Welcome to TCLA!
Announcements
- For the third consecutive year, TCLA women's masters team takes the title at the SCA/USATF Cross Country Championships. Congratulations to team members Lydia Salinas, Bari Ramberg, Theresa Uhrig, Lorena Ocon, and Wenise Wong, Lindsey Folsom, Monica Hirschberger, and Sharon Yamato. Meanwhile, the TCLA men's masters team takes home its first championship cup. Congratulations to team members Mike Branch, David Kent, Ron Paquette, Frank Tai, Bruce Blair, Adam Radley, Peter Glassman, Brian Panosian, Dean Goodman, Stephen Terry, Tim Petersen, Scott Allen, and Ron Hecker. Click here for complete results.
- Congratulations to Bert Whitson on his 2:46:47 in Chicago, to Rit Tun on his 2:50:24 at St. George, to Frank Tai for his 8th place AG finish at the USA Masters Marathon Championships in Minnesota, to Jeannie Choi-Wolff and Peter Abraham on their p.r.'s at St. George and Chicago, respectively, and to Rikako Takei for her Boston qualifier at St. George.
- Mark Gieseker comes from behind to overtake Bert Whitson in winning the Seventh Annual Cahn Mile.
- Congratulations to Eric Bowles, your 2009 Big Sur Marathon runner-up in a p.r. 2:39:34.
- Back-to-back champs: TCLA women's masters team repeats as Southern California USATF Cross Country Champions. Congratulations to Bari Ramberg, Susanne Eng, and Lydia Salinas, and Amy Aukstikalnis.
- Rikako Takei finally gets her podium finish at the Hawaii Ironman, and Susanne Eng snags a first place age group finish at the Long Beach Half Marathon.
- Congratulations to Tom Case for earning an All-American age group award in the mile.
- Pictures from the 2008 Brentwood 5K/10K are now up on the TCLA Kodak website.
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Track Club LA was founded by Boston area
transplants Dave Afshartous and current coach Eric Barron.
Afshartous was the captain of the MIT cross-country team and was
All-New England in the 10,000, while Barron ran for Harvard and has run
several marathons.
Our club meets for
weekly interval workouts Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the
Santa Monica High School track, (northeast corner of Pico Blvd and 4th Street).
Preview this week's workout!
Make sure to arrive early to warm up.
We also meet Saturdays for a longer distance
run.
Club members receive personalized
coaching advice on how to achieve their running goals while having fun
and staying injury-free.
All levels and abilities welcome!
Interested in joining us?
Contact our coach Eric Barron by email at
eric@trackclubla.org or
phone at 310-471-8988.
runners have visited this page since June 29, 2000.
