Santa Barbara Veterans Half Marathon 2015

Saturday, November 7, 2015

7:00 until noon

The Santa Barbara International Marathon is not dead. It has morphed into the Santa Barbara Veterans Marathon and then again into the Santa Barbara Veterans Half Marathon. Due to the cost of permits and the lower enrollment than expected, it was determined that the full marathon would be cancelled and all efforts would be put into the promotion of the Half Marathon. As such it has turned into an interesting course. They start at UCSB then run own the Ward Memorial Freeway. The freeway will be shut down for the first time ever for an event. The runners get off at Hollister and run down to Mentor where they go down Patterson to the bike path. From there the course is the same as all previous years. The difference is that this year they have many more water stops and music locations. Because of the extra water stops and the four relay locations, I will need just as many radio operators as before.

The race starts early and as such many locations on the course are done by 8:00 to 9:00 AM. The entire event is over before noon. If you can help in the early part of the race you can be done in only a couple of hours. I can use someone who can patrol the bike path between Patterson and Modoc as well. Please let me know if you are available on Saturday, November 7th from any time between 7:00 AM and noon and if you have a preferred location. Please get back to me soon as I will need your T-shirt size by next Friday and there is a chance we can arrange to hand them out before the event this time. I have attached a map of the course. It does not go into but a small section of Goleta, and stays on the ocean side of the 101 Freeway.

Thank you

Rick Whitaker

rickwhtr@cox.net

(805) 964-5440 home: please leave a message

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