mins faster than last year in the 21k. 3 hours and 11 mins of running got Rebecca Cress 5^th overall woman in the 29k. Full results here

Did I miss anyone this weekend?

Santa Cruz Triathlon Relays Race Report

2009-09-22T21:12:00.000-07:00

Another highly successful day for Santa Cruz Endurance for the 3 relay teams entered. Martin Spierings exited the water in 2^nd place but sprinted up the hill to transition to pass off to Jeremy Page in front of Dream Team. They were never headed from that point of the race with Jeremy cycling the 40k time trial in 1:02:07 and Adam Boothe finishing off with a 35:57 for the 10k anchor leg to win the Male relay. The Co-ed team came from behind after a 24:54 split by Samantha Forde in the 1500m swim and 1:03 from Steve Yatson on the bike. That left them in 3^rd place before Rhodes Walton took the timing band and mowed down the two teams in front passing Team Geojocks with less than a mile to go with a 34:43 and another win. The female team of Kristen Van Kley, Roxanne Peralez and Jennifer Willoughby did a great job against one of the most competitive female relay team fields in years. A 26:30 and 1:08:04 from Kristen and Roxanne was backed up with a 43:32 PR for Jennifer to clinch 3^rd place on the podium. Both of the teams that beat them were anchored other SCE members! Congrats to the competitors and thanks to the supporters who came out to cheer for us. Full relay results here.

Clarkson signs with Santa Cruz Endurance.

2009-09-22T15:12:00.000-07:00

SCE’s triathlete stocks were raised considerably today when recent runner-up at the Santa Cruz Triathlon, Eric Clarkson, joined the team. Other impressive performances this season by the 27 year-old Santa Cruzan include a 6^th and 4^th overall in the Pacific Grove and Silicon Valley Olympic distance triathlons. We hope to be able to assist him this off-season in his ascension to the pro ranks. Welcome Eric.

Results of Pacific Grove Triathlon

2009-09-14T16:09:00.000-07:00

Results for members at the Pacific Grove Triathlon on the weekend. Steve Yatson won his age group and finished 4^th overall at the Sprint Triathlon held on Sunday. Will Hahn also cracked the podium for the first time finishing 3^rd in his age group. At the Olympic distance on the Saturday, Roxanne Peralez placed 4^th in her age group. Congratulations team.

Swanton Time Trial

2009-09-04T20:54:00.000-07:00

Every first Thursday of the month in summer, 30-40 guys line their bikes up in a ditch by the road opposite a Strawberry farm not far from Davenport to compete in the Swanton Time Trial. And, yes, mostly guys. Some in cotton t-shirts, some in full sponsored bike kit, aero helmet and disc wheels. On the 6th of September, the fast spreading disease of Santa Cruz Endurance infected the event with Martin, Jeremy (on a 45x17 single speed duly noted), Will and Michael representing in a howling head wind. Results here.

Samantha Forde was mentioned in the Santa Cruz Sentinel today as the 3rd placed local at the Dirt Inspires Half Marathon.

Relay Teams for Santa Cruz Triathlon Announced

2009-09-01T06:35:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz Endurance - Female

Swim: Kristen Van Kley

Bike: Roxanne Peralez

Run: Jennifer Willoughby

Santa Cruz Endurance - Mixed

Swim: Samantha Forde

Bike: Steve Yatson

Run: Rhodes Walton

Santa Cruz Endurance - Male

Swim: Martin Spierings

Bike: Jeremy Page

Run: Adam Boothe

Weekend Results

2009-08-31T09:14:00.000-07:00

Magic results for Santa Cruz Endurance athletes in all-women events on the weekend. Samantha Forde and Shoshanah Orzech came 9^th and 17^th overall in a competitive field of over 250 in the inaugural Dirt Inspires Half Marathon on Sunday. Samantha was also 3^rd in her age group. Over in Sacramento, Roxane Peralez came 2^nd in the Luna Bar Women’s Triathlon. Congratulations girls. Groups left at home to train rode 60 miles down to Elkhorn Slough and ran up UConn trail in Pogonip on Sunday on a beautifully warm weekend.

