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We haven't paid much attention to this listing in a while. Please help us get this information up to date. Search by city name. You'll have to check all surrounding cities to find a group near you. These are the Track Clubs and groups that do track workouts and the like in some orderly fashion. Most of the annual entry fees are club memberships, (I can't speak for any of the clubs) though I've found most groups will welcome a one time visitor. If you know of a group that is not included here or can provide accurate information about the groups that are incomplete, please send me an e.mail to info@trackinfo.org

Agoura Hills

Agoura High School

**DIRT TRACK**

Mon. 6 p.m.
Wed. 6 p.m.

Future Track
Track Club

Fee: $30/year

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Bryan Dameworth, Amy Skiersz, Deena Drossin, Ryan Wilson, Derek Kite have all worked with this coach.

Coach: Bill Duley
(818) 591-8786


Berkeley

UC Berkeley, Edwards Stadium

Thur. 5:30 p.m.

East Bay Striders

Fee: $10/year

Middle Distance, Long distance

Coach: Tom Trimble
(510) 680-8159
trimble@bdt.com


Brentwood

Time unknown

Santa Monica Runners Club

Fee: unknown

Track workouts. Thur. hill/fartlek runs.

Coach: George
(310) 826-3515


Burbank

Burroughs High School

**DIRT TRACK**

Tues. 5:30 p.m.
Thur. 5:30 p.m.

San Fernando Valley Track Club

Fee: $40/year plus $35 each month

Middle Distance/Long Distance

Laszlo Tabori was the third man to break the four minute mile.

Coach: Lazlo Toabori
(818) 556-1563


Burlingame

Burlingame High School

Tues. at 6:15 p.m.

Excelsior Running Club

Fee: $25/yr

Middle Distance, Long Distance

Coach: Bob Darling
(415) 566-7860


Carlsbad

Carlsbad High School

Tues. 5:40 p.m.

.

San Diego Track Club

Fee: Free

Middle Distance/Long Distance

Intervals start a 5:40, get there early enough to be warmed up before.

Coach: Mike Plumb
(760) 720-0798

mike@tripower.org

Carmel

Carmel High School

Mon. 4:30 p.m.

.

Corral de Tierra (Wednesday Night Laundry) Runners

Fee: $10/year

Middle Distance/Long Distance

Long runs Thur. 6 a.m. from Hartnell College, Salinas

Coach: Glynn Wood
(408) 375-8202


Carson

CSU Dominguez Hills
(Alt. Location)
Compton C.C.
Tues. and Thurs. 6 p.m.

.

Monsoon Track Club

Fee: $26/year

Sprints

Relay oriented club. Small coached workouts with improved performance goals.

Leroy Clipps, Jr.,
(310)637-7822 , (310)367-2576 (Cel)
CLIPPSL15615@SBCGLOBAL.NET


Chino Hills

Ayala High School

**DIRT TRACK**

Thurs.

Chino Hills Panthers Running Club

Fee: Unknown

Long Distance

Track Workouts. Other Fun Runs On Mon., Tues. and Wed. All abilities welcome.

Contact: Personal Best Runner's Resource
(909) 393-2000


Culver City

West Los Angeles College

**DIRT TRACK**

Time unknown

Fee: Unknown

Sprints/Hurdles

Coach: Leo Davis
(909) 595-9674


Culver City

Culver City High School

**DIRT TRACK**

Mon. 5:30 p.m.
Wed. 5:30 p.m.

San Fernando Valley Track Club

Fee: $40/year plus $35 each month

Middle Distance/Long Distance

Laszlo Tabori was the third man to break the four minute mile.

Coach: Lazlo Toabori
(818) 556-1563 (w)


Cupertino

DeAnza College Track

Tuesdays 6:30 p.m.

Silicon Valley Triathlon Club

Fee: $5 non-members

Distance training

Contact: Lisa Engles lisardragonfly@yahoo.com


Cupertino

DeAnza College Track

2nd and 4th Saturdays 9 a.m.

Golden Gate Racewalkers (South Bay)

Fee: Unknown

Racewalk training

Contact: Laura Cribbins (408) 621-5857 lcwalk@aol.com


Davis

UC Davis

Tues. 5:45 p.m.

