Santa Cruz Track Club

The Santa Cruz Track Club (SCTC) is a non-profit organization established in 1989 to promote running and track and field by providing coaching and support programs in our community. The club operates two sections: one for adults and one for youth. Athletes of all abilities are welcome. The organized workouts are tailored to the level each individual desires to train. The SCTC also helps local organizers of road races and track meets with event management. We are a diverse, multi-talented group of athletes which includes sprinters, hurdlers, middle distance runners, marathoners, ultra-marathoners, race walkers, track and field competitors and triathletes. Our members span from youths to masters and from novices to national- and Olympic-class athletes. The Santa Cruz Track Club is a member of the Road Runners Club of America and of the Pacific Association of the USA Track and Field.

Recent News

SCTC is proud to announce they have started Tuesday night workouts in West Santa Cruz! Meet at 5:30PM at Santa Cruz High School on the new track.

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8/21/10 UCSC Cross Country Challenge Results are Posted
2010 Members' Recent Race Results are now Posted
Starting Lines Summer 2010 Newsletter is available online (PDF format)
Starting Lines Spring 2010 Newsletter is available online (PDF format)
Starting Lines Winter 2009 Newsletter is available online (PDF format)

Upcoming Events

9/7/10: Tuesday Night Workout
9/8/10: Wednesday Night Workout
9/4/10 @ noon, Santa Cruz High Track - form drills, followed by workout
9/4/10 @ 8:30am, UCSC (meet at track by pool behind Fieldhouse) - hill repeats
9/5/10 @ 8:30am, Nisene Marks: long distance run

1000 Mile Club

If you would like to be a member of the SCTC 1000 Mile Club, keep track of your daily mileage on the Official Log Sheet. Once you have completed 1000 miles, turn your log sheet(s) and receive a complimentary 1000 mile T-shirt.

Saturday, August 21

UCSC Cross Country Challenge

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Sunday, June 13
Aptos Women's 5 Mile Foot Race

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2010 All Around Runner Award

New this year! In order to be recognized as a 2010 SCTC All Around Runner, run each of the following: 5k race, 10k race (Wharf to Wharf qualifies), Half marathon, Marathon, Trail Race, Relay Race, Track Race (1 mile or less), Cross Country Race. Next, download and complete the 2010 All Around Runner Award Checklist and email it to Greg Hales (ghales@comcast.net)

Workouts

General Track
Sprint, middle distance, 5K, 10K, triathlon, 1/2 marathon, and marathon: Our "anchor" weekly workout is Wednesday nights, all year, at 6 pm. We meet at the Soquel High School track (rubberized asphalt). The Wednesday night workouts are posted the weekend before. Field events begin at 5pm Wednesdays (February to August).

Adult Speed Development
Every Monday evening at 6:00 pm beginning January 26, 2009. Soquel High School track. Continues through the summer. For more information, contact Joe Kammer, 425-2855.

Long Distance
8-20 miles: Sundays, year round, at 8:30 am at various locations, including Wilder Ranch/Gray Whale, Nisene Marks, Big Basin/Waddell Creek, Spring Street, and Fall Creek. Contact Diane Delucchi for this week's location (see left panel). This Sunday's long is at Nisene Marks.
Saturday Workouts
Saturday mornings at 8:30 am, Soquel High. Call Greg Brock for details.
Youth Workouts
The kids' program started February 17, 2010. Check out its website at http://SantaCruzTrackClub.com/youth/.

Sponsored Races

The Santa Cruz Track Club is actively involved in many local and national events. In addition to membership fees, we are partially sponsored by the Wharf to Wharf Race, a popular road race along a six-mile, oceanside course stretching from the Santa Cruz Wharf to the Capitola Wharf. (click here to register online) Some of the events which SCTC manages or is involved in are:

Superbowl Sunday 10K/3K/1K kids West Cliff
Slug Run 10K/5K/1K kids Santa Cruz
Mother's Day 10K/5K/1K kids Watsonville
Aptos Women's 5 Miler
Nisene Marks Marathon/1/2/5K
Children's all-comer meets
Firecracker 10K
UCSC Cross Country Challenge
Santa Cruz County Sentinel Triathlon
Turkey Trot 5K & 10K

Special Olympics

The Special Olympics Track & Field season starts in March and ends with Summer Games in June. Volunteers are needed to support the Sat. practice sessions from 9AM to 11 noon at Soquel High School. Practices will consist of stretching and form drills prior to track or field event workouts. Volunteers are requested to assist approximately 25-45 athletes to ensure proper forms are learned. No experience necessary! Any time that volunteers can spend to support this effort will be greatly appreciated. For more information, please contact Jennifer Johnson at 661-0623 or email jennifer@es-cc.org

About Being a Member

Membership form

We are a grass-roots volunteer organization with members volunteering to serve at various events during the year. We have a Board of Directors which meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7pm. Membership benefits for joining the club include:

Coaching on Wednesday evening workouts
Coaching on racewalking
Wharf to Wharf race entry (free if turned in by May 15)
Discount on Aptos Women's 5-Miler
Discounts at various businesses including:

Jerry's Sport Shop, Santa Cruz
Runners Factory, Los Gatos
Fleet Feet, Aptos
World Gym, Santa Cruz
Spa Fitness via Greg Brock
User-Friendly Computing, Santa Cruz

Social events and BBQs, year-end banquet
A bi-monthly Newsletter
T-shirt and membership card

SCTC members Sonia Plageman, Maria Marsillo, Diane Delucchi, and Joyce Parr
at the 2007 Las Vegas Marathon.

We offer four types of membership:

Regular member: $65/year; agrees to volunteer for at least 3 activities
Student member: $40/year; agrees to volunteer for at least 3 activities
Supporting member: $35/year; supports the club through this donation
Non-volunteer member: $125/year; exempt from volunteer commitment
Memberships run from January 1st to December 31st.

Volunteering

You not only save on membership dues by volunteering to help at three events during the year, you will also have fun doing it. Duties can include working at the finish line or water stops, directing cars in the parking lot or any number of other things--and it takes only a few hours during the morning of race day. Contact Greg Brock at (831) 479-9279 for further information.

SCTA

To learn more about Santa Cruz Triathlon Association, visit: www.sctriathlon.com
If you are interested in receiving SCTA's free weekly E-blast that packed with triathlon information, NOT sales pitches, please send the following information to scta@sctriathlon.com:

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