Welcome to the Stevens Creek Striders website
Updated:
Jan 23rd, 2011
|
Fill your screen-by pressing F11. Press and F11 again to get your browser menus back.
|

Stevens Creek Striders' "Last Chance" aid station at the Western States 100 mile
race. June 25th, 2011
Latest updates to the website:
Posted 1/23: Table Mountain and Long Ridge. Sunday run for Jan 29th at 8am. See below for details.
Posted 1/21: Board Minutes for January posted here. And reace results updated for 2011 here and 2012 here.
Updated 12/31: The Striders Board wishes you a very Happy & Healthy New Year!
Updated 12/11: Every year by dint of the Striders running the Last Chance Aid Station at the Western States (WS) 100 mile Endurance run, the race organizers give our club one place to award in the race for those who have failed to gain a place through the lottery system. We have about 10 members who have time qualified at the correct distance over the last year and so are qualified to run in the WS100. More details about how the Striders entry is awarded here.
WS Update: On December 10th, 3 members who had entered the WS lottery, had their fingers crossed for the lottery drawing that morning. Both Charles Stevens & Peter Hargreaves failed to win a place in the race but 76 year old Bill Dodson who was present in Auburn at the Lottery was lucky enough to be one of ~270 to be drawn out of 2014 entrants. This will be the third time Bill has run in the race and we wish him well. If he finishes within the 30 hour maximum time he will set an age record. So Charles Stevens & Peter Hargreaves were entered for the Striders selection process and Peter won the entry based on the service based criteria. This will be his second time in the race after finishing in just over 29 hours last year.
Posted 12/11: Holiday Party: The Board is indebted to our very own Noel Relyea and Bill Wood who very graciously offered the club the use of their Vineyard Barn as a venue for the Holiday Party last night. Their R & W Vineyard is situated in a fantastic position about 2/3 the way up Montebello Road above Cupertino. A great evening's entertainment ensued with excellent classic rock music by the "The Dangling Mangos" which seemed to have the whole room dancing. The Board and the Striders' membership wish to thank Noel & Bill for the use of their lovely barn for the party and all their work that went into making the evening a big success. Also many thanks to Board member Peggy Alfred who so ably organized the whole event and to her helpers on the day.
Posted 12/11: Big L Awards! With the winners announced at the Holiday Party, these awards celebrate the work and effort Striders as individuals have demonstrated to their peers. Lirio was a little guy and the "Big L" was named in good fun.
2011 Awards were made as follows:
Most Improved Striders: Johanna Ylanen & Dennis Connor Athletic Achievement: Eric Lacher, John McKiernan & Peter Hargreaves for WS100 first attempt successes.
Most Dedicated Volunteer: Peggy Alfred for Quick Silver and Last Chance aid station captaincies amongst other worth efforts. Strider of the Year: John McKiernan.
Posted 12/11: Saturday, December 10th , Stevens Creek Striders welcomed San Jose Fit for another group run at Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve. San Jose Fit just completed a 28-week season of training, with an Oct. 23 marathon in Morgan Hill as their finale. A great turnout from San Jose Fit led by Arnon & Dave produced a fine Saturday run over some 9.5 miles including Bear Meadow, REI, Coyote Ridge, Lookout and Zinfandel trails.
Posted 12/1: October 2011 Newsletter here.

Posted 11/25: Your input is needed! The 2011 Membership Survey has just been published on the website here. Please take 5 minutes to fill it out and express your opinions about how to make the Stevens Creek Striders better for you as a member and how you think we can attract more new members. Your board will take all your input into account as they plan future activities. Survey form here.
Posted 11/25: Thanksgiving Day Turkey Relays. Thanks to Mike Florence for organizing fun and dry relay races at De Anza on Thanksgiving morning. Thoroughly enjoyed by the dozen runners and onlookers who showed up followed by a fine breakfast at Hobees.
Posted 11/11: December 18th will see the 38th Christmas Relays around Lake Merced. 4 person teams run the 4.5 mile course around the lake. More details here.