Race Thru the Redwoods

2009-08-17T18:26:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz Endurance bought home a swag of age group medals from the Race Thru the Redwoods 10k race in Felton on Sunday. Dan McKinnon (top contender for most improved this year) finished 2nd in the 40-44 closely followed by triathlete Steve Yatson in 3rd. Jennifer Willoughby was the 5th placed female and coaches Martin and Adam finished 4th and 6th overall. Jeremy Page also finished 5th in the highly competitive 35-39 age group and 27th overall amongst 459 competitors. Miriam McKinnon also came smiling across the line in her CCR jersey. Full results here

Santa Cruz Sprint Triathlon

2009-08-10T04:11:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz Endurance members completely dominated the Santa Cruz Sprint Triathlon which also doubled as the USA Triathlon South West Regional Championships. Shoshana Orzech again won her 35-39 age group following her Sandman Triathlon victory last week. Steve Yatson came 2nd in the 40-44 age group. I managed to win my age group (30-34) and overall male. Rohanna McCord won the 30-34 age group (who I will talk into joining up today). A number of other local Santa Cruz folk did great and hopefully we can pull them into the group and onto the podiums soon. Here is the Sentinel's coverage of the race including a mention of the team.

Santa Cruz Endurance @ Athlinks.com

2009-08-07T15:52:00.001-07:00

Santa Cruz Endurance @ Athlinks.com

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Look who’s joined us!

2009-08-03T11:35:00.000-07:00

Our first members have already been tearing it up in local events. Shoshanna Orzech came 4th overall female at the Sandman triathlon yesterday and Steve Yatson placed 2nd in his age group at the same event. Top 100 Wharf to Wharf finisher and winner of two local 5k events this year (Firecracker and Longs Marine) Jennifer Willoughby is also in. Former USA National Team duathlon representative, Amanda Shuman, signed in from her vacation in Germany as did Samantha Forde a consistent age group podium finisher in local running events. Thanks to all that have joined up so far. Fill in the membership form on the blog and complete payment to get in on the action.

Santa Cruz Endurance: The Evolution

2009-07-29T06:01:00.000-07:00

Mission statement:

To provide a training and racing community for competitive running and multi-sport athletes in the Santa Cruz County.

All memberships cost $60 (valid 07/31/09) but benefits differ.

Standard Benefits (Level 3 member):

Eligibility for selection to sponsored team/relay events. Entry fees paid for nominated events.

20% discount at Central Coast Running on presentation of membership card.

Coordinated group training workouts available for you to learn and improve with other athletes

Weekly access to qualified running and multisport coaches.

Monthly social events.

No volunteer requirements or fund raising obligations

Members-only Closed Facebook Group – weekly updates on training, team and race discounts.

Free Technical T-shirt

Additional benefits for athletes who meet the following criteria:

Level 1 membership : Uniform, warm-ups, 40% off 1 pair of racing shoes, 40% off 2 pairs of training shoes per year, entry fee paid for if selected for a team event.

Qualifying standards for Level 1

Running standards(in the last 18 months)

Event	Male	Female
5k	17:00	20:40
10k	36:00	43:30
½ Mar	1:23:00	1:38:00
Mar.	3:00	3:28

Multisport standards (in the last 18 months)

A USAT ranking of 87.5 and above in two triathlons

Level 2 membership: uniform, 40% off 1 pair of training shoes per year, entry fee paid for if selected for a team event.

Qualifying standards for Level 2

Running (in the last 18 months)

Event	Male	Female
5k	18:00	21:40
10k	38:00	45:30
½ Mar	1:27:00	1:42:00
Mar.	3:10	3:38

Multisport standards (in the last 18 months)

A USAT ranking of 80.0 and above in two triathlons

See here to search USAT triathlon rankings - http://www.multisport.hangastar.com/RNK_Ranking_Report_Wrapper.aspx

Note: *women use gender graded points.

Welcome to Santa Cruz Endurance. Click HERE to join us.

