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Coastside Running Club

Friendly runners getting together from Half Moon Bay, CA to Pacifica, CA.

Welcome

Welcome to the Coastside Running Club! Our members live mostly in the beautiful coastal communities south of San Francisco, from Pacifica to Half Moon Bay.

Crystal Springs Watershed Run 2009.

Weekly Run

Please join us every Saturday morning at 8am at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (map, info) in Moss Beach, CA. From Highway 1, take California Ave. west for a few blocks until it ends and park in the parking lot on your right.

This is a fun social run, to stay in shape and talk about upcoming races, training, life, etc. Our usual route is to head south through the forest, through the Moss Beach Distillery, and along the bluffs to Pillar Point Harbor (near Mavericks waves) and then back. We take 50 minutes to an hour to complete the 5 miles.

No fees, no dues, just bring a smile and your running shoes!

Upcoming Events

September 25, 2011 -- Half Moon Bay International Marathon. Our running club is playing a major role in putting on this inaugural coastal marathon. Official site.

What's New?

Crystal Springs Watershed Scholarship Run

January 7, 2012

Our Coastside Running Club (CRC) held its second scholarship fund raiser run of the season on Saturday January 7, 2012. Lead by docents, Jenny Feix and George Miller, 20 people of all abilities ran 8 miles behind the normally locked gates inside the Crystal Springs Watershed under sunny skies . This was not a race but a fun, social run. The rolly polly, gravel fire road along the Fifield-Cahill Ridge transects the center of the 23,000 acre Watershed that's been off limits to the public for over 100 years. Even though we were a bit distant, we were treated to two different views of rarely seen Pilarcitos Lake (Half Moon Bay's water supply) tucked high between two ridge tops. Douglas fir and redwood trees lined our route all the way. We will have more of these runs coming up this spring - hopefully a 20 miler too!!! If you'd like to be notified of upcoming events, please join the Coastside Running Club email list.

Each May, the CRC awards a scholarship to 2 graduating members of the HMBHS cross country team. 100% of the donations collected at these Watershed runs goes towards those scholarships. We'd like to thank the SF Public Utilities Commission for allowing us this unique opportunity to make these scholarships happen. People are as happy to donate as they are to run in such a beautiful place. We leave footprints and take lots of great memories from these outings.

Posted Jan 9, 2012 10:56 PM by Ron Little

Half Moon Bay International Marathon, Photos

Many of us club members played a critical role in the inaugural Half Moon Bay International Marathon (a separate organization). It was a lot of work and it appears to have been a huge success. Many of us also ran in one of the four races.

Posted Jan 9, 2012 10:34 PM by Ron Little

Crystal Springs Watershed Run

July 30, 2011 by George Miller
We just finished our first fund raiser run in the Crystal Springs Watershed. It was 13 miles with 18 FANTASTIC people. There was a mix of fog and sunshine but nothing too extreme. We raised $825 today. 100% of everything we generate from this run and the others we'll hold in the next 9 months will go towards a college scholarship for 1 girl and 1 boy from the Half Moon Bay HS cross country team in May 2012. A BIG THANK YOU to all of those who participated!!!

Posted Aug 21, 2011 5:01 PM by Ron Little

Western States 100 Volunteering
June 26, 2011
Many of our members volunteered at the Foresthill Aid Station at the renowned Western States 100 mile race. Two members were runners in the race!

Posted Aug 21, 2011 5:02 PM by Ron Little

Scholarship Awards Ceremony

Thursday, May 26, 2011

What a wonderful event and I must express a deep thanks to George, Ron, Eli, and Max for helping! It was wonderful seeing, not only CRC, but the numerous local business and non-profits step forward to help the community youth. Support spanned from local comedy actors guilds to the Cabrillo lunch staff and everyone in between.

I must say, George stole the comedy show though! While leaving the stage Kira, the awards MC, motioned towards Eli and Max as they were walking off stage and said, "Well, I think we've had our cutest presenters of the evening!" George immediately turned around and said, "Thank You!" Even I laughed, and I think George is a handsome dude.

Ron took some wonderful pictures. I've attached a few to share the moment with everyone!

Enjoy,
Franz.

The 2 recipients are:
Dimitry Picchi (boy)
Alejandra Marin (girl)

The donations distributed were:
--- $500 for each student donated by YOUR awesome fundraising efforts
--- Road Runner Sports, ~$100 in product donations for each student
--- Zombie Runner, $50 gift certificate for each student
--- CRC Club Members, $75 gift certificate for each student to Road Runner Sports

Posted Jun 19, 2011 9:45 AM by Ron Little

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Email List

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