T9 Mermaid Half Marathon San Diego Saturday, February 10th 2018 While many people sleep in on Saturdays, our athletes are almost always up before the sun. February 10th was no exception. Some of our runners (Jennifer Echols, Susie Reyes, Diana King, and Mary Beth Yusunas) woke up extra early to help with registration at...
2018 Cardiff Kook Run
2018 Cardiff Kook Run The SDTC Rockin’ ‘n’ Runnin’ Training Program along with many of our SDTC family had a great time at the Cardiff Kook Run in Encinitas this past weekend. Runners lined up on a beautifully sunny Super Bowl Sunday under the iconic Encinitas sign. The 10k race runs south along Highway...
Movin Shoes RnR Runners of the Week – January 2018
Movin Shoes RnR Runners of the Week January 2018 Each week during our spring Rockin’ ‘n’ Runnin’ Training Program, our coaches select a Runner of the Week. These are individuals from our RnR, Boston, Next Level, and M2B training groups who have made a difference in others running live or deserve to be recognized...
2017 SDTC Award Winners
The SDTC Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner is always a wonderful opportunity to get together off the track and celebrate our members who have gone above and beyond during the past year and throughout the years. While we only handed out a small number of awards, we greatly appreciate the over 250 individuals volunteer...
Revel Mt. Charleston Marathon Race Review
Revel Mt. Charleston Marathon Race Review By: Leslie Sanchez If you are a BQ hopeful, the Revel Mt. Charleston Marathon may be the race for you. I had Boston Qualified at the California International Marathon in December, with a little over a 2 minute margin of my qualifying time. Running the Boston Marathon...
Ursula Rains Balboa Boogie 5k
This classic cross country race runs through Morley Field in San Diego. This race is presented by SDTC, this race is part of the Dirt Dog Cross Country Series. Schedule Saturday, October 6th, 2018 Masters (40 & over) start: 8:00am Open (39 & under) start: 8:45am Kids 1K Run: 9:30am Race Day Registration: 6:30am...
Twenty Years and Making a Difference
Twenty Years and Making a Difference By: Bill Aaron Twenty years. Who knew way back in 1998 that we would be celebrating twenty Rockin’ ‘n’ Runnin’ Training Programs. That’s twenty 10K’s, twenty, 2-hour pace runs, twenty train runs. More than 9,000 runners have come through the gates of Balboa Stadium and onto the streets of...
Boston Training Group
SDTC Boston Training Group By: Ellen K. Fleischman Boston Marathontraining with Coach Dave Hutchinson (“Hutch’) was the most awesome experience! We started training in November for the April marathon. Hutch gave us a calendar, usually a month at a time so we wouldn’t look ahead and freak out. He also sent weekly e mails...
HOW TO SCREW UP A MARATHON
HOW TO SCREW UP A MARATHON “My Story” By: Paul Baumhoefner, (Former) SDTC Equipment Guy Originally Published: San Diego Running, Spring 2000 First of all, over train, make this decision early, like in January so your legs are really tired when you get to the long runs in April. Oh, and don’t take that...
Tina Breen Win’s USATF San Diego’s Volunteer of the Year
Tina Breen Win’s USATF San Diego’s Volunteer of the Year I’ve been training with the SDTC Rockin’ ‘n’ Runnin’program this year. Upon joining I was asked by Coach Paul to be the Safety Pacers aka “Yee Haw” Coordinator. Why not? Sounds like fun! I’m also the volunteer Membership Chair for USATF San Diego and...