Ongoing Club Activities
Every
Saturday: The Striders have group runs every Saturday morning
throughout the year at 8:30 am at
Stevens Creek County Park
in Cupertino. And Tues/Weds/Thurs/Fridays dawn runs at 6.30am: see bottom of this page for details.
Interested in longer runs on Sunday? We are too and we want to run with
you. We have in mind long group runs covering distances of 10-18 miles (16-30
km). These pleasant jaunts are in regional parks and open space preserve
trails and would likely be in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.
Sunday, January 29th (8 AM) :
Table Mt / Long Ridge - 13 miles
Date: Sunday January 29, 2012
Time: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Highway 9 and Skyline Blvd
Another beautiful run in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Again, if you think you might participate, let me know. I'll be
there, and even running a little bit! John, VicePresident@StevensCreekStriders.org
10/24: Dick Collins Firetrails 50M and Golden Hills Marathon results added here.
10/13: Clambake Photos have been published here. Thanks to the photographers: Ursula Theuretzbacher, Johanna Ylanen, Gregg Levin, Ron Wolf & Peter Hargreaves. Also race results for the Norcal Half Marathon for Claire & Patrick Saxton here.
10/7:
Rio Del Lago: Where Lina McCain learns that it is possible to "salt" correctly, but that 100-mile runs still hurt anyway.
Her story here. Jean Pommier writes of his Rio Del Lago experiences on his blog here.
10/6: Results of recent races added for Lina McCain, Dave Radtke, Dennis Connor, Peter Hargreaves and Randy Ison. Here.
9/7: Photos of the glorious hiking weekend in Yosemite are here. Photo at right of the head of Rock Creek.
8/22: Randy Ison placed first in his age group at the Coastal Trail Runs Crystal Springs (Summer) 22 mile race on August 13, 2011 with a time of 5:05:36. Results here. And Striders President, Bill Jones ranked 2nd in his age group on August 21st at the Race Thru The Redwoods 10-K, Felton, CA in 55:01.
Results here.
8/18: Congratulations to Striders who participated in the Stevens Creek 50k race organized by Steve Patt on Sunday 14th. Jean Pommier won convincingly and both Charles Stevens and Dennis Connor gave strong performances. Penny Beeston, Peggy Alfred & Peter Hargreaves marked the course on the Saturday and John McKiernan helped man the aid stations. See Peter's photos here and Jean's blog here. Results here.
Also congratulations to Lina McCain who ran almost 64 miles in 12 hours as first female at the Hotter than Hell race round Cameron Park Lake east of Sacramento on August 13th. Results here.
Items older than about 6 weeks can now be found on the stories page over here.
We encourage those of you that have not yet registered as PAUSATF members
to go ahead and do so on the website www.pausatf.org.
About us:
Stevens Creek Striders Running Club is based in Cupertino,
California. Runners (and Striders) of all ages and abilities meet on Saturday
morning at 8.30am to run/hike on the trails of Stevens Creek County Park. Groups
of similar ability are formed and we run or hike for around 90 minutes. From
10:30am-12:00 Hobee's Restaurant in Cupertino has a reserved area for our
members who wish to enjoy a well earned brunch together after their run. In
addition to the main Saturday morning run, members meet for various mid-week
runs. On the social side, the club hosts occasional picnics, expeditions, relay
races, camp-outs and parties for members. If anyone is interested in checking us
out they are welcome to drop in and join us any Saturday morning. For directions
and more information about Steven's Creek County Park
Click here.
|
Weekly Program
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays: Rancho San Antonio
6.30am meet near the bathrooms at the lower parking lot. Various
lengths involving Upper and Lower Wildcat Canyon trails but 60-75 minutes
typically.
Friday Fun: Fremont Older
6.30am sharp at Fremont Older. Meet in the parking lot at the top of
Prospect Road, Cupertino. 6.5 mile trail run on Seven Springs, Coyote
Ridge and Toyon Trails.
Saturday Striders:
Stevens Creek Country Park
Every Saturday 8.30am Stevens Creek Country Park.
|
|