Golden Valley Running Club

Fee: $10/year

Middle Distance, Long distance

Coach: Richard McClann
(916) 757-6363


Irvine

Irvine High School
(see also Irvine and Carson)

Tues. 5:30 p.m.

.

Monsoon Track Club

Fee: $26/year

Sprints

Relay oriented club. Small coached workouts with improved performance goals.

Contact Leroy Clipps, Jr.,
(310)637-7822 , (310)367-2576 (Cel)
CLIPPSL15615@SBCGLOBAL.NET


Irvine

UC Irvine

Tues. 5 p.m.

California Coast Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Middle Distance, Long Distance?

Also does hill repeat workouts, and long runs on other days

Coach: Bill Sumner
(714) 854-3266 http://www.athlete.com/ia/teams/detail/California_Coast_Track_Club.html


Kentfield

College of Marin

Tues. Evening Time $20 to $35/Family

Tamalpa Runners

Fee: unknown

Intervals from 200 to Mile. All levels of runners are welcome.

Contact: Jim Myers at
(415) 383-3961


Kentfield

College of Marin

Thur. Morning 7 a.m.

Tamalpa Runners

Fee: $20 to $35/Family

Emphasizes form and pacing. Group has many other weekly runs and events.http://www.tamalparunners.org/activities.htm

Contact: Kees Tuinzing at
(415) 472-7917


La Jolla

UC, San Diego

Daily. at 5:30 p.m.

Fee: unknown

Specialty unknown

Ted VanArsdale
(619)534-0328


Long Beach

CSU, Long Beach

Time unknown

Fee: Unknown

Sprints, Middle Distance, Strength/Fitness

Coach: George Mehale
(310) 398-8405


Long Beach

CSU, Long Beach

Time unknown

Fee: Unknown

Middle Distance, Throws, Strength/Fitness

Coach: Dave Rodda
(310) 866-9771 ex. 400 (w)


Long Beach

CSU, Long Beach?

Time unknown

Fee: Unknown

Throws

Coach: Wilbur "Moose" Thompson
(310) 596-0360


Los Altos

Foothill College Track

Tues. 5:15 p.m./Women, 5:45 p.m./Men

Reebok Aggies

Fee: $35/year
$60/Family

Elite team

http://www.reality.sgi.com/csp/aggies/

Los Altos

Foothill College Track

Tues. 6 p.m.

Golden Gate Racewalkers (South Bay)

Fee: Unknown

Racewalk training

Contact: Laura Cribbins (408) 621-5857 lcwalk@aol.com


Los Angeles

USC

Monday and Wednesday 6 p.m. (warm up), 7 p.m. (workout)

Show Time Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Sprints

Group informal, led by volunteer.

Contact: Eugene Driver
(213) 7JUNKIE
TRAKJUNKY@aol.com

Los Angeles

UCLA, Westwood

Sunday 8:30 a.m.

Los Angeles Valley Athletic Club, Southern California Striders

Fee: Unknown

Sprints, Hurdles, Middle Distance

Group informal, led by volunteer.

Contact: George Simon
(818) 784-0496
or Jackson Steffes


Los Angeles

Birmingham High School (Van Nuys)

Tues. 6 p.m.

Los Angeles Road Runners

Fee: About $25/mo

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Primarily is a slower training group for L.A. and other marathoners (up to 100 each night), but has faster group and Middle Distance oriented runners.

Coach: Pat Connelly
(818) 994-0682


Manhattan Beach

Location Unknown

Time unknown

Manhattan Beach Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Unknown

Coach: Dale Frank
(310) 318-5531


Merced

Merced Community College

Tuesdays 5:30 p.m.

Merced Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Road/Distance oriented

http://www.elite.net/mtc/calendar/track.htm


Mountain View

Shoreline Park

Sunays 8:30 a.m.

Golden Gate Racewalkers (South Bay)

Fee: Unknown

Racewalk training

Contact: Laura Cribbins (408) 621-5857 lcwalk@aol.com


Oakland

Oakland Tech High School

Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.