Santa Cruz Endurance 2009/2010 Membership Sign Up

2009-07-26T21:09:00.000-07:00

$60 Membership to Santa Cruz Endurance (valid 07/31/2010)

Central Coast Running Wins Coed Division of Lake Tahoe Relay

2009-06-23T15:05:00.000-07:00

Central Coast Running won the Mixed Open Division at the 45th Annual Tahoe Relays on Saturday, June 13th. Made up of current & former UC Santa Cruz runners, current coaches, and a ringer from University of Washington; the team made it the 72 miles around the lake in 8 hours, 33 minutes. See Sentinel article here.

Clean Sweep at Big Sur Marathon Relay

2009-04-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

Pre-Relay Rumblings from Team Fluid Santa Cruz

2009-04-17T16:32:00.000-07:00

Some ominous results from team members of Team Fluid Santa Cruz. On April 11th Rhodes Walton won the 5k Slug Run in Santa Cruz (see press article here). Jennifer Willoughby came 2nd in the 10k version of the race. On the same day over in Marin Allison Louthan came in 2nd (11th overall!) in the 25k Muir Woods Trail Run. I came 2nd in the same race (my race report here). On April 4th, last minute addition to the team, Chris Ratliff, finished 9th in the prestigious American River 50 mile race.

Team Meeting at Central Coast Running

2009-04-14T22:32:00.000-07:00

(L to R - Aaron Jacobsen, Rhodes Walton, Jennifer Willoughby, Charmin Wolles, Adam Boothe, Allison Louthan, Gaylia Osterlund, Chris Ratliff)

The two Team Fluid Santa Cruz teams assembled to discuss how early they have to get up next Sunday morning for the Big Sur Marathon Relay and how many buses it would take to do it! Running seems like it will be the easiest part of the day.

Press Release - Team Fluid Santa Cruz at Big Sur Marathon Relay

2009-04-01T14:06:00.000-07:00

31st March. Santa Cruz, CA. Two teams of some of the fastest runners in Santa Cruz County have been selected to compete together at the Big Sur Marathon Relay on the 26th of April. Team Fluid Santa Cruz will be fielding both Mens and Womens teams at the event which covers 26.2 miles split into 5 legs. Following the success of the team, known as Santa Cruz Endurance, at last year's Silicon Valley Half Marathon Club Challenge (1st in the women's division and 2nd in the overall division) Fluid Recovery drink based in San Luis Obispo was signed as the title sponsor.

The team was selected from online applications received on team blog and features Top 100 Wharf to Wharf finishers, marathon and ironman triathlon champions and former college cross country stars. Members of the relay teams receive free entry and transport to the event as well as uniforms and sponsor product.

Team Fluid Santa Cruz - MENS

1 Martin Spierings
2 Chris Ratliff
3 Aaron Jacobsen
4 Rhodes Walton
5 Adam Boothe
reserves: Benoit Pelczar

Team Fluid Santa Cruz - WOMENS

1 Charmin Wolles
2 Jennifer Willoughby
3 Allison Louthan
4 Gaylia Osterlund
5 Amanda Shuman
reserves: Rachael Brown, Rohanna McCord

The team's next event is the Tahoe Relay, a 7-person relay around Tahoe Lake in June. Interested athletes should contact Martin Spierings at tricoachmartin@gmail.com or consult the team blog for more details.

Team Fluid Santa Cruz fields teams of local athletes in endurance events that have a team category or are run as a relay. Sponsors provide support to the teams covering entry fees, transport and more. Team Fluid Santa Cruz hopes to bring talented athletes together and inspire participation in endurance sports. The team is managed by triathlon coach, Martin Spierings and owner of Central Coast Running store, Adam Boothe.

Enquiries:
Martin Spierings
Cell: 408-204-0738
tricoachmartin(at)gmail.com
Team Fluid Santa Cruz Blog: http://scendurance.blogspot.com

Big Sur Marathon Relay Course Preview

2009-03-28T18:14:00.000-07:00

Some maps of the Big Sur Marathon Relay Course showing the various legs of the relay. Open the map up to show elevation profile.

Big Sur Marathon Relay Application

2009-01-25T21:22:00.000-08:00

It Is Written - Journey to White's Lagoon

2009-01-05T15:59:00.000-08:00

After several failed attempts Benoit (who has been organizing long, adventurous training runs for the group over the winter) led 6 intrepid long distance runners to the fabled White's Lagoon in Nisene Marks State Forest in Aptos on New Years Day. The 17-mile return journey, including a long energy sapping climb, ended with the lagoon looking a little dark, dry and swampy considering the miles required to get there.

