Any ST’ers know of any good triathlon, bike, or run groups in the SB to SLO area? Looking to shake up my training, meet some new people, and have a good group of people to grab beers with after a hard workout!
I don’t have any social media, so I am sure I miss out on all the happenings.
Nite Moves (SB) starts May 1. That is a fun weekly swim and run.
Running Warehouse (SLO) has regular runs that were getting pretty sizeable groups, but I’m out on injury so I haven’t run in a long time. I don’t know the latest mojo on that group.
SLDC has a trail running group that I’ve gone out with, but again… injured so I don’t know how the group is doing lately.
K-Man seems to have some pretty good group rides in A-Town.
SLO Dolphins meet in Avila on Sunday for 1-2 mile ocean swims. That is my latest jam. No club to join or fees to pay. Just people swimming.
SLO RoadRunners run 3x a week (again, injured).
There is a gal who has been doing master swim at Cuesta College that looks interesting. Endurance Cubed? She does coaching so I don’t know if the rides are for her athletes only.
SLO Bike Club is always a mix of interesting.
Cal Poly has a masters swim team if you want to chase the feet of college kids. Probably 30% non-kids.
If you pop into any of the trail runs, century rides, or ocean swims in any of the areas on the Central Coast you meet pretty much everybody after 3-4 events.
Honestly… I haven’t found much of a “scene” up here in SLO Town. Then again, I don’t try particularly hard to do so…
Good luck!
Hilary, thanks! That is a pretty comprehensive list. I will have to start looking into a few of these groups.
http://www.bicicorsa.com/rides/index.html has a listing of group rides in the Santa Barbara area. There is also Monday Night TT (https://www.mondaynighttimetrial.com/) starting in March, and weekly Wednesday night crit practices in Goleta starting when the time changes.
Where do you live?
Jim, I am in Orcutt (Santa Maria).