Speed Zone Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Sprints, Middle Distance, Long Distance, Field Events

Coach Noah Hinkston (510) 830-6708 nhinkston@hotmail.com

Oakland

Oakland Tech High School

Saturdays 9 a.m.

Speed Zone Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Sprints, Middle Distance, Long Distance, Field Events

Coach Noah Hinkston (510) 830-6708 nhinkston@hotmail.com

Oakland

Old Boathouse at Lake Merritt

Saturdays 8 a.m.

Golden Gate Racewalkers (East Bay)

Fee: Unknown

Racewalk training

Contact: Laura Cribbins (408) 621-5857 lcwalk@aol.com


Palo Alto

Stanford University (stadium track)

Wednesdays & Fridays, noon-1:30

Angell Field Ancients

Fee: Unknown

Wednesday, Middle Distance, Friday Long to Middle Distance

Wednesday All levels. Typical: 12x300, 8x600, Friday Typical: 6x1000, 4x1500, Ladders

Contact: Paul Skokowski

Pasadena

Cal Tech

Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. warm up, 7:00 p.m. stretching, plyometrics, intervals

Los Feliz Flyers

Fee: $20 annual club fee and $20/quarter track fees

Long (some Middle) Distance,

All levels.

Contact: Don Gillman dongill@pacbell.net, (626) 449-1579, http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jmoss/flyers.htm

Pasadena

Rose Bowl

Fridays 6:30 p.m. tempo runs

Los Feliz Flyers

Fee: $20 annual club fee

Long (some Middle) Distance,

All levels.

Contact: Don Gillman dongill@pacbell.net, (626) 449-1579, http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jmoss/flyers.htm

Riverside

Riverside City College

Time unknown

Riverside Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Pole Vault

Coach: Fred Hustead
(909) 595-9564


Riverside

UC Riverside?

Time unknown

Riverside Track Club

Fee: Unknown

Sprints, Field Events, Pole Vault

Coach: Fred Hustead
(909) 595-9564


Sacramento

CSU Sacramento

Tues. 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo Chips Track Club

Fee: $25/year

Long Distance

20 to 150 regular participants of all ages and abilities. The Billy Mills Workout 24x160 with 40 walk/jog recovery or something called Bleacher's 900

Coach: George Parrott, e-mail to geo241@saclink.csus.eduhttp://www.jps.net/runinfo/parrott.htm


Sacramento

CSU Sacramento

Thur. 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo Chips Track Club

Fee: $25/year

Long Distance

20 to 150 regular participants of all ages and abilities. The Billy Mills Workout 24x160 with 40 walk/jog recovery or something called Bleacher's 900

Coach: George Parrott, e-mail to geo241@saclink.csus.eduhttp://www.jps.net/runinfo/parrott.htm


San Diego

Balboa Stadium, San Diego City College

Tues. and Thur. at 5:30 p.m.

San Diego Track Club

Fee: $30/yr

Sprints, Middle Distance

Paul Greer
(760) 633-1500http://www.sdtc.com/coach.html


San Diego (actually La Jolla)

UC, San Diego

Daily. at 5:30 p.m.

Fee: unknown

Specialty unknown

Ted VanArsdale
(619)534-0328


San Francisco

Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park

Tues. and Wed. at 6 p.m.

Excelsior Running Club

Fee: $25/yr

Middle Distance, Long Distance

Bob Darling
(415) 566-7860


San Francisco

Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park

Tues. at 6:45 p.m.

San Francisco Triathlon Club

Fee: $10 per session or $50 for three months

Middle Distance, Long Distance

Coach Tom McGlynn, Focus 'n Fly - http://www.focusnfly.com/

updated May 2003

info@sftriclub.org 


San Francisco

Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park

Thurs. at 6:30 p.m.

Dolphin South End Runners

Fee: $4 per session or $15 for four sessions

Middle Distance, Long Distance

Club motto is "Start slowly then taper off."

Andy Chan
(415) 334-7632


San Francisco

Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park

Tues. at 6 p.m.

Impala Running Club

Fee: $225/yr

Middle Distance, Long Distance
Apparently a female only, elite level team

Mike Fanelli
(415) 386-6602


San Luis Obispo

Cal Poly

Wed. 5:30 p.m.