Nevertheless, having heard the fishing was good up there cast an imaginary lure into the murky swamp to commemorate the achievement. If you want to discover new trails around Santa Cruz County with the group, and are not already on the mailing list, please email bpelczar (at) gmail.com.

2009 Title Sponsor Document

2008-10-30T09:44:00.000-07:00

Please contact me if you want a copy of the below sponsorship document to keep our team going in 2009.

Domination at the 2008 Silicon Valley Half Marathon!

2008-10-27T09:28:00.000-07:00

The newly formed Santa Cruz Endurance team, composed exclusively of Santa Cruz County runners, burst onto the scene yesterday at the Silicon Valley Half Marathon event. The team won the Club Speed Challenge - Female division and were narrowly edged out of the overall Club Speed Challenge by only 37 seconds by the well established Silicon Valley Triathlon Club. Click here for full team results.

Six members of the team also claimed individual age group honors. Martin Spierings, Kim Thomas (5th overall) and Ed Burns (6th overall) claimed victories in their respective age groups and Adam Boothe, Rachael Brown and Amanda Shuman had podium finishes. Click here for the division results. There were 979 competitors in the Half Marathon event.

Central Coast Running sponsored the entry and transportation costs for the event and as you can see everyone had a great morning! Thanks Zach for the great photos.

Santa Cruz Endurance next outing will be at the Christmas Relay at Lake Merced, San Francisco on the 14th of December. The team will enter four teams in the 4 x 4.5 mile running relay. Interested athletes are encouraged to apply with Martin Spierings at tricoachmartin@gmail.com.

The team is looking to represent a major sponsor to fund the teams endurance racing ambitions in 2009. Keep a close eye on this blog for the latest developments!

Santa Cruz Endurance in Sentinel newspaper

2008-10-23T11:41:00.000-07:00

Click here for link to article

Latest results and some team changes

2008-10-13T09:38:00.000-07:00

Only two weeks to go now before the Santa Cruz Endurance team races at the Silicon Valley Half Marathon. A couple of changes in the team but we were lucky to find some great replacements happy to fill in at the last minute. Greg and Polly Feyereisn fresh off their great Ironman performances at Coeur D'Alene in June and national duathlon team representative Amanda Shuman. See their profiles below.

Santa Cruz Endurance to compete at Silicon Valley Half Marathon

2008-09-11T15:27:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-11T15:14:00.000-07:00

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.

Santa Cruz Endurance team selected for the Silicon Valley Half Marathon

2008-08-21T09:42:00.000-07:00

Men's Team

Adam Boothe
Ed Burns
Aaron Jacobsen
Benoit Pelczar
Martin Spierings

Women's Team

Domenick Alvarado
Rachael Brown
Allison Louthan
Rohanna Mccord
Kimberley Thomas

Congratulations team!

SC Endurance Contenders Race Wharf to Wharf

2008-08-01T15:34:00.000-07:00

Some great results for athletes vying for spots on the SV half marathon team at the 6 mile Wharf to Wharf course last Sunday.

Aaron Jacobsen 44th 32:32
Martin Spierings 65th 33:26
Adam Boothe 96th 34:21
Benoit Pelczar 113th 35

Kim Thomas 48th 39:23
Rohanna McCord 43:58
Lily Hallock ~ 45:00 a week after a 24 hour adventure race!

Local Santa Cruz Team to debut at Silicon Valley Half Marathon

2008-07-14T15:46:00.000-07:00

Ten (5 men and 5 women) of Santa Cruz's fastest runners will be sponsored to compete in the Silicon Valley Half Marathon Club Challenge on the 26th of October. Successful applicants will have their entry fees paid for by the main sponsor, Central Coast Running. Check out the application form for all details and selection criteria and send it to Martin at tricoachmartin@gmail.com or drop it off in-person to Adam at the Central Coast Running store to join the team. The application and team selection deadline has been extended to 18th of August to incorporate another local race, Race Thru The Redwoods.

