San Diego Track Club

The Track club is made up of wonderful, positive people from all over San Diego. I’ve made new friends and been a part of many memorable moments over the last couple years. It doesn’t matter how slow or fast you are. There are runners from all ethnicities and abilities.
Their marathon and half marathon training programs are especially fun and motivational. Don’t be intimidated by the name. Most members are recreational and participate for personal goals, overall fitness, friends, etc. Having said that, there are opportunities for competitive athletes as well. Lot’s of ways to volunteer for events too if you’re into that.

way to go meb!
sdtc is very proud of you!

I’ve been part of SDTC for almost 2 years now. I can’t believe how lucky I was to find this club. Running isn’t my most favorite thing to do, I actually can’t stand it. But what I do love, is meeting new people and getting to enjoy Saturday morning brunches with SDTC. I have met some over my very best-​friends at this club and I know the friendships I have formed with most members, will last a lifetime.
If you are looking for a group to run with and socialize with at the same time, this is the place to do it. SDTC has every pace to train with. Nothing is too slow of fast for this group. I would highly recommend looking into this club!
PS– If you have kids, they have something called Second Recess. You can bring your kids to track practice, they get in a workout, while you are getting in yours!

I’ve run with this group for a few programs. Several pace groups are available, but everyone starts at the same time. A short warmup jog and then group stretching occur before every Saturday run. They usually have a water station at most Saturday runs and at all of their Tuesday track workouts, which is a great convenience, plus acts as a nice reward for reaching mid-​way milestones!
Improvements? Their website could use some redesigning. It is a bit difficult to navigate. Also, if you join late-​season, Saturday run groups are smaller, and cliques have already formed so it is more difficult to meet people. Join at the beginning of the year and there are a ton of people (450 — 600?). Coach/​director Paul puts special effort to make sure people introduce themselves to someone they don’t know, but he wasn’t leading the Saturday runs from what I saw.

Howdy,
I will be moving to San Diego at the end of the month I am from Houston, Texas and have been an avid runner for a number of years. I am trying to figure out where the popular running areas are? Furthermore, I was also wondering where the local/​public tracks are that are open for general public use? I usually just do speed-​work on Sunday’s in TX at Middle School or High School tracks. I was wondering is this would be okay to do in SD?! Thanks guys and any input would be great!

I could only run 3 miles before I started the track club’s rock n running program. This program is the best money can buy. Coach Paul and the other staff is amazing and what makes this club special. Since starting, I finished the rock n roll marathon and have been on a running high ever since. You CAN run a full marathon and this program along with the people will get you there. It’s a lot of hard work and dedication but if you stick to the program and stay positive, you will succeed.

I am not, nor I have I ever been, a runner. However this organization is:
FUN. There are people from all ages and backgrounds that you can meet and interact with while running.
EXTREMELY ORGANIZED. I’ve seen easily over 100 people there week after week all running at different speeds and even completely different workouts. Even with that many people, each workout is very well thought out, and organized. This is solely due to the management of this club.
COMPETITIVE (if you want it to be). There always seems that there is someone faster and more experienced than the next person. So if you are someone like me and love to push /​challenge yourself, there is always someone that I can look at to push me or to chase after.
HELPFUL. Everyone there is extremely nice and helpful. Never having been a runner there is never a shortage of people to answer any questions or help out.
I WOULD DEF RECOMMEND THIS RUNNING /​SOCIAL CLUB TO EVERYONE!

I have been trail running for about two years now, doing my first 15-​K Xterra in Feb at Mission Trails. I was looking for a shorter distance race and signed up for the 4-​mile Balboa Park run sponsored by the SDTC. This was a really fun event and everything that I have read about this club is absolutely true. The people were great, Coach Paul was very nice and took time to answer my questions… it was a wonderful experience. The runners… dang…suffice to say… it was a humbling experience :) They are really, really good!

i like running. it’s fun, it’s relaxing (after i catch my breath), and it keeps me in shape. i always think about joining a local track club to run with other people.
well, a group of friends got together and decided to run a race in november. the person in our group that has run marathons before took some novice training plan and mapped some long run routes together, and decided to open it up to the sdtc, just saying, hey, a bunch of us are running, join us.
well, jim mcnevin, one of the board of directors, wrote a couple belittling emails to our internal group and to sdtc. not offering advice but basically doom us and etc.
i can’t imagine running with someone like that would be fun or enjoyable. it’s too bad cuz the events and reviews in Unilocal seems to make this out to be a fun club. eek! methinks not.

I joined SDTC to train for the Rock N Roll marathon. It’ll be my first marathon so I wanted to train with an experienced group. So far it’s been a wonderful experience. The group is very friendly and supportive of my goals. Coach Paul Greer is the greatest. He is a cheerleader, inspirational speaker, motivator, and drill seargent all wrapped into one person. At every meeting he encourages everyone to introduce themselves to someone new. I’ve meet so many people and found those who can run at my pace (…and I run super slow). 4 months ago I couldn’t even 5 minutes without stopping. Now I’m running 12 miles and I’m confident that I can run 26.2 miles.

I’m highly impressed!
I’ve joined the track club for several weeks of Tuesday workouts in Balboa Park, and I find them to be just wonderful. From the coaching to the moral support to the friendliness of the other members, I just love it. In fact, I’ll be joining them for their 2009 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon training program (yes… with the goal of running the race next May) and I can’t wait to jump in.
I look forward to my Tuesday runs with the group… I can’t tell you how much. :-)
Coach Paul Greer is absolutely fabulous. What a fantastically kind and inspiring guy!

This is an friendly group of people that was put together by an awesome and inspiring motivator, Paul Greer. He is always there to give you advice when you need it and is able to scale his advice to any level of experience.
He also has magical powers that allow him to be at what seems like 12 different points along the Rock n Roll Marathon course during the race to cheer everybody on. With that many road closures, he must have mad back road driving skills. Must have been a cabbie in a past life…

The San Diego Track Club is great.
More importantly, their Coach, Paul Greer, is one of the most amazing people on the planet. His constant support and encouragement is overwhelming … and from anyone with less conviction in his actions than him they would play off as trite and hollow.
The Club has almost nothing to do with Track (though they do work on one one for about 6 months a year), but rather with Marathon and Half Marathon training. The primary event that most people join for is the Rock’n’Roll marathon. They have an ENORMOUS group that trains for it and they do a great job preparing them for the event.
SDTC is also the first organization to ever host a Triathlon, and has a lenghty and storied history.
Love this group, and their coach.
Go Paul!

I’ve been an on-​again, off-​again Track Club member for years. It’s the largest running club in the United States, right here in Sunny SD. Like many folks, I joined as part of their excellent Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon program, an intensive six-​month commitment that gets progressively more challenging as the weather gets nicer.
The Track Club is deceptively named. While there are weekly coached track workouts (Tuesday nights at Balboa Stadium), to me the organization is more about recreational running, some great races (they sponsor several per year) and meeting fellow runners.
This isn’t a snooty elitist group of ultra-​marathoners (although there are some high-​profile members). By and large, the members are friendly and accessible locals who love to run.