San Luis Distance Club

Fee: $15/year

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Coach: Brian Waterbury (805) 543-6750


Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara City College

Tues. 5 p.m. and Wed. 5:45 p.m. and Saturday morning distance run.

Club West

Fee: Yes/"Commitment is required to make it worthwhile"

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Small coached workouts with improved performance goals.

Coach: Drew Sutcliffe,
(805) 687-7863


Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara City College

Tues. 6 p.m.

Santa Barbara Athletic Association

Fee: None

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Informal group of top local runners

No contact as of yet, just show up, they'll be there


Santa Cruz

Soquel High School

Mon. 6 p.m.
February to August
Sprint Workouts

Santa Cruz Track Club

Fee: Club Membership
$50, $30/students, $25 additional family

Sprint, Middle Distance, Speed Development groups

Adult Coach: Marty Kruger (408)429-8025, Santa Cruz Track Club, Post Office Box 1803, Capitola 95010 http://www.infopoint.com/sc/sports/sctc/


Santa Cruz

Soquel High School

Wed. 6 p.m.
General Track Workouts Workouts

Santa Cruz Track Club

Fee: Club Membership
$50, $30/students, $25 additional family

Sprint, Middle Distance, Long Distance groups

Adult Coach: Marty Kruger (408)429-8025, Santa Cruz Track Club, Post Office Box 1803, Capitola 95010 http://www.infopoint.com/sc/sports/sctc/


Santa Cruz

Soquel High School

Sat. 9 a.m.
August to February
Middle Distance Workouts

Santa Cruz Track Club

Fee: Club Membership
$50, $30/students, $25 additional family

Sprint, Middle Distance, Long Distance groups

Adult Coach: Marty Kruger (408)429-8025, Santa Cruz Track Club, Post Office Box 1803, Capitola 95010 http://www.infopoint.com/sc/sports/sctc/


Santa Cruz

U.C. Santa Cruz/H3>

Sat. 3 p.m.
February to August
Middle Distance Workouts

Santa Cruz Track Club

Fee: Club Membership
$50, $30/students, $25 additional family

Sprint, Middle Distance, Long Distance groups

Adult Coach: Marty Kruger (408)429-8025, Santa Cruz Track Club, Post Office Box 1803, Capitola 95010 http://www.infopoint.com/sc/sports/sctc/


Santa Cruz

Soquel High School

Wed. 5 p.m.
February to August
Field Event Workouts

Santa Cruz Track Club

Fee: Club Membership
$50, $30/students, $25 additional family

Sprint, Middle Distance, Speed Development groups

Adult Coach: Marty Kruger (408)429-8025, Santa Cruz Track Club, Post Office Box 1803, Capitola 95010 http://www.infopoint.com/sc/sports/sctc/


Santa Cruz

U.C. Santa Cruz

Sat. 2 p.m.
February to August
Field Event Workouts

Santa Cruz Track Club

Fee: Club Membership
$50, $30/students, $25 additional family

Sprint, Middle Distance, Speed Development groups

Adult Coach: Marty Kruger (408)429-8025, Santa Cruz Track Club, Post Office Box 1803, Capitola 95010 http://www.infopoint.com/sc/sports/sctc/


Santa Monica

Santa Monica City College

Mon./Wed. 5:00pm, Sat. 8 or 9:00am

Reebok VO2 Max Track Club

Fee: $50/mo

Elite level, middle distance/long distance

Jan-June track workouts, plus club pays all entry fees and travel expenses. July 15-Dec at various Santa Monica/Palisades parks and road & trail loops. Club provides coaching, other athletes to train with, access to training facilities, medical support, uniforms & apparel, training & racing shoes, and a schedule of top-flight competition in track & field, road racing, and cross country within the structure of a highly organized team. Meeting the following performance standards and training with the team are requirements for memembership:
MEN: 800-1:53 1500-3:57 Stplchs-9:30 5000-15:00 10,000-32:00
WOMEN: 800-2:15 1500-4:45 3000 10:20 5000-18:00 10,000-39:00

Contact: Skip Stolley
day (213) 730-9617
eve (310) 453-7655, Skip_Stolley_at_AAF__LA@mailgate.aafla.com

Santa Monica

Santa Monica High School

Tues. 6 p.m.