Keep an eye on this blog for the latest developments. We are working hard to provide more benefits to make this a fun and challenging team event and to put more endurance events on our calendar.

Santa Cruz Endurance Racing Team

Last Week's Race Results

Run For Shelter and Marine Discovery Run Results 2011

Wildflower Triathlon Results 2011 | Big Sur Marathon | Leona Divide

Operation SCE Wharf to Wharf 2011

2011 Santa Cruz Half Marathon Results / Skyline to the Sea Results / AR50 results

SCE Names Squad for 2011 Lake Tahoe Relays

2011 Oakland Marathon Results

PRs and Podiums

Marathon. A long, long way to run.

PRs and Podiums - Winter 2011

Oakland Marathon Course 2011

SCE Oxylent wins the Bay Area Cross Country Corporate Challenge

Preview of 2011 Triathlon Club Competitions

PRs and Podiums - Holiday Races

SCE Places 3rd in North Face Endurance Challenge Marathon Relay

The SCE Spring Marathon Project

PR and Podium - Competitive Turkey and Ironman Joe.

Marathon Relay Team Announced for North Face Endurance Challenge.

PRs and Podiums - Weekend 13-14/11

2010 Morgan Hill Marathon Results

SCE E-Sponsorship

PRs and Podium - Shoreline and abroad.

Shoreline Open Cross Country Maps

Sponsored Morgan Hill Marathon Relay Teams Announced

PRs and Podiums - A little bit Cross Country, a little bit Rock and Roll

Weekend PRs and Podiums

SCE PODIUM LONG-SLEEVED T-SHIRTS

Sponsored Santa Cruz Triathlon Relay Teams Announced

Weekend Results: Dan Wirls Crowned 2010 National Aquathlon Champion

Results from this weeks racing

Santa Cruz Endurance goes Cross Country

Wharf to Wharf 2010

Join our winning team for the Santa Cruz Triathlons

Santa Cruz Endurance pulls top off Firecracker 5k/10k

Preview of Santa Cruz Endurance at the Tahoe Relays

Santa Cruz Endurance 2011/12 Membership Form and Payment

WEEKEND ENDURANCE MADNESS

FLEDGLING RACE TEAM FROM SANTA CRUZ SHAKES UP TRIATHLON CLUB ESTABLISHMENT AT MORGAN HILL

Races That Pay

2010 Calendar

Measuring your Improvement in Triathlon Racing

First Ever Santa Cruz Endurance Team Cycling Result

Carnage at the Santa Cruz Turkey Trot

It's Official

PRs and Podiums

Fuelling for the Silicon Valley Half Marathon

Sponsored Runners for the Silicon Valley Half Marathon

PRs and Podiums of the Week

Weekend Results 09/28

Santa Cruz Triathlon Relays Race Report

Clarkson signs with Santa Cruz Endurance.

Results of Pacific Grove Triathlon

Swanton Time Trial

Relay Teams for Santa Cruz Triathlon Announced

Weekend Results

Race Thru the Redwoods

Santa Cruz Sprint Triathlon

Santa Cruz Endurance @ Athlinks.com

Look who’s joined us!

Santa Cruz Endurance: The Evolution

Santa Cruz Endurance 2009/2010 Membership Sign Up

Central Coast Running Wins Coed Division of Lake Tahoe Relay

Clean Sweep at Big Sur Marathon Relay

Pre-Relay Rumblings from Team Fluid Santa Cruz

Team Meeting at Central Coast Running

Press Release - Team Fluid Santa Cruz at Big Sur Marathon Relay

Big Sur Marathon Relay Course Preview

Big Sur Marathon Relay Application

It Is Written - Journey to White's Lagoon

2009 Title Sponsor Document

Domination at the 2008 Silicon Valley Half Marathon!

Santa Cruz Endurance in Sentinel newspaper

Latest results and some team changes

Santa Cruz Endurance to compete at Silicon Valley Half Marathon

2009 Wishlist

Santa Cruz Endurance team selected for the Silicon Valley Half Marathon

SC Endurance Contenders Race Wharf to Wharf

Local Santa Cruz Team to debut at Silicon Valley Half Marathon