Track Club L.A.

Fee: $80/year

Long Distance, Middle Distance

"Serious middle of the packers"

Coach: Eric Barron
(310) 825-9562


barron@law.ucla.edu
http://trackclubla.org

Santa Monica

Santa Monica High School

Wed. 6 p.m.

Los Angeles Road Runners

Fee: About $25/mo

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Primarily is a slower training group for L.A. and other marathoners (up to 75 each night), but has faster group and Middle Distance oriented runners.

Coach: Pat Connelly
(818) 994-0682


Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa Junior College

Tues. 5:30 p.m.

Empire Runners

Fee: $15/year
$25/Family

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Coach: Larry Meredith
(707) 526-4536


Saratoga

West Valley College

Days vary. 6 p.m.

West Valley College

Fee: Unknown

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Training group is treated as a class at the college, but goes almost year round. Days change during season. Please contact before attending.

Contact Bill Campbell
Athletic Director
West Valley College

Saratoga

West Valley College

Saturday 7:30.m.

West Valley Joggers & Striders

Fee: Unknown

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Main workout is Saturday morning. 3/29/97 3.0 Miles
4/5/97 1 x 1.46-mile WVC Relay
4/12/97 4.76 Miles
4/19/97 2.75 Miles
4/26/97 16 x 300 Relay
5/3/97 12 x 600 Relay
5/10/97 4.68 Miles

http://www.accesscom.com/~jwhalen/Workouts.html
Contact Jim or Maureen at
jwhalen@accesscom.com


Saratoga

West Valley College

Wed. 5:15 p.m.

West Valley Joggers & Striders

Fee: Unknown

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Wed. we run intervals with ~50% rest, rotating weekly through 12 x 400, 6 x 800, 4 x 1200, and 3 x 1600s. We have now added a 200 meter interval workout wherein we run 12 laps of alternating hard and easy 200s.

http://www.wvjs.org
Contact Jim or Maureen at
jwhalen@accesscom.com


South Orange County

Trabuco Hills High School

Wed. 5:30 p.m Other workouts vary days and locations.

SO CAL Track Club

Fee: $80/First year, renewal $35/year

Uniform comes with first year membership

Long Distance, Middle Distance, wishing to add Sprints, Field Events

USATF Registered Club #2007
Team is actively looking for more members in all events to make a big splash at National Master's Championships.

Mark Cleary
(949) 589-0242
runnermark@cox.net
http://www.xro.com/socal
Attention: Membership Application
P.O. BOX 80877
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

South Orange County

Trabuco Hills High School
(see also Irvine and Carson)

Thurs. and Sat. 5:30 p.m.

.

Monsoon Track Club

Fee: $26/year

Sprints

Relay oriented club. Small coached workouts with improved performance goals.

Contact Leroy Clipps, Jr.,
(310)637-7822 , (310)367-2576 (Cel)
CLIPPSL15615@SBCGLOBAL.NET


Stockton

Delta College

Wed. 5:30 p.m.

Sundance Running Club

Fee: $12/year

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Larry Frank, (209) 478-2802


Stockton

Delta College

Wed. 4:30 p.m. (Winter Hours)

Tarahumara Running Club

Fee: Unknown

Long Distance, Middle Distance

http://www.uop.edu/~ubnsalim/trc.html


Ventura

Ventura High School

**DIRT TRACK**

Tues. 5:45 p.m.
Thur. 5:45 p.m.
April 1 thru May 29

Team Inside Track

Fee: $3 per session or $35 for the entire program

Long Distance, Middle Distance

Several top local runners plus other slower runners join in. Gary Tuttle was a long time distance running legent, including National Marathon Championships and a 2nd at Boston.

Coach: Gary Tuttle
(805) 643-1104


Walnut

Mt. San Antonio College

Mon. and Wed. 5 p.m.

Southern California Cheetahs

Fee: None

Sprints

Stan Whitley leads this group. He is perenially National and World Masters Champion. This is a small group of good Masters, running and coaching the youth team that practices here Mon.-Thur.

Contact: Stan Whitley
(909) 945-9800 (h)


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